Thread: Let me ask the fighter's a question.

If you had a choice in which glove for sparring. Which one would you choose Grant or Cleto Reyes. Right now I have the ringside heavyhitter 20oz glove's. I have been using them for a couple of years now but I think it's time for a change. I always seem jam my thumb more while sparring now.Of these two I heard they are the best gloves to use all around in protection. If any other's I should consider please let me know.

Definately not 20oz. 16's will do the job better, with less disparity from the 10's you will fight with. Some people like 14oz. But the 16's give both protection and aren't overly big.

I have ringside (16oz) and topten (10oz)..but the topten are competition.

I've heard good things about Cleto Reyes, but haven't used them...and know little about the Grants. Not much help...I know.

Originally Posted by Youngblood

Definately not 20oz. 16's will do the job better, with less disparity from the 10's you will fight with. Some people like 14oz. But the 16's give both protection and aren't overly big.

I have ringside (16oz) and topten (10oz)..but the topten are competition.

I've heard good things about Cleto Reyes, but haven't used them...and know little about the Grants. Not much help...I know.

I agree first go to 16oz and you can try different brands...Everlast, topten, title etc..

but if you are certain you want to choose between Grant or Reyes go with Grant...Reyas are punchers gloves and in sparring no reason to get banged up more then needed

Cleto reyes defo . The lighter the better

I use 18oz Grants because im a heavyweight. Grant in my opinion are more comfortable.

Using stupidly big gloves like 20 ounces aint doing you any favours.

Try hitting a bag for a round with them on, then try with just wraps on and you will see how much it affects your distance.

Just a half an inch out and that will make all the difference to the snap and power you put on your punches.

Also when your sparring you want your arms to feel light like they will when your fighting, heavy gloves should be used on the bags but sparring is for replicating a real match under controlled circumstances, which is why alot of top fighters kick the living shiit out o their sparring partners, no point going soft with no aggression then not be used to the pace of a real fight.

I've got 180z bag gloves... no problem there... barely any more padding than a pare of competition gloves, it's just denser... they're designed for bag work

Wouldn't recommend anything too big for sparring though.

I've got a pair of 16ozs, they're pretty tightly stuffed though... again not much bigger than competition gloves... the reason why size is so important is punch range (as Ross said, but I don't think to a HUGE extent and I wouldn't recommend hitting a big with any pop with nothing but wraps on unless it's softer than your pillow/you've got now snap/power ) but also defense...get used to having a pair of massive gloves on and you're going to feel pretty exposed when it's time to cover up and guard using smaller gloves.

Again, it comes down to brand and cut but generally the bigger the glove the less suitable it's going to be for a lot of situations

I use 14oz top ten and addidas they are comforatable and not to heavy

12oz are fine for sparring, you get used to dfending more, having smaller gloves for both gives each more target and makes you try harder to avoid being hit, also the distance of your punches will affect your footwork as well, you will get used to standing too far out and not having to avoid shots as much when moving in to throw.

Originally Posted by ross

12oz are fine for sparring, you get used to dfending more, having smaller gloves for both gives each more target and makes you try harder to avoid being hit, also the distance of your punches will affect your footwork as well, you will get used to standing too far out and not having to avoid shots as much when moving in to throw.

I think it really depends how a gym spars. I know we go hard, compared to a lot of other gyms. The running joke is to say "okay, technical spar' then within 30 secs it is all out haha.

12's I think we'd really be marking each other up alot, not to mention a few more headaches at the end of the day.