What do you know about boxing gloves​?

                                     What do you know about boxing gloves?

What is the most remarkable symbol of boxing? There is no doubt that it is boxing gloves. 

Whenever people talk about boxing, the first picture they think of is a person wearing a pair of round gloves to strike. Many people do not understand the history of boxing gloves. In fact, leather Boxing Gloves appeared in boxing competitions in ancient Greece. At that time, gloves were made to enhance the strike effect, or even to enhance the lethality, You can add something like iron to it. For a long time in the history of boxing, boxing gloves were absent. Even in the first years when modern boxing was born in Britain in the 18th century, boxers did not wear gloves. It was not until 1847 that Broughton, the father of modern boxing, invented modern boxing gloves in order to reduce injuries in the competition. Boxers wore gloves to participate in the competition, which became the norm. With the development of professional boxing for more than 100 years, Boxing gloves have also undergone great changes, with many subdivision types.

Many people think that boxing gloves protect opponents. In fact, although boxing gloves can cushion the collision between bones and protect the fragile parts of eyes and nose, they are more used to protect hands, because people's fingers and wrists are much more fragile than skulls, so without gloves, hands are more likely to be injured. Therefore, in the era of naked boxing, Boxers often don't dare to do their best. Once their hands are injured, they will lose more than half. With the protection of boxing gloves, boxers will dare to do their best, and the appreciation of the game will be enhanced!

Boxing gloves are roughly divided into three categories: sandbag gloves, training gloves and competition gloves. Sandbag gloves are relatively thin and the structure is relatively simple. The difference between training gloves and competition gloves is basically that the former is thicker, and the wrist is generally a buckle structure, which is convenient to use. Competition gloves are a lace structure. Although people need help in use, they have a better fit and better protection for the wrist.

The materials of boxing gloves generally use leather, super fiber leather and PU. Super fiber leather has the advantages of wear resistance, aging resistance, softness and air permeability, and its performance is even better than that of leather. Therefore, many high-end gloves use super fiber leather as the fabric, and the inner tank filler is mostly made of horse hair, natural latex sponge, PVC and other materials. The palm is mostly made of mesh material, which is conducive to perspiration and air permeability. There is a grip strip at the third joint of fingers.