I got the same gloves a few months ago. I chose them mostly for the wrist protection after I had a wrist injury that kept me out of the game for nearly 4 months. My wrists feel great now after boxing, very stable. Yeah they're a bit expensive, but it's worth the extra injury protection. I look at it this way, if I could've gone back in time and had to pay 120 euro's to prevent my wrist injury, I would have