RFX-Guerrero Series

Since the first boxing gloves were made, there has always been a fundamental design flaw. More precisely, the point where the glove’s striking area met the wrist shaft was never positioned exactly where the boxer’s wrist was located.

Trainers therefore had to lace the gloves above that point and apply tape to secure the glove firmly around the wrist and provide much-needed wrist support.

That’s why Rival redesigned the construction and assembly of gloves. Inspired by the RS1, and by shortening the glove’s body and raising the cuff, the Angled Lace Track—with a 15-degree angle—was created.

This innovative, creative, and logical design ensures that, when laced, the glove sits precisely around the boxer’s wrist, providing a perfect anatomical fit and the desired wrist support!

Rival strives to ensure the most ergonomic and anatomically accurate design possible across as many product lines as possible.

This principle forms the basis of our design philosophy and ensures that Rival Boxing Gear pays special attention to every aspect of each new idea.

Intelli-Shock D3O™ is the best shock-absorbing padding in the world.

Rival was the first, and to this day remains the only, company in the boxing and MMA world to use it.

This incredible material has been a standard feature in some of our headgear and boxing gloves for more than ten years.

How effective is Intelli-Shock? Well, approximately 6 mm (a quarter inch) or 3 mm (an eighth of an inch) of Intelli-Shock padding provides the same protection as approximately 25 mm (an inch) of other padding.

This is because it uses Intelligent Shock Absorption™, a patented shock-absorbing material developed with intelligent molecules.

At low speeds, the molecules in D3O™ move freely, making it soft and flexible, while at high speeds the molecules lock together to form an excellent shock absorber.

D3O™ provides significantly more protection than conventional foams, making it the perfect solution for improving internal protection in equipment and accessories.

The RFX-Guerrero Intelli-Shock bag gloves, which use this technology, harden on contact.

This not only reduces the amount of energy transferred to the body by 40%*, representing a drastic reduction in impact load, but also makes the glove approximately 38% lighter than regular gel-technology boxing gloves available on the market.