What Glove Size..

[N-Mark-E]

..Would fit me? Im gonna buy some gloves soon so im wondering is their a way you can measure your hand to find out what suits you best?

[JayCoe]

Gloves don't really have sizes, they just come in oz.

If you're a general adult male, it's usually said 10 oz fight, 14 oz. bag, 16 oz. sparring. So, with that in mind, 14 oz.

[Squabbles94806]

Authentic ones come in ounces. Unless you have hands like a child, it's pretty much one size fits all. If you're a heavy person, get 16 oz. If you're a medium person get 14 oz, and if you're a small person still get the 14 oz.

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does bigger gloves mean more protection? or just the material is larger. size doesnt really matter in protection?

[Equilibrium]

does bigger gloves mean more protection? or just the material is larger. size doesnt really matter in protection?

Good question cause i am not sure myself. I mean, lets say a certain model of gloves is marketed saying it offers great protection. But, from a logical point of view the 16 oz glove should offer more protection than the 10 oz version of the same glove since it has more padding.

I'm talking about hand protection here, cause if you are talking about protection for your sparring partner it's obvious that the bigger gloves won't hurt as much. Cause the impact zone is large on bigger gloves, aka less chances of bruises and cuts.

I suppose its the same in terms of hand protection.

[JayCoe]

As a rule of thumb and generally almost always the case; Larger gloves = More padding and large surface area. This means there is more shock absorption and a larger area to spread the impact, thus, they offer better protection.

However, different makes do different things, i've got 14 oz now which are quite big and have a lot of padding around the knuckle area, 16 oz. at the gym are about the same size but have more padding all over. European styles differ from that of Mexico and the U.S, the European style is to have a more oval shape glove offering more padding on the knuckle, the U.S/Mexican style is to have a wider shaped glove. But a 16 oz. will always have more protection than say a 12 oz. etc. It's only neighboring oz. which may be similar due to glove design/make/quality.

If you buy really bad gloves (as in obscure makes usually in Pakistan) it's been known that sometimes they just add additional weight to the cuff, so a 12 oz. is the same as a 14 oz. except it's just got added weight.

Also, even the good makes sell ****. I've got two pairs of gloves, about to get a third set as the ones I use have just died. First pair of gloves I bought were 14 oz. Lonsdale Pro Training, cost me £30 ($60), and they are ****. They're small, soft and they say they have foam in them but I swear it really really feels like cotton wool in there, i'm not joking or exaggerating. I used them for about 2 weeks only because my knuckle kept coming through the padding and hitting the bag (not as in through the glove but as in the padding was that soft), my cheap Everlast Bag Mitts offered better protection than those.

So, weight does not always determine the level of protection, good gloves will always offer better protection than **** ones because the materials are better. All things being equal though, a heavier glove will offer better protection.

[Equilibrium]

As a rule of thumb and generally almost always the case; Larger gloves = More padding and large surface area. This means there is more shock absorption and a larger area to spread the impact, thus, they offer better protection.

However, different makes do different things, i've got 14 oz now which are quite big and have a lot of padding around the knuckle area, 16 oz. at the gym are about the same size but have more padding all over. European styles differ from that of Mexico and the U.S, the European style is to have a more oval shape glove offering more padding on the knuckle, the U.S/Mexican style is to have a wider shaped glove. But a 16 oz. will always have more protection than say a 12 oz. etc. It's only neighboring oz. which may be similar due to glove design/make/quality.

If you buy really bad gloves (as in obscure makes usually in Pakistan) it's been known that sometimes they just add additional weight to the cuff, so a 12 oz. is the same as a 14 oz. except it's just got added weight.

Also, even the good makes sell ****. I've got two pairs of gloves, about to get a third set as the ones I use have just died. First pair of gloves I bought were 14 oz. Lonsdale Pro Training, cost me £30 ($60), and they are ****. They're small, soft and they say they have foam in them but I swear it really really feels like cotton wool in there, i'm not joking or exaggerating. I used them for about 2 weeks only because my knuckle kept coming through the padding and hitting the bag (not as in through the glove but as in the padding was that soft), my cheap Everlast Bag Mitts offered better protection than those.

So, weight does not always determine the level of protection, good gloves will always offer better protection than **** ones because the materials are better. All things being equal though, a heavier glove will offer better protection.

Agreed that it has very much to do with the brand of the gloves, i have 2 pairs of 14oz bag gloves a pair of 16oz.

1 pair of ATF 14 oz
1 pair of ATF 16 oz(different model than the 14 oz)
1 pair of Rival's 14 oz(the biggest they do)

The 16 oz ATF are much better than the 14 oz ones. But the 14 oz rival ones are so much better to the other 2 in term of protection, they are also bigger than the 16 oz ATF's, they use lighter materials.

So in this case the small gloves offer more protection than the 16 oz ones. But i'd have to test it with some 12 oz rivals to see if there is a difference.

[N-Mark-E]

Gloves don't really have sizes, they just come in oz.

If you're a general adult male, it's usually said 10 oz fight, 14 oz. bag, 16 oz. sparring. So, with that in mind, 14 oz.

Thats want i ment (oz) Ive read the other posts above and im probably going to get some 14 oz gloves. I wasnt that sure before though so thx alot.

And im 15..

[JayCoe]

Yeah go for some good quality 14 oz. Don't buy the cheapest gloves you can find because you'll end up spending more money. You will spend £30 on cheap gloves, realise they're bad and painful and then have to spend another £50 + for some decent ones meaning you could have essentially bought some £80 ones! At first I bought some Lonsdale Pro Training (£30), they were ****. Bought some Blitz, good gloves but they died quickly, so they offered good protection but there life was 5 months or so. So now i've had to buy new ones, got the Lonsdale Super Pro Sparring (£70, got them for £50). So in that relatively short space of time i've spent £110, for that I could have bought some good quality Cleto Reyes which would have lasted all this time and more!!

Look for gloves in the £40-50 range, the price increase is minimal compared to quality difference. However, sometimes, you can grab a bargain.

[JoHnNyBoXeR]

i use 18 ounce gloves for all training.. the heavier and more protection is better for training