Horse hair gloves hit harder? wtf?

[dembones22]

Cleto Reyes, fuck the rest. Best gloves I’ve ever used

I think the Everlast MX fight gloves are even better than the Cleto's. The training MX gloves are prob better too.




I WAS AS SHOCKED AS YOU ARE NOW.

 

[opie]

Hmm......looks like Canelo got Sarah Jessica Parker on that clenbuterol too.

 

[Sunfish]

Isn’t the billy Collins jr incident the reason the the a side will never let the b side use horsehair?

 

[Bamboozled]

I've had horsehair gloves, loads of every kind of boxing gloves and with horsehair fight gloves you can wear them in a little on the pads before the bout and keep pushing down into them, such that the padding moulds around your knuckles moreso than with other types (like, you can feel your knuckles pushing through into the lining of the leather almost, especially once you wear them down even a little and beat them up a bit). So, it's good for punching power as there's less of substance between your knuckles and your opponent. It obviously doesn't double the shock, it just makes a small difference is all. Anecdotally I feel like it impacts how easily you're able to cut and mark up your opponent too. Horn's trainer is overstating things.

Pro Boxers aren't using worn gloves even if there was a difference.

 

[Minowafanatic]

Pro Boxers aren't using worn gloves even if there was a difference.

You still try and wear the gloves in in the dressing room/warmup as soon as you get them. Most pro fight gloves aren't built to last.

 

[mozfonky]

Isn’t the billy Collins jr incident the reason the the a side will never let the b side use horsehair?

i doubt that had much to do with the change, for whatever reason, people are always tinkering with things in the name of progress, sometimes they make things better, sometimes they fuck things up, as in the adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"

 

[realdealgeale]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/b...t/news-story/23d8f1d31ea3dbe9b97c2f8bdd7a024e article adds a bit more context to the gloves. hopefully not behind a paywall.