{"id":9006,"date":"2020-07-13T06:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/?p=9006"},"modified":"2020-08-11T09:40:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T16:40:14","slug":"sidekick-boxing-gloves-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/sidekick-boxing-gloves-review","title":{"rendered":"Sidekick Boxing Gloves Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-boxing-gloves-review-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-boxing-gloves-review-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-boxing-gloves-review-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-boxing-gloves-review-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-boxing-gloves-review-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-boxing-gloves-review-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-boxing-gloves-review.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My review of this cheap glove brand from the UK (and definitely made in Pakistan).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to save time&#8230;just don&#8217;t buy it, don&#8217;t read this guide, forget you ever heard about the brand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if you really need details, here they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sidekick Boxing Gloves Review (UK brand)\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CJ5eDYtETdE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poor quality and protection.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-1-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9113\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/?attachment_id=9113\" class=\"wp-image-9113\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-4-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-4-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-4-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-3-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9117\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/?attachment_id=9117\" class=\"wp-image-9117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-3-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-3-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-3-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-2-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9118\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/?attachment_id=9118\" class=\"wp-image-9118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-2-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-2-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-2-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-5-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9115\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-5.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/?attachment_id=9115\" class=\"wp-image-9115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-5-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-5-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-5-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sidekick-review-5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(I apologize in advance for anyone offended by my dramatic intro photo.) Let&#8217;s just make this quick and painless. I already feel bad they sent me 2 pairs of gloves. I warned them I would hammer the brand if I felt it sucked and boy did they deliver (on the suckiness).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"box-hilite\">Sidekick is about the worst gloves you can train in&#8230;and I mean that in a good way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a scale of 1 (worst) to 5 (best), Sidekick gloves ranges from 1 to 2. Their worst ones are about 20 GBP ($25 USD) and their top ones are like 55 GBP ($60 USD). The ones I got were their &#8220;high-end&#8221; models and these were already trash for me. I can only imagine their other ones being completely unusable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Everything cheap &#8211; cheap outer material (sometimes leather, sometimes plastic&#8230;faint plastic smell), cheap lining, cheap piping. Cheap velcro straps but do they do feel secure.<\/li><li>The cheap straps are part vinyl and part elastic&#8230;both of which I don&#8217;t expect to last long. The way the velcro is constructed on the inside of the strap is super cheap. Please compare with the ones on <a href=\"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/topboxer-gloves-review\">TopBoxer<\/a> and you&#8217;ll see difference.<\/li><li>Super stiff padding &#8211; way too hard for sparring. I suppose some people might generously call these &#8220;great support for bagwork&#8221;.<\/li><li>Inside lining is floppy. Not held in place. I suspect it&#8217;ll come loose soon and your fingers will be clutching foam in no time.<\/li><li>Stitching on the inside lining is already coming loose even though I&#8217;ve worn these less than 10 times. The 14oz pair didn&#8217;t have this issue but both gloves on the 16oz did.<\/li><li>The inner wrist padding seems loose inside the glove. Not stitched or glue into place. It&#8217;s only loosely &#8220;held&#8221; in place by the floppy inside lining. So once your inside lining gets loose and whatever else glue wears out, I suspect you&#8217;ll feel layers of padding shifting around.<\/li><li>Kind of funny that a small strip out of the fake leather fell out of the glove when I was digging my hand around inside it.<\/li><li>I feel their design is more for MMA and kickboxing. You can tell by the tighter fit (usually for fighters not wearing wraps) and also the dual-strap velcro (which are usually too annoying for boxers with handwraps). Also the padding around the palm area and bottom edge of the hand.<\/li><li>The aesthetic styling is very toyish. Looks like something from a sportstore. Weird street graffiti graphics from a Grand Theft Auto video game.<\/li><li>I only took photos for posterity. This glove really doesn&#8217;t deserve any attention at all.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t recommend these gloves at all, not even for beginners. If you want to be totally cheap and punch at 25% power with these on, sure they are better than nothing. But otherwise&#8230;you should use better gloves. It&#8217;s not a matter of price but HAND SAFETY, which you use for everything (not only boxing).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My review of this cheap glove brand from the UK (and definitely made in Pakistan). If you want to save time&#8230;just don&#8217;t buy it, don&#8217;t read this guide, forget you ever heard about the brand. But if you really need details, here they are:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"4523,3858,7672,5016,15,7298","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing-basics","8":"category-boxing-equipment","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9006"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9120,"href":"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9006\/revisions\/9120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expertboxing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}