Handwraps
Besides gloves, a good pair of handwraps is most important piece of equipment used for training in a boxer’s arsenal.
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Ring Wear
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Mouthguards
Mouthguards are hard pieces of rubber that are usually form-fitted to your teeth. Most professionals and serious fighters have them custom-made from a specialist dentist. However, you can opt to use the generic variety that you can make yourself.
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Boxing Shoes
Unlike normal sneakers, boxing shoes usually come up to the calf muscle in order to provide ankle support and prevent ankle sprains. The last thing you want to think about when fighting is twisting your ankle. You will enough to think about when sparring or fighting.
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Protective Cup
The protective cup is a large, padded protector that helps to absorb the force of punches taken on the hips and groin area. This isn’t anything like a Little League cup.
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Boxing Trunks
Boxing trunks are made specifically for boxing. Danna Scott says, “The special cut of the trunks fits a man’s groin protector, and the extra-wide waistband is used as a marker against low blows.”1
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Sparring Gloves
Sparring gloves are typically heavier than bag gloves and are meant to absorb impact better. These typically start at around eighteen ounces and can reach twenty two ounces. (As opposed to bag gloves which often top out at fourteen to sixteen ounces.)
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Bag Gloves
Most casual boxing fans don’t realize that there are actually several types of boxing gloves. Here we will discuss the most common type: bag gloves. Short for heavy bag gloves, bag gloves are usually anywhere from seven to twelve ounces, though it is not that unusual to see fourteen or even sixteen ounce bag gloves. As you might have guessed from the name, these gloves are typically used for the heavy bag. They are also worn when hitting the punch mitts.
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Headgear
Headgear is typically associated with sparring sessions. It is a padded protective helmet that is also required during amateur bouts. Headgear used for sparring typically has more padding than that used in amateur competition. Sparring headgear normally covers the forehead and sides of the head, though there are also varieties which cover the cheeks. A fighter can also wear sparring headgear that has a facebar across the nose and mouth.
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