Rival Boxing Gear

Rival Boxing Gear offers innovative and stylish boxing equipment designed by boxing professionals for boxing professionals. Our entire boxing line is developed based on extensive research and in-depth knowledge of the sport of boxing. Only the highest quality materials are used.

"At Rival, the belief is that while other companies are businessmen trying to infiltrate the boxing world, Rival is proud to be boxing people trying to infiltrate the business world."

Rival boxing gloves: targeting the high-end segment

From its very beginnings, Rival has been a brand focused on the high-end segment of the (semi-)professional boxing market. Countless brands sell cheap boxing gloves and gear, but that's not the market Rival targets.

Rival's goal is to bring the very best boxing gloves and boxing gear to market that all top amateurs, professionals, gyms, and boxing trainers can use with complete confidence.

"By Boxing People For The Boxing World"

Innovating since 1980

Throughout his life, Rival founder and CEO, Russ Anber, was fascinated by designing, improving, and modifying all kinds of sports equipment, especially for boxing.

Continue to seek improvement in boxing gloves, hand pads, and other boxing equipment.

Russ was always looking for modifications and improvements that would make the products perform better. Russ started selling boxing equipment and gloves in the 1980s to sponsor and finance his amateur team.

It didn't take him long to realize that little had changed in boxing gloves and training equipment over the years.

Rival Boxing Gear has patented many unique designs , and below is a list of some of the most important patents that Rival has introduced to the world. These innovations are all incorporated into the products Rival offers.

Patents & Innovations in Rival Boxing Gear:

• Air Cushion System
• Angled Lace Track System
• Conical design
• Ergo design
• Ergo Lace Track System
• Ergo Strap System
• Ergo Strap XTREME system
• Ergonomic True Fist Construction
• Feather Lite
• Intelli-Shock D30™
• Parabolic design
• The Wedge
• Wrist Bolt
• Wrist Lock
• Wrist Lock 2