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I can see that. also, don't take them off by prying them with your other foot--you can strip off the sole at the back! (I did that a little bit).

yeah--super high-quality shoe, but my toes are just too wide for them. I did think they are great for pivoting, arch support and ankle support though (and for jump rope, for example).

​@@gogboxing5655yeah im feeling that arch support. Im a bit flat foot so it works 😊

Np!

Appreciated. Will post a new vid soon.

Hi--eh? There are no springs. That is an elastic cord at the start, but better are often elastic bands--the kind that you can get to strap down luggage on your car (later in the vid). Not all are equal, however, and it's good if you can find the longer ones for the bottom side of the bag.

Thank you for replying sir

Np. It helps pivoting, but you will be surprised that it also helps your right hand get pop.

Ha ha ha--thanks!

Thanks!

thanks! Will try...

The shell can be great--especially as we get older. I fall into it a lot, and actually if you really go way back to the beginnings it arguably started with blue collar guys using it for boxing to stay in shape after work. They didn't have all day to train so the shell became a way to defend without having to have all-star cardio. It's a great system, but if you don't put real time into it, you will get caked now and again. I do think though that a lot of guys develop bad habits with it and therefore lack pop.

@@gogboxing5655yep! I have been learning from a guy here on RUclips out of PA. Salad coach and does have a bias to that old blue collar style of fighting. But I think your video is spot on. I train with a guy who has really stiff hips and how’s the history and wrestling. There’s nothing loose about the guy, but when he squares up right in front of you, watch out. I’m on the opposite side where you can twist me up like pipe cleaner and the Philly shell just feels fantastic for me. But like you said none of this stuff works unless you train it and train it and train it

Honestly, my BGV9s have now outlasted everything else I've used, and apart from looking a bit cracked on the outside, they are still great. Really. I have also been using the Geezers Halos that I have up on the site, but I prefer Mexican style, which is why I like the BGV9s. My Geezers are pretty good gloves--the weight is centered differently and they don't have the "crack" on the bag and pads I like, but they are quite good for the price. Good for sparring. Not hard on sparring partners. On the flip side, accidentally hitting an elbow in my Geezers defo hurts my hands more than in Fairtex gloves. At that price I probably would give Pro-Mex a try, but I think to get into a better glove, you just need to pay more. I consider the BGV9 the best value at Fairtex too when it comes to anything velcro. I do really like the fit of their laceups though. One glove I recently briefly tried, which impressed me, at that price point were Leones. I think they've gotten a lot better--the gloves I tried really had a great fit. Some of the low-end gloves that I bought for my students were Everlasts, and they were also better than what they used to be even in the cheap glove range. I might consider them... might, I guess. If I were going to go up into the next price range, however, but below Cletos, for example, I'd probably go with Rival.

@@gogboxing5655thanks so much. I have looked at the Rival offerings. Hey get a lot of praise. I might get some more BVG9 and something else a little softer for sparing. I normally don’t wrap my hands when hitting the bag and the BVG9 offers great protection for that while giving a satisfying pop on the bag.

@@wiseworksfitness whoa!!! hey, listen, wrap your hands. Get long wraps (180s) and learn how to wrap your hands properly. Seriously. I always wrap my hands, and I even add padding under the wraps these days. Over time you will develop hand problems if you don't (and it's boxing so you might anyway), but if you develop real pop, you are bound to seriously hurt your hands/dislocate or break a knuckle, etc. if they are not properly wrapped. A dislocation can be worse than a break--I have a friend whose career was ended like that, and the coach back then used to yell at him for wrapping his hands in very sloppy fashion. The first thing I do with students is inspect their wraps---every single lesson. Later in life you will need your hands. Look--I also play guitar semi-professionally, but when I was a young guy I never imagined I would do that. Now my hands are not in great shape, but they still work--but in hindsight I really wish I had paid more attention to wrapping my hands as a teen and in my early 20s. I used to also just wrap them to get my coach off my back. Better to do them right.

Thank you so much. I appreciate the advice and it will help others avoid problems later. It’s too late for me 😊! I am actually 55 and spent some years in martial arts where it was customary to hit bare knuckles -so we did. I am very lucky I don’t have any problems with my hands at all. My wrists however took a beating. Luckily those have healed up and feel normal. I first dabbled with Boxing 10-15 years ago and always wrapped at the gym. I really just started back a couple of years ago and the last six months consistently. I don’t train on big or hard heavy bags at all. I almost exclusively use a 45 pound maize bag and it absorbs the punches so well I have not once thought about how my hands feel. It is so compliant that I can hit it bare knuckle with any discomfort at all. It’s pretty soft. I have trained on HARD bags and absolutely those required wraps… Nevertheless, I will heed your advice and start wrapping up!

Cool.

Yes. It costs almost nothing, weighs nothing. You need to find a place to set it up, but these work great, are proven, etc. But I assume you mean the cobra reflex bag that is the bag on a spring a la Ryan Garcia. I would love to have one of those, but they are very expensive, very heavy, and if the bag part wears out, not sure how easy that is to replace.

Hi--sorry that I am writing in English (I actually don't have trouble reading Spanish, but I can't remember it well enough to write it). Look, these are much less expensive than Cletos, and IMO Cleto Reyes gloves are simply better. They are my preferred glove (although I don't have a pair right now--wish I did). These are, however, about as good as you are going to get for the money (a little more than 1/3 the price of Cletos) in a Mexican-style, Cleto-esque glove, IMO. They are real leather, have excellent wrist support and I am still using mine (all the time, really) on bags and in sparring. I'm getting old so I'm only doing light to medium sparring now, but they are ok if you are both wearing headgear, IMO. THey offer very good hand protection, and they have outlasted (by far) the Titles I had, which I did like. I have noticed some variation between pairs of gloves (mine fit better than those a friend bought), but that happens with all gloves. I think if you have medium-sized hands and wrists, these are going to be quite good (and they should be ok even for fairly large (but not huge) hands. Not sure I would rec them for small hands and wrists, however. So in the end, they are very good for the money, but no, they are not as good as Cleto Reyes.

@@gogboxing5655mil gracias por la información. Saludos desde cdmx

@@gogboxing5655que costo tienen unos Cleto Reyes de Velcro en USA? Saludos desde Mexico.

@@victorzetina1559 I'm not in the US these days so I'm not sure, but I think you are looking at USD 250-300. Might be wrong though.

@@gogboxing5655 gracias 🙏🏻

appreciated!

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thanks!

!!! Thanks! And nope, I did not know that!

I still got it :) Well, a little bit of it anyway. :)

appreciated!

Ha! Thanks!

Never too late to start (well, even I have cut back to almost no sparring--as we get older, things fragile), but otherwise, go for it. I will start putting up vids sooner again, I hope. I moved and have a great place to work out, but they said they have too many freelance trainers in that gym so I can't do anything there. (It's more of a new guy hitting gym politics, but ok).

Ah--that's a Master's fairly heavy uppercut bag. You can find that in Europe. I'm not a fan of Master's gloves, but their bags (including speed bag) really last. Look for something that is NOT concrete feeling. You don't want soft either, but something like medium or maybe slightly more than medium, especially for an uppercut bag like that. If it's hard and heavy, you will hurt your hands doing uppercuts, as the bottom of it will just get harder with age. If it's too soft you can sink too deep and sprain your wrists. I'm not a big fan of water bags, as they are unwieldy, crazy heavy and they seem inconsistent from day-to-day to me. Hope that helps a bit.

Thanks! I'm dealing with local gym politics right now. Hoping to get things up and running soon though, and I'll start putting up vids again.

Thanks!

Thanks! I'm working on a way to start putting out more vids. In a new city and dealing with gym politics (I could do a whole series on that). We'll see what happens.

I think any of them are fine. Any of them may vary a bit so I'd do what my wife does and order a couple of sizes of the one you prefer and send back the ones you don't like.

thanks!

Cool. I'm closing in on 60. The big thing is getting warmed up, eating right, getting enough sleep.

Thanks!

Thanks!

Texas, but in Europe now. I've recently moved to a different city so I'm not (yet) where I can make vids. Currently, I'm bouncing between boxing gyms trying to find somewhere that has good equipment and the right feel.

Sure--that's what they are made for.

Ugh--a broken wrist! That sounds awful. Hope you heal up quick.

I'm getting good pop with them. Would not say better, but very solid construction and my hands feel good in them. I'm big on switching up gloves, as I mentioned in the vid.

so which one of those two and twins gloves should I buy for all round boxing training

@@user71324 my favorites are still the Fairtex BGV9s. And those have lasted a long time and are still going strong.

Thanks!

Yep!

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