Footwear Questions

[nedcmk1]

"Hey what do you guys think of wrestling shoes are they comparable? or are they completley different?"


Many shoes are marketed as both wrestling and boxing shoes..... the medial drive sole is exactly the same.

If you could take the adidas Tygun and cross it with a good asics wrestling shoe (like the old gables) you would have a perfect boxing shoe imo.

[bgolliff]

nedcmk1 I like the idea of combining the 2 sports thats kind of what I was already thinking. I have looked at a lot of wrestling shoes as part of my research.

Another thing I have noticed is that I haven't found any sports stores in my area (Boston) that actually sells boxing shoes. I have found lots of online retailers. Do you guys just order your shoes without trying them on? or is there a particular retailer you go to.

[nedcmk1]

TRYNT's, Mat Hogs, Matflex are all shoes sold as both. The medial drive sole is what links them, and if you buy wrestling shoes you can get the split soles which are nice.

Hard to find retailers. Some martial arts stores will have them, if you go to a general sporting goods store they will only have wrestling shoes.

[bgolliff]

I guess the one question I am still wondering is does anyone know why boxing shoes are so high? Is there a benefit to having it high or low or is it just a personal reason?

[boxing4ever]

I guess the one question I am still wondering is does anyone know why boxing shoes are so high? Is there a benefit to having it high or low or is it just a personal reason?

Im guessing to protect the ankle from rolling or getting hurt. but in my opinion they both have their advantages and disadvantages

[bgolliff]

What about westling shoes? How do they compare?

[bgolliff]

Ignore that last question I wasn't thinking. I already asked that. Sorry guys.

Thanks for all the answers.

[cpopma]

i don't know much about boxing, or shoes or anything, but it will probably be worth it to talk to local boxing gyms in Boston. there's one in Allston and one another one down by BU on Comm. Ave.

[fraidycat]

I read someplace that wrestling shoes are built to drive; boxing shoes are made to pivot. It has something to do with the pattern on the sole. Again, just what I've read.

One thing I have noticed about boxing shoes vs. cross-trainers, is that a flat-soled, non-springy shoe like a boxing shoe, wrestling shoe, or a Chuck Taylor allows you to deliver a harder punch.

At the moment of impact, there should be a kinetic line from the ball of your foot all the way up to the end of the glove if you're throwing correctly. Every action having an equal and opposite reaction, there should be as much force going INTO the floor as into your glove if you're driving off your leg properly. So the less you cushion a boxing shoe, the harder you can plant, and the better a punch lands. I hit much better in Chuck T's than I do in trainers.

The same could be said for a boxing shoe's ability to transfer the shock of receiving a heavy punch into the floor. When you take a punch, you relax, and you let the impact drive through you. (Remember when Shavers hit Tex Cobb with a right in the neck so hard it broke his left ankle?) A cushioned sole dampens that transfer, and that force has to go somewhere. . . . physics says, it would dissipate inside your body.

One of the weird cases in which less padding actually is better for the athlete. But then, to quote Million Dollar Baby, "Everything in boxing is backwards."

Agreed, though; if NB made a boxing shoe I'd buy it. In a heartbeat.

[bgolliff]

Fraidycat great reply and information. That is something that I never would have thought of but makes excellent since.

I feel like all of the focus is on the forefoot and the heel of the foot; what about the midfoot? Is there anything that should be considered for this; like maybe it isn't locked down enough?

Maybe it moves too much from side to side?

Any thoughts?