Boxing gloves have been in one form or another almost since the beginning of boxing 3000 years ago. The ancient Greeks used to wrap their hands in leather strips in an attempt to protect their hands. But there was no padding in these early
boxing gloves, just leather to protect the hands of the boxer. Most people mistakenly assume that boxing gloves have always existed on the person taken to protect. But the bones of the hand are very small and fragile. The padding provided by
boxing gloves is to balance both the person to protect the person at the other end of the swing of protection.
When the
Romans resumed boxing as a sport by the Greeks they unfortunately turned into a life or death type gladiator event. They continued in the bands Greek style leather gloves to use. But they attached to the leather and metal studs and spikes to the strips hardened. Because many former
Roman boxing matches the loser ends up dead or maimed.
It was too brutal for even the ancient Romans. They made
boxing illegal in all the Roman provinces and cities in 30 BC This distaste for boxing was so great in the Roman Empire, that the ban took in the entire Western civilization over 1500 years.
Boxing gloves have been in one form or another almost since the beginning of boxing 3000 years ago. The ancient Greeks used to wrap their hands in leather strips in an attempt to protect their hands. But there was no padding in these early boxing gloves, just leather to protect the hands of the boxer. Most people mistakenly assume that boxing gloves have always existed on the person taken to protect. But the bones of the hand are very small and fragile. The padding provided by boxing gloves is to balance both the person to protect the person at the other end of the swing of protection.
When the Romans resumed boxing as a sport by the Greeks they unfortunately turned into a life or death type gladiator event. They continued in the bands Greek style leather gloves to use. But they attached to the leather and metal studs and spikes to the strips hardened. Because many former Roman boxing matches the loser ends up dead or maimed.
It was too brutal for even the ancient Romans. They made boxing illegal in all the Roman provinces and cities in 30 BC This distaste for boxing was so great in the Roman Empire, that the ban took in the entire Western civilization over 1500 years.
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