Daria Bolotova

Boxing glove weight is an important, yet often misunderstood aspect of the sport. How exactly does the weight of the glove play a role in your training and sparring? Why are there different weights of boxing glove? And what are they all for?We’ve been through this in other articles – including one where we talk

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Daria Bolotova

There’s a lot of detail on the internet about how to use certain types of boxing equipment. However, one area that’s a little bit lacking and one that I hope to solve with this article is the art of shadowboxing. Shadowboxing is such a crucial part of one’s boxing training, and it’s something that all

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Daria Bolotova

We’ve been over the virtues of training with a double end bag in other articles. If you’ve decided to buy one, it’ll become quickly obvious that setting up a double end bag isn’t as straightforward as setting up almost any other type of boxing bag. It’s especially troublesome if you’re renting and aren’t really able

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Daria Bolotova

Many reading this are likely to be apartment-dwellers, living in a small space. Perhaps you rent your apartment, which means you’re very limited to what you can do as regards to drilling into surfaces, hanging things up, etc. If you’re in this situation and want to get started boxing, how on earth are you supposed

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Daria Bolotova

Regular readers of this blog will know that we primarily cater for the beginner or novice boxer looking for tips on how to start boxing, which boxing equipment to buy, etc. Today we’re going to cover boxing glove offerings from RDX Sports – a brand that gets a lot of publicity on this channel, because

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Daria Bolotova

In this article we’re going to take an in-depth look at a boxing heavy bag set produced by the popular UK boxing equipment manufacturer, RDX Sports. This particular set, which includes everything you’d need to get started with heavy bag training, including the bag itself, a wall bracket, gloves, hand wraps and more, was released

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Daria Bolotova

Many amateurs that are learning to box or want to take up boxing are often faced with a dilemma – whether they should be sparring whether they’re in the gym or not. This raises an important set of questions for those aspiring boxers – are they missing out on anything by not sparring, or are

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Daria Bolotova

When beginners get into boxing, often one of the first bits of gear they look to buy are a set of boxing gloves. And very often they get quite confused when seeing that you can’t just go out and buy a set of boxing gloves; you need to pick a specific weight of glove. So

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Daria Bolotova

Most boxers or aspiring boxers looking at this article are going to be looking for a pair of gloves that might never see the inside of a ring. If you’re someone looking to get fit, you might have noticed a heavy bag at your local gym and thought that boxing might be a good way

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Daria Bolotova

Let’s talk about boxing gloves. A must-have for any aspiring fighter – whether you’re looking to start fighting as an amateur or simply looking to get a better workout in your local gym. There are so many different types and brands of glove on the market that it’s very difficult to know where to start. I

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