Review: Venum Challenger 2.0 Boxing Gloves

Photo courtesy of MMA Warehouse.

      Sparring gloves are one of the most important and most expensive pieces of equiptment for any striker, and downgrading the quality of your gloves to save a few extra dollars is always out of the question.  Luckily for all of us Venum has found a way to put a glove comprable with any $100 glove in a $55 package.  I've had several different types of boxing gloves theoughout my life (my first pair at only 6 years old) and the Challenger 2.0 gloves are at the top tier of quality.  They're a Thai style glove with an elatic and velcro enclosure, and printed logos and designs on different parts of the glove to give it the look we've all come to expect from Venum.

     The gloves were made in Thailand, it even says so on the cuff, and they are made with many traditional Thai glove features such as thicker padding on the back of the hands.  The Thai style makes these gloves optimal for any kickboxing or MMA sparring (I've used mine for Combat SAMBO and Jeet Kune Do sparring), but these gloves are also shaped in a way that they can transfer to standard boxing sparring with ease unlike many other gloves.

     The Challenger 2.0 gloves also have their own unique set of features including;

• A mesh palm for better ventilation, also makes breaking the gloves in easier.
• Elastic on the hook and loop enclosure, giving the gloves a more stable fit.
• Padding in parts of the wrist that really helps to keep the gloves from slipping.
• Logos and designs all over the gloves giving them an authentic Venum look.
• Four colors to choose from black/white, red/white, blue/white, or gold/black.

     My Challenger 2.0 gloves have worked great for me and I have even made them my main sparring gloves.  If you're interested in taking a look at them check out the links below, and if you're looking for something else check out our other links on the sidebar and bottom of the page.  Our next review will be a piece of wrestling equiptment, however we aren't sure what it will be yet so stay tuned.

Venum Challenger 2.0 Boxing Gloves - $54.99 100% high quality PU Triple density foam for a better shock management Top hand protection 100% full attached Thumb Reinforced palm for Muay Thai and Kickboxing Large Velcro enclosure with elastic for a better adjustment

-Snowman