Punch bags and gloves?
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think of how much you wieght. i am 234  and use an 80 pound bag. \n its always best to wrap your wrists before working on a bag and use gloves as to not cut your knuckles.  u do get more from a punch when you extend your distance so id say it is best to work out with full extention of your arms. to me its a cardio workout. and so its not how hard you punch, its the fact your punching. if your going for power, hang the bag so you hit the bottom as to add more weight to the resistance and you may have weak wrists so always wrap them like you would ankles for football. mine hurt if i dont but it could save you from days off of workingout. gl oh and canvas is better than all.
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The Boxer has a harder punch,\nMartial Arts May Kick Harder.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Gloves
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Punching bag. Good stress releif and fun.\n\nSomething like this would be even better but it more expensive than just a regular punching bag.\nhttp://corporate.marketworks.com/storefrontprofiles/processfeed.aspx?sfid=101468&i=7672900&mpid=6&dfid=1
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Are they wearing potato sacks?
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All of them!\n\nArms for punching.\n\nLegs to keep you moving. \n\nBody to bob/weave and keep yourself upright.
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Hustler magazines and a tub of vaseline !!!!!\n\noh, and a big bag of Cheeto's  !!!
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I used to fight, but now I just hang out and watch fights.  I was simi-pro for 4 years and during that period, I never lost a fight.  The first advise I would give you is;  This piss me off thing needs to go, as this will get your a*s kicked good!!!  You must be in to it mentally as well, as physically.  I used to love it when someone lost their temper with me.  I wanted them to loose it, and charge me like some bull.  That is when I would knock their a*s out.  DO NOT ever think you fight better when you get mad.  That has got to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard.  Set you off?  Are you kidding me?  You'll get your a*s knocked out in a hurry!  If you wish to hit hard, then you must work with a bag.  One of those big swinging bags.  The small bag is for getting your speed up as in speed bag.  The heavy weight of the big bag helps you to learn to move weight with your punch without breaking your wrist.  This is why one tapes their wrists up before a fight.  When fighting, you must try to punch through the object you are hitting.  What I mean by that is; to step into your punchs, and put you weight into the punch.  The idea is to send your punch through the object you are hitting, and using your weight to push it through.  It's kind of like driving a nail with a hammer.  You can either bang at the nail, or you can let the weight of the hammer drive the nail for you.  It takes much practice to unserstand what I'm talking about, and punching something as practice to perfect the punch.  When fighting, you can tell where a hard punch is coming from, by watching the weight shift to that foot as the punch is being thrown.  I used to pay close attention to the other boxers feet.  This way I knew where and how hard the puch was coming at me.  Throwing a knock out punch is different than jabbing to set up the punch.  Lets use a uppercut as an example; what you are trying to do is; pick the person up off the ground, but you are trying to lift all there weight with your punch.  You know that just the punch will not lift the person up without using your legs to get strength to pick them up with.  I could talk for days about this, but I'm not going to.  Just know that a mad (pissed off) person makes mistakes, and when you get into it with someone who has training, you cannot afford to act without thinking.  The best thing you can do sometimes is let the fight come to you, and act accordingly.  You must assume the person you are fighting is going to kick your a*s, and you are there to defend yourself from getting knocked out.  Always assume the other person is better, until they prove it different.  The very person that's going to teach you a lesson, is the person you most think you can beat.  You will see what I mean.  You can't beat someone if your eyes have been beat shut.  The best thing to do is; fight defensively, never get head strong, or loose your cool.  You may think you fight better when you are pissed off, but that will get your head ripped off your body, believe me!  By the way, my neece fights professionally.  She fights out of a Gym in Columbia SC, and has fought Layla Ali before.  Layla knocked her a*s out, and I think that was because she was over confident, and had no respect for Layla.  I told her, she must change the way she fought in order to beat someone better than her.  She didn't listen, and got knocked out.  Now she is training her behind off and trying to get another shot a Layla.  If you are serious about training and becoming a boxer, then learn some skills, and train even harder than you think you can.  Running down the road a 4:00 am doesn't win fights, but it does get you in shape to go the distance.  I hope I have been some help to you.  Good Luck!!!
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Look on the internet under boxing
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what about going to gym, or buying boxing bag and everytime u feel like getting violent, u simply punch that, instead of hurting someone. u can yell during that as well:]
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along with the other answers here's a quick breakdown\n\n16oz-speed training and endurance: you cant go very long if you cant keep up with your opponent as well as keep throwing your own punches or counters. plus with using 16oz gloves it makes your hands heavier, slower punching, but if you practice your hands once you downsize gloves, will be faster and lighter.\n\n14oz-sparing: basically just the overall get in the ring and practice your technique. since its not as heavy as the 16's you'll still be able to throw fast and accurate.\n\n12oz-bags: use these on the bags so that you have your speed with you as well as training your fist to take the punch (less padding)\n\n10oz-fights: i think its the approved amateur glove weight for bouts
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the gloves that he started off wearing are actual boxing gloves, since they have a velcro closure they're probably training gloves, meaning they weight between 12 and 16 ozs a piece. might not sound like much, but you definetely feel it. slows your punches down alot and the padding helps protect the other fighter by absorbing and dispersing the energy from the punch a bit. \n\nwhen he switches gloves, he changes to the same style of gloves that jackie chan is wearing, which are plain bag gloves. all they do is protect your hands from getting cut or burned if you hit a heavy bag wrong and your hands slide. they only weight about 4 or 6 oz a piece. your hands are much faster and your hits land with alot more power.
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A bit o' cut and paste:\n\nn the early days of professional fist fighting, groups of fighters would travel from town to town challenging the local men. The fighters would arrange a few of the spectators in a circle and have them hold a ring of rope. Any man wishing to challenge one of the boxers would "toss his hat into the ring." The bout would then take place in this early boxing "ring."\n\nAs the number of spectators increased, the hand-held ring no longer sufficed, and it became necessary to fashion an enclosure by attaching ropes to stakes driven into the ground. Four stakes were normally used, which produced a square enclosure, but it continued to be called a boxing ring.
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I liked the 16 ounce Everlast for practicing when I started because it was heavy and made me really work out to be able to swing it for 3 rounds (amateur).  It lasted me my two years of boxing.  For my fights I had a pair of 10 oz. that's the AIBA Approved Amateur Fight Gloves weight.
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NIKE man.,.\n\nnike pro gloves are the best!
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MANNY BY KO\n\nBOXING SCENE
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El Chingon ~\n                     What's up Vato! In my opinion, you want to get something that's going to last you a while. Go with a water bag Ringside.com has them, the best thing about them other than their durability is, it's easy on your hands, it actually feels like you're hitting a person to the body. I've had mine for close to 8 years now, considering what I paid for it you can't beat it.\n\n                      Leather and vinyl bags can be easily repaired with duct tape like the guy mentioned above some bags can last up to twenty years with proper care. The only thing wrong with these bags is sometimes the sand (if you use sand) settles at the bottom of the bag and when you hit it, it feels like your hitting a brick wall. The water bags never settle. Good luck.