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Recently I bought a pair of Fairtex BGV6 in 14oz for training after I injured my knuckle using some shitty neverlast gloves. After breaking them in on the bag and pad work I realized they are sparring only gloves so rather than continue to use them on bag and pad work I opted to buy a pair of BGV9's as well allowing me to do this comparison of the gloves for both bag/pad work and sparring.
BGV6 14oz
Feel/Fit - The feel and fit of these gloves was great they are quite hard to get on with full wraps and winning NG-2's on though and for some reason without the NG-2's on the padding over the knuckles is quite hard (making it incredibly painful for me with an already existing knuckle strain) to do any training. With the NG-2's on this is hardly an issue. But until I had broken these gloves in the padding inside the glove was uncomfortable.
Crafting - The gloves themselves are superbly crafted although Fairtex made the questionable decision to not include breathing holes on the palm or thumb. Aside from the internal knuckle padding as mentioned above the rest of the padding is amazing and great for protecting your sparring partners face, however I wouldn't go lower than 14 for sparring (being a 63kg fighter this isn't to bad for my sparring partners). The fact that they are genuine leather is a huge plus.
Rating - 7.6/10 the hardness of the internal knuckle padding and the lack of breathing holes are the only major issues I came across.
BGV9 16oz
Feel/Fit - The BGV9's feel fantastic on my hands, even the knuckle injury that is still healing wasn't aggravated while wearing these during training, being bigger gloves they have a little more room for your hand when wearing winning NG-2's and full wraps, I've done roughly 60 rounds of heavy bag work and 30 rounds of pads with these gloves and not once has my hand hurt. The cuff feels a bit long because I am a smaller fighter, but nothing to take away from the feel of the gloves overall.
Crafting - They are beautifully crafted with fantastic leather and superb padding, Fairtex included breathing holes on these gloves and while they are 16oz they still maintain a fairly low profile as most Mexican style gloves do. The internal padding is quite soft with the outer padding being a bit more rigid to soak up the hits on the heavy bag. Fairtex advise not to use these gloves for sparring as they are quite hard compared to the BGV6's while I used them for sparring over around 16 rounds I won't be using them again as the hits did show considerably more wear and tear on my sparring partners face.
Rating - 9.5/10 I would recommend these gloves to anyone who needs a quality all round training gloves, the only thing to stop them being a 10/10 is the fact that for sparring they are too hard even at 16oz to be safe to use if the welbeing of your sparring partner is something you look into.
Overall if you are looking at just a sparring glove get the BGV6 if you are looking for a glove for all round training get the BGV9
BGV6 14oz
Feel/Fit - The feel and fit of these gloves was great they are quite hard to get on with full wraps and winning NG-2's on though and for some reason without the NG-2's on the padding over the knuckles is quite hard (making it incredibly painful for me with an already existing knuckle strain) to do any training. With the NG-2's on this is hardly an issue. But until I had broken these gloves in the padding inside the glove was uncomfortable.
Crafting - The gloves themselves are superbly crafted although Fairtex made the questionable decision to not include breathing holes on the palm or thumb. Aside from the internal knuckle padding as mentioned above the rest of the padding is amazing and great for protecting your sparring partners face, however I wouldn't go lower than 14 for sparring (being a 63kg fighter this isn't to bad for my sparring partners). The fact that they are genuine leather is a huge plus.
Rating - 7.6/10 the hardness of the internal knuckle padding and the lack of breathing holes are the only major issues I came across.
BGV9 16oz
Feel/Fit - The BGV9's feel fantastic on my hands, even the knuckle injury that is still healing wasn't aggravated while wearing these during training, being bigger gloves they have a little more room for your hand when wearing winning NG-2's and full wraps, I've done roughly 60 rounds of heavy bag work and 30 rounds of pads with these gloves and not once has my hand hurt. The cuff feels a bit long because I am a smaller fighter, but nothing to take away from the feel of the gloves overall.
Crafting - They are beautifully crafted with fantastic leather and superb padding, Fairtex included breathing holes on these gloves and while they are 16oz they still maintain a fairly low profile as most Mexican style gloves do. The internal padding is quite soft with the outer padding being a bit more rigid to soak up the hits on the heavy bag. Fairtex advise not to use these gloves for sparring as they are quite hard compared to the BGV6's while I used them for sparring over around 16 rounds I won't be using them again as the hits did show considerably more wear and tear on my sparring partners face.
Rating - 9.5/10 I would recommend these gloves to anyone who needs a quality all round training gloves, the only thing to stop them being a 10/10 is the fact that for sparring they are too hard even at 16oz to be safe to use if the welbeing of your sparring partner is something you look into.
Overall if you are looking at just a sparring glove get the BGV6 if you are looking for a glove for all round training get the BGV9
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