Bread, Long time reader, rarely miss a blog and when I do I always read back. Your insight is fantastic for boxing casuals like myself. We know psychology plays a massive role in boxing, we see it in staredowns, weigh ins, ring walks etc. but then when it comes to colour, and specifically colour in gloves we ignore it. The colour of gloves play a massive role in: 1. How the judges perceive speed 2. How the judges perceive size 3. How the opponent perceives speed (for their reaction time). I know there is a marketing side (matching gloves to shorts and shoes), but winning is more important. White and yellow – these are terrible colours. White gloves look large like pillows. Light colour in general appear larger and slower. Blue and green – cool colours that recede, these are good choices as judges can see you score with them. Gold – looks flashy but easily visible for the opponent. You can see it coming and it also looks larger. Red – now this is a tricky one. Red looks fast, but it’s also very visible. The eye is attracted to red so the opponent is likely to see the punch coming as its an advancing colour. The best colour is black or dark gloves like navy or charcoal – black gloves look smaller, look faster, and are harder for the opponent to judge speed. AlI I know is you’ll never see a black or dark coloured baseball. While darker gloves are boring, they’re much more effective. Thanks Bread..GK