Anthem Athletics Stormbringer Full Grain Leather Boxing Gloves Men Women Muay Thai Gloves 12 oz 14 oz or 16 oz Boxing Gloves

I purchased these to replace my Everlast imitation leather entry level gloves that were in bad shape. I only use my gloves to train with my “Bob the Bastard” training dummy. I would say my intensity level is usually one step above cardio boxing as I’m mainly doing it for the fat burn & upper body conditioning. I typically sparr for 30 or 36 minutes (10 or 12 rounds equivalent) but with no breaks. These Anthem Athletics Stormbringer 2 gloves are pretty sweet. I had wanted blue but it wasn’t in stock so I chose 24k gold in the 16oz size & glad I did as they look pretty awesome. Out of the box they were pretty tight on my 8.5-ish hand circumstance..the left glove fit much snugger on me than the right one for some reason. The first session with them was a bit uncomfortable as the left glove was so tight it was putting my hand to sleep. The padding was also a lot firmer than my old cheap gloves, so my knuckles felt it more than I was used to. I have always used wraps but in these gloves I knew I was going to need something more. I had some Everlast gel fingerless gloves that I hadn’t really needed to use previously, so I attempted to get my hands in the new gloves while wearing the gels & it wasn’t happening due to the tightness of them. So I improvised a bit & cut the gel gloves down to where it was just the knuckle padding & finger holes left & that did the trick. They fit through there with a bit of effort & once all the way inserted there is enough room for them in there & my knuckles are much happier. The left glove was still to tight though around the base of my thumb area & uncomfortable. So I used a Yoga mat rolled up tightly & shoved in the wrist area of the glove & left it overnight to stretch it out & it helped a lot. It don’t hurt anymore & doesn’t put my hand to sleep. I can’t speak on durability at this point as they’ve only had 2:06:00 of punching thus far. But I’m sure the leather will last much much longer than the fake & peeling pleather of my old Everlast’s. So in summary, I think they are a bargain for what you are getting. But depending on how soft the padding was in your old gloves..you may want to wear some kind of gel wrap or glove in these if you’re punching with any force. But space could be an issue as stated..so unless you have less than average sized hands I wouldn’t get anything other than the 16oz variety. “Happy punching”