Background
I'm 13 years old and I have been kickboxing/thai boxing for the last 3 or so years now.
My first pair of gloves was a cheap local brand, that I used for the first couple of months of training, till I picked up on some of the basics, followed by a pair of lonsdale sparring gloves and now, the title black boxing gloves. I am probably no where near the ideal person to try and review a pair of gloves for the gear junkies that post on here, but I'm gonna give it a shot.
I ordered these during winter, while a family member was in the US, I ordered around 500$ worth of stuff from the titleboxing website and I was thrilled to invest what I had been saving into gear for what I love. I saw the black line on the website, and I really liked it. I was struggling to choose between whether I should get the 200$ model, or the 150$ model. I asked questions on the title boxing live chat frequently, and they told me that the only difference is that the boxing glove is more of an overall boxing glove, which I fail to understand. Anyways, turns out those extra 50$ that I cut to make space for my other needs has made all the difference.
Aesthetics
This glove probably won me over by looking cool, as I said in a previous post, I'm 13, and was unfortunately easily swayed by just the looks of this line. This glove comes in an all black colorway and it is basically a combination of "regular" black leather, the shiny stuff, and a rougher type bit. The shiny parts, and the imprinted letters and stuff are probably a dislike for many, but the flashiness was what I liked about this glove. One thing I don't like about the glove is the overuse of the shiny leather, I would have liked to see it only on the thumb area and the wrist strap. No big deal though. It only makes the glove look a bit cheaper, another thing that contributes is the big white warning they put inside the glove.
Performance
Because of the wrist strap issue that I will cover later on, I could only use this glove to some extent. I had to double wrap my hands, and I used the glove for pad work and light bag work/drilling. When I wrap correctly though, this glove really does perform great. Using it on the bag the first couple of times I was wondering if I had been hitting weaker or not, that is because I was used to my lonsdale gloves, in which realistically the padding sucked, but I could pound them for 10 years and i don't think they would budge. These gloves really do give you a feeling of high end protection and performance, even with their faults.
Padding
The padding on this glove is great, it sort of reminds me of one of those special foamed type pillows in a way, and has a great feeling to it. The padding is great, but I feel as if it is a little front heavy, and that they could have distributed it a bit better to help with wrist support. The padding feels to have two layers, one thicker higher density layer on the top and a bit spongier one under. The padding is definitely a plus of this glove.
Lining
The lining inside this glove is great, only after closely examining it I see how good it actually is. It rarely stays wet for long, and the material is a flexible type cloth which works great. Another plus with this glove.
Wrist support
No matter how many good sides a glove has, all it takes is one major downfall. In this glove its the wrist support system. I just look at it and think WHY? did nobody over at title try this glove before they started selling them? It's just pure gimmick, you cant fasten it nicely at all, which in combination with my small hands does not work well. They also decided to add this gimmicky material in the wrist support, sort of like a flipped leather type of thing, which is also on the back of the thumb part. I don't understand why they added this material, since it does not really look compatible with sweat and blood. Even if they did decide to add the crap material in the wrist strap, they could have at least added enough velcro for me to be able to fasten the thing.
Price
The price of this glove is 150$ which is just completely unjustifiable for a glove that has a completely faulty wrist strap.
Durability
I sort of doubt the durability of this glove, because of the gimmicky leather which might fail the rest of the glove prematurely, if anybody understands what I mean. After like 2 months, the glove is fine, but I am being gentle with it to spare it.
Overall
This glove works, but it leaves me disappointed. With a good wrist strap, and all the gimmicks removed, this glove would be truly top notch. I really do have mixed feelings with this glove, and it is very hard to rate it, but it would probably be around a 6/10.
Title boxing experience
The order and everything went fine, but then I found the title questions thread, and I posted about the wrist strap, and Wes offered to help me out with that. Currently we are still trying to figure something out.
This is my first review, and I didn't really know what to include, so please ask any questions you have.
Pictures by aleksejj - Photobucket
I'm 13 years old and I have been kickboxing/thai boxing for the last 3 or so years now.
My first pair of gloves was a cheap local brand, that I used for the first couple of months of training, till I picked up on some of the basics, followed by a pair of lonsdale sparring gloves and now, the title black boxing gloves. I am probably no where near the ideal person to try and review a pair of gloves for the gear junkies that post on here, but I'm gonna give it a shot.
I ordered these during winter, while a family member was in the US, I ordered around 500$ worth of stuff from the titleboxing website and I was thrilled to invest what I had been saving into gear for what I love. I saw the black line on the website, and I really liked it. I was struggling to choose between whether I should get the 200$ model, or the 150$ model. I asked questions on the title boxing live chat frequently, and they told me that the only difference is that the boxing glove is more of an overall boxing glove, which I fail to understand. Anyways, turns out those extra 50$ that I cut to make space for my other needs has made all the difference.
Aesthetics
This glove probably won me over by looking cool, as I said in a previous post, I'm 13, and was unfortunately easily swayed by just the looks of this line. This glove comes in an all black colorway and it is basically a combination of "regular" black leather, the shiny stuff, and a rougher type bit. The shiny parts, and the imprinted letters and stuff are probably a dislike for many, but the flashiness was what I liked about this glove. One thing I don't like about the glove is the overuse of the shiny leather, I would have liked to see it only on the thumb area and the wrist strap. No big deal though. It only makes the glove look a bit cheaper, another thing that contributes is the big white warning they put inside the glove.
Performance
Because of the wrist strap issue that I will cover later on, I could only use this glove to some extent. I had to double wrap my hands, and I used the glove for pad work and light bag work/drilling. When I wrap correctly though, this glove really does perform great. Using it on the bag the first couple of times I was wondering if I had been hitting weaker or not, that is because I was used to my lonsdale gloves, in which realistically the padding sucked, but I could pound them for 10 years and i don't think they would budge. These gloves really do give you a feeling of high end protection and performance, even with their faults.
Padding
The padding on this glove is great, it sort of reminds me of one of those special foamed type pillows in a way, and has a great feeling to it. The padding is great, but I feel as if it is a little front heavy, and that they could have distributed it a bit better to help with wrist support. The padding feels to have two layers, one thicker higher density layer on the top and a bit spongier one under. The padding is definitely a plus of this glove.
Lining
The lining inside this glove is great, only after closely examining it I see how good it actually is. It rarely stays wet for long, and the material is a flexible type cloth which works great. Another plus with this glove.
Wrist support
No matter how many good sides a glove has, all it takes is one major downfall. In this glove its the wrist support system. I just look at it and think WHY? did nobody over at title try this glove before they started selling them? It's just pure gimmick, you cant fasten it nicely at all, which in combination with my small hands does not work well. They also decided to add this gimmicky material in the wrist support, sort of like a flipped leather type of thing, which is also on the back of the thumb part. I don't understand why they added this material, since it does not really look compatible with sweat and blood. Even if they did decide to add the crap material in the wrist strap, they could have at least added enough velcro for me to be able to fasten the thing.
Price
The price of this glove is 150$ which is just completely unjustifiable for a glove that has a completely faulty wrist strap.
Durability
I sort of doubt the durability of this glove, because of the gimmicky leather which might fail the rest of the glove prematurely, if anybody understands what I mean. After like 2 months, the glove is fine, but I am being gentle with it to spare it.
Overall
This glove works, but it leaves me disappointed. With a good wrist strap, and all the gimmicks removed, this glove would be truly top notch. I really do have mixed feelings with this glove, and it is very hard to rate it, but it would probably be around a 6/10.
Title boxing experience
The order and everything went fine, but then I found the title questions thread, and I posted about the wrist strap, and Wes offered to help me out with that. Currently we are still trying to figure something out.
This is my first review, and I didn't really know what to include, so please ask any questions you have.
Pictures by aleksejj - Photobucket
