When I first took up boxing to get in shape, I thought buying my first pair of gloves would be the easy part. I saw them in the same way I saw hoodies and gym shorts . Do they work? Do they fit? Great! It's not like I'm buying a new car here. But looking back, I could not have been a bigger idiot. Because when I wore the gloves I got at a big box store to my first class, I wound up in a world of pain—and it had nothing to do with my sparring partner. It had everything to do with my whack-ass gloves.

It's maddeningly obvious to say this out loud, but it's the truth: Quality gloves are crucial for boxing . To box with substandard gloves you spent all of five minutes looking for is like running the New York City Marathon on running shoes you bought on a whim. Unfortunately,

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