Color

Should glove color even matter? It's all fun and games to me. Sometimes you want to stand out and be noticeable. Other times, you want to scout your competition or train at another gym without drawing attention. I used to swear that certain colors made it harder to see punches. I do feel like it's harder to see black gloves in a dark-lit gym at night.

In the US, I'd say the most common colors I see in the gym are in this order: black (70%), red (20%), blue (5%), white (2%), green (1%), yellow (1%), other (1%). And then for legit fighters only…it's probably something like: blue (30%), black (15%), red (15%), green (15%), white/silver (15%), gold/yellow (5%), orange (2%), other (3%). And then for pro fighters…you can in throw pink and neon colors. Pros have a stronger sense of identity, pride and self-expression, so it's more common to see fancy colors on them. Amateurs are usually broke kids or college students so you won't see as many fancy colors (unless TitleBoxing has a sale, haha).