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Wear what your coach/trainer recommends. Do what the gym does, it's that simple
I used to wear Boxing shoes to the Gym, but realized that's kinda dumb if you're poor and want your shoes to be nice if you actually get a bout. So now it's just sneakers. Same with trunks, now just sweats or shorts.
+1 for titleboxing.com. get yourself some decent boxing shoes for cheap.
i don't know how you guys can practice boxing with running shoes. i did that for a bit and i can't seem to pivot properly with them. running shoes are just not designed to allow proper boxing foot movements (IMO). a few times i thought i was going to twist my ankle from practicing in my running shoes. they were brand new and had a lot of grip.
I got wrestling shoes, b/c a lot of guys will use them for everything. If you're not a pure boxer more of an MMA guy, I wouldn't even mess w/ shoes especially wrestling shoes. Sometimes, in my boxing class, we do mitt work on the mats b/c of space. My wrestling shoes would really stick to the mat and my boxing coach kept telling me that I needed to pivot on the ball of my foot more. It took me at least a month to figure out that it was the shoes. It seriously held my training back. Grappling wise, wrestling shoes are good for pure wrestling. They make ankle locks easier for you opponent though
Just go barefoot, its cheaperAn alternative to wrestling shoes if you're on mats a lot are Sambo shoes, they have softer soles with less grip so you can actually pivot though they do add a little grip, especially if the mats get sweaty.
they say boxing's the poor man's sport, but the gear's so much more expensive than karate or judoI accidentally bought wrestling shoes once. They worked fine. I went through so many boxing shoes it's quite crazy. Way more than gloves. I currently have four shoes but only 2 pairs of gloves.
they say boxing's the poor man's sport, but the gear's so much more expensive than karate or judo
Say what you want, but when I was a kid and took TKD it was a simple 100/month and that was it; When I started MMA I gotta get 3 types of gloves (bag, 12oz MT, 6oz MMA), shin guards, and othersWell...
Say what you want, but when I was a kid and took TKD it was a simple 100/month and that was it; When I started MMA I gotta get 3 types of gloves (bag, 12oz MT, 6oz MMA), shin guards, and others
lol, it ain't stealing if you don't get caughtlol just giving you shit. I'm so poor some of the shoes I have are left overs from gym from years ago. My trainer was going to throw them out but I was like are there any my size? I wanted to get the shoes Lomachenko uses for my last fight but when I saw the price tag I quickly decided against it.
lol, it ain't stealing if you don't get caught