Boxing Gloves for Kickboxing

These boxing-style gloves are for kickboxing's contact disciplines: light contact, kick light, full contact, low kick and K1 Style. They are not the glove for point fighting, which uses open-palm gloves (WAKO Rules 2022, Art. 2.3.1.4).

Every glove listed fastens with hook-and-loop, so you can put it on without help. WAKO's rules say kickboxing gloves fasten at the wrist with self-adhesive strips, and WAKO does not allow gloves with laces (WAKO Rules 2022, Art. 2.3.1.4). So lace-up gloves are left out, along with gloves sold for bag work only. Clubs set their own weights for training: one UK university club, for example, advises 14-16oz.

None of these is a competition glove. WAKO point fighting uses open-palm 8oz gloves, and its other disciplines use 10oz kickboxing gloves. WAKO events require WAKO-approved gloves that carry the WAKO label. Our guide to kickboxing kit by discipline explains the differences.