Mitts history

[SugarBoxing]

Please educate me on the topic

I heard that Emmanuel Steward was the man who made them popular

Did Sugar Ray Robinson, Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Duran do mitts when they were learning boxing? I saw Hagler hitting big gloves of his coach, sort of mitts, Tyson did whem with Rooney.

I personally believe they are good when polishing a fighter with good fundamentals, but they are overrated when teaching these fundamentals, especially if the coach is not an expert.

What do ya think?

[greynotsoold]

They were an invention in Mexican gyms, that is my understanding. The trainer would wear gloves backwards on his hands. The double end bag also originated in Mexican gyms.
You can do a lot with the mitts. I do a lot of 'technique' work with them- though I am ceaselessly harping about 'technique' no matter the tool being used- especially with young kids, or those that I think might be uncertain about hitting the bag for real.
I like to use them to teach 'moves'- counters off slips, bobbing/weaving, like that, because I can make it a lot like they are fighting a real opponent. I can make moves that an opponent would make and so on.

[SugarBoxing]

ok that's good answer

THe question remains
Did Sugar Ray Robinson, Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Duran do mitts when they were learning boxing?

WHat are the differences between the old school training and modern?

[greynotsoold]

It would really really suprise me if any of them did, especially early in their careers.

[Scrap]

1st time they were seen in Britain, was about 56. There was a Hungarian Squad over, and there Coaches were using them, the Flat round ones, they were pretty Hard, think the idea evolved from there. But theres film of Goldman using Gloves turned round, using them with Marciano, so the idea was there.

[erics44]

I like doing pad work, its one of my favourite parts about training

and it definitely isn't over rated as a training technique

you leave a fighter to just his the bag and shadow without pad work then he will get into the habit of throwing the same set of combinations all the time and probably end up in a similar order too

pad work forces you to mix combinations up to how different trainers want you to, the more people you do pad work with the better

in our gym we do pad work with the other boxers and the trainers so you get used to throwing all different types of combinations, you keep some you drop some

I think pad work is extremely important and a lot of fun