Buying Gloves by Lauren Evans

I often hear people asking about gloves, With questions such as 'what are the best brands of gloves to buy?' Or ' whats a reasonable price to pay on gloves?' Or 'how much will i need to pay for a decent pair of gloves to last?' So im going to tell you what the best brands are out there and what ones to avoid.

When buying gloves always avoid mma brands such as tap out etc..  These are the worst types of gloves you could buy they come across very cheap but don't last long they can last from either one thai class up to 3 months maximum. 

Budget with bad brands will always make you think that they are good. You can get average gloves at around twenty pounds but they will not last long.

The best brands for muay thai gloves are the real thai brands such as;

Fairtex

Sandee

Twins

Windy

Boon

Raja

Yokkoa

They are the best brands that you could have if wanting a decent pair of muay thai gloves the budgeting costs between 45-100+ pounds at retail price.  That sounds a lot but even for £45 the gloves will last upto 10+ years and the most damage that will happen is the padding will slowly wear away. 

You can buy these products from everywhere,there are many shops all over the internet that sell them and they range from all different styles and colours.

For +15yrs If you are looking to compete in the sport and you start doing interclub or novice bouts you have to wear 16oz gloves as rules. But as the higher class you fight the smaller oz gloves you have to wear.

For 14-yrs if you are looking to compete you have to wear 10 oz gloves for under 50kg and 16oz gloves for over 50kg that goes for all class of fights.

But if you are just using them for training and want a decent pair of gloves you should go for 12-14oz as they wont be to heavy but will add more to a decent arm workout and will last long for a good budget.

Lauren Evans

Junior instructor

9th Khan