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If anyone would like barely used Fairtex BGV1s 16oz red hook and loop shoot me a PM.
thanks i got them from the ebay store of muaythai-fighting, I've sent them pictures and they've agreed to a return ASAP, and so far I am awaiting instructions on how the return process will be completed.
Title sells boons, i wanted a pair got impatient and went fairtex instead. Should stuck with boon
I was unaware that the BGV1 lacked a grip bar, and many people stated they are on cletos quality which they were not. I just felt somewhat disappointed.
The boons were simply just a glove i wanted, i never tried them out, but they looked solid and everyone here seems to love them. They were my 1st choice but i got impatient and decided to go with fairtex instead.
Based on others posts/reviews boons have the better hand compartment and feel.
Fairtexs were great but just not for me, which is why i offered to sell them at a discounted price of course to anyone in the US if they wanted them.
Maybe I should just try twins then. Problem is people said they are pillowy.
A lot of people complain about the padding distribution, but for MT purposes, it's a nice glove for defense and clinching -- the padding on the base of the back of the hand and the ulnar ridge are great for blocking and parrying respectively (especially for high powered kicks), and it's quite easy to open your hand to engage in the clinch with these gloves (also, the wrist cuff is a little shorter than other brands, so you have a little more wrist maneuverability for clinching at the cost of stiff support for power punching, but good wrapping offers enough support IMHO). I myself prefer Twins as my game mainly revolves around kicking and kneeing/clinching and less on punching. Perhaps the only complaint I have is that elbowing can get a little clumsy on the 16 oz.'s, but you get used to it really quickly (and your elbows become killer with smaller gloves thereafter LOL).
Just got my twin bgvl3 12ozs. Looking good so far, the left glove actually has extra wrinkles here there, but thats perhaps due to individual hand stitching inconsistencies, no biggie.
This glove is super tight tho, wrist protection is almost non existant for me (small small wrists), but the hand compartent is super tight (and i have small hands too). I had to change my wrapping to focus more on the wrists.
Thumb position feels nice, havent had the chance to test it on clinching tho.