What size sparring gloves do you use?

[Von Milash]

18s are a bit much if you ask me. The only time I've ever heard of anyone using them (or 20s) is when there's a severe strength and/or skill mismatch. 16s are the norm pretty much everywhere.

I have 3 pairs of 16s. One pair is softer for safety, one middle of the road, and one mexican pair in case I need to make a bit more of a statement. A lot of people use 12s or 14s for bagwork, but again, I use 16s there too.

Plus I have a bit of a glove fetish.... one day they'll either be my son's or I'll hang them in the rec room.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Generally I use 14's.

But when training hard that can fluctuate up or down.

[bikersk]

I was using 16's for sparring and bag work. I got them nicely worn in and noticed the bag work was starting to wear them a bit so i just use them for sparring and a pair of 12's for bag work. My 16's are fairly solid too i even managed to bruise a knuckle sparring with them. It was already sore a few weeks before but thought it was ok. As others have mentioned different makes of gloves have different characteristics. The Mexican ones are usually known to be harder and a 'punchers' gloves. But it's one of those things where you will probably get different answers from different people depending on their personal slant on gloves and glove makes and sizes.

[Dizaster]

18s are a bit much if you ask me. The only time I've ever heard of anyone using them (or 20s) is when there's a severe strength and/or skill mismatch. 16s are the norm pretty much everywhere.

I have 3 pairs of 16s. One pair is softer for safety, one middle of the road, and one mexican pair in case I need to make a bit more of a statement. A lot of people use 12s or 14s for bagwork, but again, I use 16s there too.

Plus I have a bit of a glove fetish.... one day they'll either be my son's or I'll hang them in the rec room.

I can't wait until the proud moment where I give my pair of gloves to my son. Definetly a cool idea...

[bikersk]

18s are a bit much if you ask me. The only time I've ever heard of anyone using them (or 20s) is when there's a severe strength and/or skill mismatch. 16s are the norm pretty much everywhere.

I have 3 pairs of 16s. One pair is softer for safety, one middle of the road, and one mexican pair in case I need to make a bit more of a statement. A lot of people use 12s or 14s for bagwork, but again, I use 16s there too.

Plus I have a bit of a glove fetish.... one day they'll either be my son's or I'll hang them in the rec room.

I can't wait until the proud moment where I give my pair of gloves to my son. Definetly a cool idea...

Tried to get my boys into it. started off ok but they wont go near the gym now. DON'T KNOW WHY B/C they all can box ok. Might be their mother.