Quote Originally Posted by Von Milash
I want proof. We have 4 guys working our gym, all retired pros. I've never seen any of them use a shield. The one shield we do have just sits around collecting dust.
Pro boxer Danny Green around the 40' seconds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFW5dnk0OvU

Adji, about 8 people have given you the answer so I have no idea why you still want a shield. You hit two things: mits and bags. You can hit mits just as hard as you'd hit a bag, if not harder.
You lucky if there is always someone who knows and can hold you the mitts. Holding the mitts request skills that not a everybody has. In my club they are lot of people for 2 trainers. We can't spend much time on mitts. I ask other people to try to hold them but it was not convincing. So I'm looking for an alternative. That's all.

About hitting the medicine ball. I have seen other people doing it too. For instance, Clifford Etienne. That's not because you have never use it that nobody does or should.

By the way, 4 and not 8 people have given their opinion. Plus, if you're bored by this topic, you are free to not participate.