Boxing Gloves (Professional) Main Differences

[Da Boxer]

The Cleto Reyes glove is considered basically glove royalty. Great quality, and often command a premium in all of their equipment.

They are considered the puncher's glove BUT they are designed with the hand wrap that is allowed in Mexico in mind which protects your hand better and allows for more power to be delivered on the opponent and yourself.

So for fighters like Erik Morales, he used to use the Cleto Reyes glove in Mexico and because of the combination of wrap and glove he had absolutely no problems. But when his wrap was changed to accommodate the rules in the U.S. he started to have a lot of problems in his hands. Many fighters have had similar issues, such as ODLH and PBF which has prompted some to advocate that the Mexican rules for hand wraping be allowed in the states but that has not become the case.

Like someone else mentioned, getting hit with 8 oz gloves isn't fun in any glove and in reality plenty of people have gotten hurt, damaged, and knocked out with gloves some so called experts consider soft like Winning, and Grants.

Everlast makes two different types of pro glove. One modeled to be as close to the Cleto Reyes as possible and one made more traditional to the Everlast design wider to parry punches better but will also distribute the force over a wider area which means less felt power on the opponent.

Outstanding response! Thanks.

[intoccabile]

It's not the size, it's how and what they are made of. Reyes gloves are padded with horse hair, so they tend to have less soft padding and are considered a "punchers" glove.

Everlast are made with a foam insert that is softer. Gloves like Winning have the most padding and are considered the softest.

Either way, it doesn't feel good to get hit in the face with an 8oz glove so all that is more to do with hand protection IMO than anything else.

Back in the day, they didn't allow the fighters to wear different name brand gloves, now I see it all the time. One guy might have Everlast, while the other guy might have Reyes, it's weird.

Grants are like Reyes, made in Mexico but a little more padding than the Reyes gloves.

Everyone seems to miss out the main point about the gloves outside of the padding, the wrists. Gloves liek reyes have very little wrist support thus allowing you to turn your wrist and knuckles into your punches more. That's in actually more so the reason its a punchers glove than others, if you have bad hands/wrists though, it wouldn't be preferred. They are also teh easiest to skin.

In contrast, gloves like Grant have a very dense wrist support and are actually harder at the fist. They are very hard to skin because of how compact the padding is and how dense the wrist is since there is padding on the wrist as well.

Grant is nothing like Reyes, have you worn them both? It's also much easiar to open and close your fist in a reyes glove as opposed to a grant glove. Grants are stiff.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Sorry, should have just clicked the reply button.

Glad Khan ditched the Reeboks and is now wearing Reyes, but I think that was just to do with endorsement money.

I used the Reebok glove once in training and I hated them. Narrow hand and just didn't feel right.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Everyone seems to miss out the main point about the gloves outside of the padding, the wrists. Gloves liek reyes have very little wrist support thus allowing you to turn your wrist and knuckles into your punches more. That's in actually more so the reason its a punchers glove than others, if you have bad hands/wrists though, it wouldn't be preferred. They are also teh easiest to skin.

In contrast, gloves like Grant have a very dense wrist support and are actually harder at the fist. They are very hard to skin because of how compact the padding is and how dense the wrist is since there is padding on the wrist as well.

Grant is nothing like Reyes, have you worn them both? It's also much easiar to open and close your fist in a reyes glove as opposed to a grant glove. Grants are stiff.

The only comparison I made with Grant and Reyes if you read my post is that they are both made in Mexico. I have worn both, I prefer to train with the Grants because they are easier on the hands. Reyes fit me very well though because I have a wider hand than most.

[frosty-g]

The Cleto Reyes glove is considered basically glove royalty. Great quality, and often command a premium in all of their equipment.

They are considered the puncher's glove BUT they are designed with the hand wrap that is allowed in Mexico in mind which protects your hand better and allows for more power to be delivered on the opponent and yourself.

what exactly is it that the mexicans allow to be different about the wraps?
thanks very much!

[Da Boxer]

what exactly is it that the mexicans allow to be different about the wraps?
thanks very much!

You beat me to it bud! I was about to ask the same.

Great question.