![]() ![]() When people hear about synthetic or “fake leather” they often equate it with lower quality. Like everything else, both animal and engineered leather have a range of quality. The truth is, technology kept increasing to the point where not only was engineered leather much harder to distinguish from real leather, it actually could perform better and last longer. But by the late 90’s, the tide had begun to shift. Cheap gloves could be unsafe and unreliable. ![]() ![]() This was immediately used for cars, couches, and of course, boxing gloves.įor a long time, the boxing community resisted these changes, understandably. Horse hair was also expensive and glove makers experimented with foam padding as a substitute.Įventually, scientists were able to make “engineered leather” out of the basic materials of plastic. Vinyl gloves became popular for their lower price, but they generally didn’t last as long as leather gloves. Initially, this was solely about saving money. In the later half of the century, many glove manufacturers began to find other ways to make gloves. Leather on the outer lining was made from goat or cow hide, and the padding underneath was often horse hair or cotton. Around the beginning of the twentieth century, what most of us would recognize as modern boxing gloves began to appear and become commonplace.įor a very long, these gloves were made almost entirely of animals. Boxing has been around essentially forever, often without the use of gloves. ![]()
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