Your first boxing setup, sized right from day one.

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Best Bag Gloves

Everlast Powerlock 2R Training Gloves

Gloves

Score8.0

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Brown leather boxing gloves on a textured gray gym surface

Best for Women

Hayabusa S4 Boxing Gloves

Gloves

Score7.9

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Red and black boxing gloves hanging in a gym, seen from below

Best Kids' Gloves

Venum Challenger 2.0 Kids Boxing Gloves

Gloves

Score7.1

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Best under $100

Everlast Elite Boxing Gloves

Gloves

Score8.1

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Best Kickboxing Gloves

Fairtex BGV1 Universal Gloves

Gloves

Score7.5

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Best Hand Wraps

Everlast Elite Hand Wraps (180 in)

Hand Wraps

Score8.5

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Best Quick Wraps

RDX IS Gel Padded Inner Gloves

Hand Wraps

Score7.8

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Heavy bags hanging by a window in a home gym

Best First Heavy Bag

Everlast Elite Heavy Bag (70 / 80 / 100 lb)

Heavy Bags

Score8.2

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Best Home Bag

Everlast Elite Heavy Bag (70 / 80 / 100 lb)

Heavy Bags

Score8.2

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A red punching bag hanging in a sunny training space

Best Garage Bag

Outslayer 100 lb Heavy Bag

Heavy Bags

Score7.1

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Best Apartment Bag

Century Original Wavemaster

Heavy Bags

Score7.3

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Best Freestanding Bag

Century XXL Wavemaster

Heavy Bags

Score7.2

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Best Bag Stand

Titan Fitness Adjustable Heavy Bag Stand

Heavy Bags

Score8.6

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Best Bag Mount

Firstlaw Fitness Joist Mount / Joist Mount 200

Heavy Bags

Score8.3

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Best Beginner Headgear

Hayabusa T3 Boxing Headgear

Protection

Score8.3

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Best Face-Saver Headgear

Everlast Elite 2 Headgear

Protection

Score8.2

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Best Kids' Headgear

RDX F6 Kara Kids Headgear

Protection

Score7.8

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Best Mouthguard

Shock Doctor Gel Max Mouthguard

Protection

Score8.0

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Best for Braces

Shock Doctor Braces Mouthguard

Protection

Score7.8

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Best Jump Rope

BOXROPE Vol. I

Conditioning

Score7.8

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Best Round Timer

TITLE Boxing Deluxe Gym Timer

Conditioning

Score8.2

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Best First Kit

Everlast Elite Boxing Gloves

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Score8.1

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Jump ropes and dumbbells laid out on a gym floor

Best Starter Kit

Everlast 80 lb Elite Heavy Bag, Glove, Wrap, Rope and Hanger Bundle

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Score6.8

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Best Gift Kit

Everlast Elite Boxing Gloves

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Score8.1

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Best Gift under $50

Everlast Elite Hand Wraps (180 in)

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Score8.5

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Six categories · in buying order

Build the kit one piece at a time

A boxer training with gloves in an indoor gym with punching bags

Hub 01

Start Here

The front door for anyone starting boxing or kickboxing at home: what to buy first, what it costs, how to lay out a garage, gear for kids, and the safety basics nobody explains.

Hub 02

Gloves

Gloves are the first thing you buy and the easiest thing to buy wrong. Here they are sized by body weight and by what you'll do in them — bag work, pad work, or sparring.

A boxer having their hands wrapped before training

Hub 03

Hand Wraps

Wraps cost less than anything else in your kit and protect the part of you that breaks first. How to wrap, which length, and when a quick wrap is the right call.

Hub 04

Heavy Bags

The bag decides everything else: how much room you need, whether you drill a ceiling or buy a stand, and how loud the garage gets. Start with the space, then pick the bag.

White boxing gloves and headgear on a ring floor

Hub 05

Protection

You don't need headgear to hit a bag. You do need a mouthguard the first time punches come back. What each piece is designed to do, and the sizes that fit.

Hub 06

Conditioning

A rope and a timer are the cheapest items in your kit and the two that turn a bag in a garage into an actual workout. Which to buy, how to size them, and how to set the rounds.

Why this site is different

Sized for beginners. Scored in the open. Nothing invented.

Sized for beginners, not pros

Every glove and bag pick is chosen by body weight and use, and the chart we used is published on the site.

A published rubric

The weights are on the methodology page; each product shows its score on every metric, with a “skip this if”.

No stale prices

Every button opens the live Amazon price. Where a figure can’t be verified, the page says so instead of guessing.

Units we claim to have tested: none

We compile the manufacturers’ published specs and manuals and weigh them for a first setup — and we say exactly that.

Read the full method · Who writes this

A person training on heavy bags in an industrial-style boxing gym with large windows

Read these first

The four pages that carry the argument

Best First Kit · Start Here

Boxing Equipment for Beginners: What You Need to Start at Home

The first kit in buying order — gloves, wraps, bag, mount, rope, timer, mouthguard — one pick each.

Guide · Gloves

What Size Boxing Gloves Do I Need? The Chart by Weight, Use and Age

The neutral, cross-brand chart: ounces by body weight, use and age, plus hand fit.

Best First Heavy Bag · Heavy Bags

Best Heavy Bag for Beginners: Sized by Your Weight and Your Space

Six first bags by weight and space: a 70 lb default, a water bag, a soft 100, a freestanding one, the buy-once bag.

Guide · Hand Wraps

How to Wrap Your Hands for Boxing (Step by Step, 180 Inch)

The standard eight-step wrap with 180-inch wraps, plus the right-hand and 120-inch variations.