Fairtex Boxing Gloves
My most-used piece of kit. Three sessions a week, Melbourne winter or summer.
Boxing is the workout I've stuck with longest because it requires enough attention to stop you thinking about anything else. The combinations, the timing, the defensive work — your head has to be there or the session falls apart. That quality of enforced presence is rare in exercise.
These are 14oz Fairtex genuine leather gloves I picked up after outgrowing the basic pair I started with. The padding is layered correctly, the wrist support is structural rather than decorative, and the fit with hand wraps underneath is solid. These things matter more than you'd think when you're putting real power into a bag or pads.
I train three mornings a week with my trainer Joe Panetta in Melbourne. The gloves come home after each session, air out overnight, and go in a separate bag from everything else. Proper care makes a real difference to longevity — boxing kit smells are real and entirely avoidable.
The mental clarity after a boxing session is the actual product. The gloves are just the tool that gets you there.