How to take care of your boxing gloves
This is a question I get quite a lot and a recent thread on a popular martial arts forum has compelled me to write a short article about it. I want to take this opportunity to write a short article about how to take care of your leather boxing gloves , because if you do it in the right way then you will have a pair of gloves that will last you for years. Boxing gloves care is not rocket science and there are not really any hidden processes of taking care of them. Most of the time it's just down to good old common sense. A lot people ask how do I prevent the leather cracking on the gloves and reduce glove smell? The short answer is that you air the gloves out and wipe them down after each session. The derogation of boxing gloves leather happens because of the acidity contained in perspiration. Leather is a natural material and when it comes in contact with something that acidic such as sweat it will begin the breakdown. This might be sending up red flags in your mind; and you maybe
