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Ringside Heritage 10oz Pro Fight Gloves
I was contacted by Ringside to review a pair of pro fight gloves from their new premium line. I will approach this very empirically and without bias.
Quality
The quality of these gloves is very impressive and rivals that found in Grant and Reyes.
Leather: The leather encasing the gloves is smooth, soft, and blemish free, however, the leather is thin. I am not a leather-smith so I do not know how this combination will affect the longevity of the gloves (i.e., very high quality and thin). The dark leather portions of the gloves are not sealed and will absorb moisture during training. This is actually a good thing because the leather will last longer if you follow proper maintenance protocols.
Stitching: The stitching on the gloves is almost perfect. There is not a single loose thread after a few weeks of hard use. The only real imperfect is on the Quick-Tie, one of the ten loops is offset.
Weight: I tested the weight of each gloves, without the laces, on digital scale. The left gloves weighted 10.3oz while the right weighted 10.35oz, making an average error of 3.25%.
Symmetry: The gloves are essentially mirror images of one another. This is the first pair of gloves that I can say this without embellishing.
Liner: The liner is sewed into the gloves with no baggy or bunchy areas, especially around the thumb and at fingers. On most gloves, there is a noticeable ridge of stitching on the supine (palm) side of the finger compartment, however, these gloves are smooth and have a leather-reinforced strip that runs along the finger tip area.
Drying: The gloves dry extremely fast.
Laces: The laces are the only part of the gloves that I found troublesome. The aglets (i.e., plastic ending caps) were not secure and the braded round laces frayed when my coach removed the tape after a session. I fixed this problem for $2.50 at Target by purchasing 72
I was contacted by Ringside to review a pair of pro fight gloves from their new premium line. I will approach this very empirically and without bias.
Quality
The quality of these gloves is very impressive and rivals that found in Grant and Reyes.
Leather: The leather encasing the gloves is smooth, soft, and blemish free, however, the leather is thin. I am not a leather-smith so I do not know how this combination will affect the longevity of the gloves (i.e., very high quality and thin). The dark leather portions of the gloves are not sealed and will absorb moisture during training. This is actually a good thing because the leather will last longer if you follow proper maintenance protocols.
Stitching: The stitching on the gloves is almost perfect. There is not a single loose thread after a few weeks of hard use. The only real imperfect is on the Quick-Tie, one of the ten loops is offset.
Weight: I tested the weight of each gloves, without the laces, on digital scale. The left gloves weighted 10.3oz while the right weighted 10.35oz, making an average error of 3.25%.
Symmetry: The gloves are essentially mirror images of one another. This is the first pair of gloves that I can say this without embellishing.
Liner: The liner is sewed into the gloves with no baggy or bunchy areas, especially around the thumb and at fingers. On most gloves, there is a noticeable ridge of stitching on the supine (palm) side of the finger compartment, however, these gloves are smooth and have a leather-reinforced strip that runs along the finger tip area.
Drying: The gloves dry extremely fast.
Laces: The laces are the only part of the gloves that I found troublesome. The aglets (i.e., plastic ending caps) were not secure and the braded round laces frayed when my coach removed the tape after a session. I fixed this problem for $2.50 at Target by purchasing 72
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