Recommend boxing equipment for a newbie.

[tongpo2000]

Hey everybody,

I joined a gym about two weeks ago and I am enjoying the experience. I have no boxing experience and I completely suck. I want to purchase some boxing gear that I can use at home in between visits to the gym.

I was thinking about a speed bag, heavy bag, and gloves. Can you guys recommend some equipment for me?

I was looking at Twin Special gloves for about 50 bucks. I don't know whether to go with 14oz or 16oz though.

I went to the local sporting goods store to look at heavy bags, they have 100lb and 70lb versions I think would be ok. I'm about 165-170 pounds. I don't know what would be better but I was leaning towards the 100lb bag.

I'm terrible on the speed bag and I'd like to have one around to practice on whenever i get the urge. The speed bag kits vary greatly in price. I've seen $60 kits to $1000 kits.

I'm completely confused. I don't want to waste money on garbage, but I don't want to spend a fortune. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you for reading all this crap!

[JabSandwich]

u get wat u pay for. check out ringside www.ringside.com and title, www.titleboxing.com. search the forums, theres a lot equipment threads. ur gym's trainers should be able to help u out as well.

the general consensus for bag gloves is ringside's imf tech, they're reasonably priced and good durable gloves. make sure u get handwraps.

for heavy bags it doesn't really matter wat brand u get, they're all similar. everlast's nevatear line is pretty good. ringside and title's house bags r pretty good as well. leather isn't necessary, especially if its for ur home gym.

since its ur first speed bag its more important to get a better platform and swivel than speedbag. u'll prolly want to start with a bigger bag and move to smaller bags as u improve. since u'll be changing bags and keeping the platform/swivel, get quality.

[TheBlackSwifty]

well I posted this b4 so dont forget to do a search next time holmes
http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...33#post4020333

First thing - your kit -

Two stripe tracksuit
Some fresh dogs (trainers/runners for those who dont get my lingo, suggestions, Nike high top Kareem Abdul-Jabbar air slammers)

Head band (thin, not thick, thin is fresh, thick is wack)

a gold chain with the word CHAMP

A sports bag with an olympics logo

fingerless martial arts gloves (to give yourself some boxing cred)

and a three colour custom mouthguard

[AndyTravis]

If you need gloves and wraps etc. at the gym, get what your trainer suggests. However, if you want equipment at home, I would wait a few months. You will be able to form your own opinions and preferences after you've been training for a while. Also, see if you can train at your gym more instead if you want extra practice. Just wait until you're more familiar with it all, but shadow box your heart out at home, and if you don't have a full length mirror, spending money on one of those will actually be more beneficial than a bag.

[Mark Bosse]

RE : Recommend boxing equipment for a newbie.

Hi tongpo2000, i have posted some information about boxing shoes in this forum but i am giving you some information about boxing shoes, if you are going to start boxing practice then you have to firstly choose perfect boxing shoes.

[GoatBoner-2k9]

This Item is one of the key things outside a pair of shorts/ gloves. if you want to make it big in the ams/pros. buy 3 of these and avoid me!

http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs...oom%7C10307968


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[ScottDBA]

Hi tongpo2000, i have posted some information about boxing shoes in this forum but i am giving you some information about boxing shoes, if you are going to start boxing practice then you have to firstly choose perfect boxing shoes.

No you don't. Regular running shoes are fine, they even let you fight in them in the amateurs. There's far more important stuff to buy, most importantly a quality pair of gloves.

[ScottDBA]

I'm in Canada, and I don't know what the exact regulations for shoes are (they won't let you wear dress shoes or boots), but I know regular running running shoes are fine. I've got boxing shoes, but I've seen plenty of people wearing running shoes in fights including atleast one of my opponents.

But regardless, there's far more important stuff for a beginner to worry about than finding the "perfect boxing shoe".

[potatoes]

Hey everybody,

I joined a gym about two weeks ago and I am enjoying the experience. I have no boxing experience and I completely suck. I want to purchase some boxing gear that I can use at home in between visits to the gym.

I was thinking about a speed bag, heavy bag, and gloves. Can you guys recommend some equipment for me?

I was looking at Twin Special gloves for about 50 bucks. I don't know whether to go with 14oz or 16oz though.

I went to the local sporting goods store to look at heavy bags, they have 100lb and 70lb versions I think would be ok. I'm about 165-170 pounds. I don't know what would be better but I was leaning towards the 100lb bag.

I'm terrible on the speed bag and I'd like to have one around to practice on whenever i get the urge. The speed bag kits vary greatly in price. I've seen $60 kits to $1000 kits.

I'm completely confused. I don't want to waste money on garbage, but I don't want to spend a fortune. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you for reading all this crap!

Boxing is a poor man's sport for the simple reason that, outside the gym, you don't need to spend money on equipment. Getting in shape, conditioning the hands and learning to box requires very little expense, at least compared to many other sports. Before you start to spend your money first decide if boxing is for you. Once you take a few hits you might decide that playing chess is a little safer!