Gloves
Boxing gloves
For sparring, most adults use 16oz regardless of bodyweight — the extra padding protects your partner, not you. For bag and pad work, 12oz to 14oz. Competition weight is set by the sanctioning body and your division, commonly 10oz for amateurs and 8oz to 10oz for professionals.
Ounces, plainly
Ounces measure padding, not size. A 16oz glove is not bigger inside than a 12oz — it has more foam between your fist and whatever it lands on. That is why gyms mandate 16oz for sparring and why hitting a bag in them teaches you very little about distance.
Lace or velcro
Laces give a better wrist and are what competition uses. Velcro is what you will actually wear five times a week because you can put them on alone. Most people who train seriously own both.
Leather in this climate
Real leather outlasts synthetic by years, but only if it dries. A glove left in a closed bag in a Dubai summer will be unusable in one season. Pull the liners out after every session; a cheap pair of glove dogs is the best money in the bag.
Stock landing soon
We are not listing boxing gloves yet. When we do, every one will carry the same thing our gis already carry — a verdict on whether it passes, checked against the body that governs your sport and dated.