Different types of boxing gloves

By picking a right pair of boxing gloves you can protect your hand and wrist from injuries. It is very important for a boxer to protect himself from injuries. If he does not, it will affect his performance. Different types of gloves are as follows:

7 and 8 oz Bag gloves: These are old fashioned bag gloves which has minimum padding without wrist support. This can be used by either amateur. They offer minimal protection to the hand but allow the most direct feel. They should not be used for sparring due to an increased risk of damage to both participants.

Bag gloves Bag gloves come with a Velcro-fastened hook and loop tie off now. They come in 12, 14 and 16 oz varieties. Amateur fight gloves are 10 and 12 oz. with pro fight gloves being 8, 10 and 12 oz. One major advantage of bag glove is it is heavier than the fight glove.

Weighted Bag gloves: This type of glove comes in 16 oz. This type of glove has weights in the wrist which can increase strength, resistance and speed training. It has a weight which ranges between 4 to 4.5 pounds. Weights can be added or subtracted to achieve a desired weight for a workout. Lace up gloves: Lace up gloves are designed in such a way that it can accommodate supportive hand-wraps and stay tight for whole 12 rounds, before they are taped up and signed by an official to state approval.

Training gloves: Training gloves for worn when some exercise or training is done for some athletic event. They are used for many different purposes. Generally boxing gloves are large and padded which can protect individual’s hands from injuries, while lifting gloves can protect the palms of one’s hands from friction.

These types of gloves are generally inexpensive. Training gloves are simple open-fingered gloves used primarily for lifting weights. This type of gloves is also used for boxing and other martial arts that involve striking with the hands. Some people wear weighted exercise gloves while engaging in exercises that normally would not involve any contact with the hands, such as jogging, walking or shadowboxing. Such training gloves allow people to work out several different muscle groups at the same time or to work on both muscles and cardiovascular health simultaneously.

Exercise gloves: Exercise gloves are worn during a workout. Different types of exercise gloves are used for weight lifting, boxing or jogging. Exercise gloves that are used for weightlifting are generally fingerless gloves that can fit securely over the hands and also has a non-slip pad as well as extra padding on the front of the hands. Non slip pad can protect the weight lifter from dropping the heavy weight which becomes slippery with sweat, and the extra padding around the hands and fingers prevents from scratches and injury.

Another type of exercise gloves are worn for boxing. This type of glove can fit well on the hands which has extra padding at the front. The padding protects the fingers and knuckles when throwing punches.

The final type of exercise gloves are worn during winter while working out in the outdoors. Joggers, runners and cyclists often wear gloves during winter to protect the hands from the elements. This type of gloves can be purchased from fitness stores or online.

To get a good quality of boxing accessories, Pro Boxing Gear is the best shop to go for. Plenty of boxing accessories variety are available like boxing gloves, boxing shoes, MMA gloves, kickboxing equipments, boxing rings, apparels, weight lifting straps, abguard, hand wraps and gauze, etc.

Don’t Aim for the Ribs – Boxing How To Guide on the Right Hook Body Shot

Another in our series of boxing how to guides on body punching, this one examining the right hook (or back hand hook) to the body.

Knowing how to throw a right hook to the body enables you to deliver massive power to a very specific and precise location; the soft tissue below the ribs on the left side of the opponent’s body. It is worth understanding that you are not aiming for the ribs. The rib cage is by design a tough structure. For maximum impact it’s far better to take the path of least resistance and strike the soft tissue.

In general, and depending upon your position in relation to your opponent, this body punch is designed to hit the spot behind the guarding arm of the opponent. Precision is great, but raw power and aggression is the trick to knowing how to get the most from this crushing body punch.

Before we get onto the mechanics of how to throw the right hook to the body, you need to be aware that this is not a right uppercut. I’m sure plenty will decide that this is an uppercut, but really it is not. There is a subtle difference between a short range hook and a short range uppercut, with the uppercut to the body striking home in the center of mass. Understand this difference and it will have a positive impact on your body punching skills.

Boxing How to Guide – The Mechanics

From the boxing stance, bend your knees in order to lower your centre of gravity. This is quite simply a duck, which aside from being a defensive action also acts as a precursor to a body strike.

As the duck is taking place, generate an explosive thrust by pushing from the ball of your back foot. This thrust provides the energy to deliver massive rotation of the upper body (counter-clockwise from the orthodox stance).

The bend of your front leg (from the duck) enables the necessary amount of hip rotation. Without the bend, your hips will complete maybe only 25% of the rotation necessary to give the punch the required power on impact.

During the rotation, release your back hand in an arc at an angle of 45 degrees to the ground. Ensure that the punch accelerates towards the target to add to the massive leverage produced during the rotation; this is how you will maximize the power.

Return your arm and body to the starting position as per the boxing stance.

Boxing How to Guide – Common Faults

Be aware of your range. Be sure that if you use this punch at a longer range the opponent is vulnerable to it. In short, the further you are away from the opponent when using this shot, the greater the risk of you taking a punch before yours lands. Reduce the risk of a long range ‘bombing’ with this punch by stepping in with a jab ahead of letting loose with the hook to the body.

Make the punch direct. Don’t allow it to loop too low as this leaves a big opening for your opponent to exploit (see previous fault).

As always, make sure that your body weight does not propel forward, resulting in your body weight being over your front leg. The golden rule is never let your nose travel past the line of your front knee. If you do, then you are off-balance and you are adding power to your opponent’s punches.

And there it is, the MyBoxingCoach boxing how to guide on landing the right hook to the body. This is a true fight-ending punch, targeting as it does the spleen and other vital organs. Make a mental note of how you want the impact of the shot to travel through as much of the body as possible, that is why landing the punch at an angle of 45 degrees is a big, big plus. Master this shot and it will slip seamlessly into your ‘body and head’ combinations to deadly effect.