I recently purchased the
Grant Campeón Hook & Loop Training Gloves (14oz.) from grantboxing.com. They are currently on "sale" for $69.99 + $12.00 S&H. I made the purchase on Sunday night and received them on Thursday. The package was actually shipped from ringside so I assume that's where Grant keeps their inventory. Now on to the part that actually matters, the review.
The gloves I purchased are 14oz.
Overall, the gloves are slightly smaller in actually physical dimensions than my past set of 16oz gloves; however, they seem much smaller on my hands.
They contain a very dense foam compared to my prior set of gloves (
Top Contender Training Glove) that measures approximately 2 1/2" thick. This foam is hard and provides excellent protection. I have yet to spar with them but when do I will have to ask my training partners if the padding is too hard. The forearm is also protected with nearly 1 1/4" of foam padding.
As with most Mexican style gloves the hand compartment is extremely tight providing excellent support. With hand wraps on the gloves hug my hand so tightly that they feel as if they are an extension of my body. (For comparison purpose my hands measure 8 1/4" around the knuckles.) The lining inside the hand compartment seems extremely durable and wicks away sweet well; however, it tends to be hotter than some other gloves I have trained in.
The Hook & Loop closure is mostly leather with a small portion of elastic to allow for different size forearms and a tighter fit.The wrist support from the Hook & Loop closer is far superior to my last set of gloves and the Velcro on the closure seems strong.
The stitch work throughout the glove is very well done with no loose threads, and the leather is of excellent quality. The leather is much thicker than my past gloves and seems extremely durable.
The thumb is attached with a strip of leather to the main body of the glove and in no way could you accidentally poke someone in the eye.
There is only one con to these gloves, in the manufacturing process they allow the leather to protrude from the glove rather than role it back in, most likely due to its thickness, this make for a slight ridge of leather. While this leather is extremely soft and I know it would never cut someone there is always a chance of somehow it catching someone in the eye, but I do not believe it will be a problem.
They also did not complete close off the leather bead around the wrist strap.
A final note for those curious these gloves are not manufactured in Mexico like other glove but rather in China. The quality is still impeccable I'm sure this is just a way of cutting cost on there Campeón line of products.
So far I have used these gloves on the heavy bag and on some mitts. They provide unreal protection (10 times more than my prior glove) and comfort. I have complete confidence in there ability to protect my hands and wrists. I would suggest these glove to anyone looking for a new training glove in this price range, and if you are looking for a cheaper glove I would go as far as saying save up for these; you will not be disappointed.
Final score: 9.7/10 (-.3 for leather as mentioned above.)
I will update this thread when I spar with them, also if you have any questions feel free to ask.
JamEs
. I did notice the difference in size compared to my last gloves, as there was less glove to rely on for protection making me focus more on my head movement, a very good thing. My training partners did not complain about the stiffness of padding at all while sparring; however, when I asked if they noticed any difference afterwards they said it felt as if my punches had slightly more force behind them. I doubt I hit any harder since last sparring (Wed.) so I chalk that up as a difference in density of foams between my new (Grants) and old (Top Contender) gloves.
