History Main / RedBoxingGloves

* Wario can use one attatched to a spring in ''[[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario: Master of Disguise]]''.

* Wario can use one attatched to a spring in ''[[{{Wario Land}} Wario: Master of Disguise]]''.
* The second boss in ''WarioLand Shake It'' had Wario using a red boxing glove on a spring attached to a unicycle to attack him (or more precisely, knock spanners and tires at the boss and smash up his race car). There was also an enemy in ''[[SuperMarioBros Super Mario Sunshine]]'' that was just a red boxing glove on a spring, and that just knocked him off a ledge or the like.

* The Champ, a superhero in the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Boxing (no, really...). His costume naturally includes [[Red Boxing Gloves]], though its not clear if those are actually gloves or his ''hands'', because no one has ever seen him take them off, and he seems to be able to manipulate things through them just fine.

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* Punchgirl of {{The Incredible And Awe Inspiring Serial Adventure Of The Amazing Plasma Man}} has red boxing gloves as part of her super-hero costume.
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* Actually, some studies have been shown that a person will do MORE damage with boxing gloves for a few reasons. A person is much less likely to hold back for fear of hurting themselves, or the other person, thinking the gloves will protect them. The padding of the glove distributes the force of impact across more area, like an AOE attack in an MMO.
** It's true. Boxing gloves exist primarily to prevent the fists from getting damaged (human bones are strong, hand bones are weak, and the face sports many inconvenient angles to break your hand on). It does reduce the chance of blood from facial cuts, but it increases the risk of brain damage. One of the reasons they eschew traditional boxing gloves in UFC is that it's safer (well, that and they'd make grappling a bitch).
* The number of boxers killed before the introduction of gloves was negligible (a handful of recorded cases). This number exploded with the introduction of gloves, because you could now punch opponents in the face repeatedly without breaking your hand. Furthermore, the way force is transferred through the glove increases the stress on the brain (read: brain damage and fatal aneurisms).
** Some sources estimate the death ''rate'' of bareknuckle boxing at about 14,000 deaths per million participants, and of modern professional boxing at less than 80 deaths per million participants. Of course, brain damage isn't necessarily death...

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* [[TheYoshi Ricky]] in ''{{The Legend of Zelda}}: Oracle of Seasons/Ages'' wears these. In fact, they are his IconicItem and in both games, you have to retrieve them before he will help you.

-->[[HomestarRunner StrongBad]], ''PokerNightAtTheInventory''

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* ''Big Boa'' from the original GIJoe toyline. He was a Cobra operative with a pair of red boxing gloves with the Cobra-insignia on the back. [[http://cdn2.iofferphoto.com/img/item/777/666/46/o_MEnuzycgfMlVVT0.jpg]]

* My younger cousin has a TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles toy which is basically a cartoonified UH-1 Huey helicopter gunship, but with reciprocating boxing gloves on the ends of the landing skids. Dunno if it made it into the series. [[http://jaydawg726.tripod.com/EBAY/TMNT/TMNT_helicopter_side.jpg Here]] is a pic of the thing.

Even in the less politically correct era of animation long gone, the pioneers of animation thought that using boxing gloves instead of bare fists lowered the level of violence. They were also much easier to draw, and easier to see. (However, it has since been proven that because of the extra weight of boxing gloves, [[RealityIsUnrealistic they actually cause more damage than they prevent.]])

Even in the less politically correct era of animation long gone, the pioneers of animation thought that using boxing gloves instead of bare fists lowered the level of violence. They were also much easier to draw, and easier to see. (However, it has since been proven that because of the extra weight of boxing gloves, they actually cause more damage than they prevent.)

* In ''{{Team Fortress 2}}'', The Heavy unlocks a pair of boxing gloves as a Melee weapon, replacing his fists. While they're slower then the fists, every kill you make with them gurantees 5 seconds of Critical Hits, allowing the Heavy to go on a spree of killer uppercuts. They're called the Killing Gloves of Boxing, which is also {{Fun With Acronyms}}; The Heavy is Russian, and the KGB was the Russian CIA. He's also going to get another pair (according to a ''TeamFortress2'' test beta), the Gloves of Running Urgently (GRU), which will allow him to run faster.

* The number of boxers killed before the introduction of gloves was negligible (a handful of recorded cases). This number exploded with the introduction of gloves, you could now punch opponents, in the face repeatedly without breaking your hand. Further the way force is transferred through the glove increases the stress on the brain (read brain damage and fatal aneurisms).

Even in the less politically correct era of animation long gone, the pioneers of animation thought that using boxing gloves instead of bare fists lowers the level of violence, and were also much easier to draw and easier to see. (However, it has since been proven that because of the extra weight of boxing gloves, they actually cause more damage than they prevent.)

Even in the less politically correct era of animation long gone, the pioneers of animation already knew that using boxing gloves instead of bare fists lowers the level of violence, both from the practical angle (they were designed to protect one's fists, after all) and from the receiving end (boxing gloves deal less damage than knucklebones). They are also much easier to draw and easier to see.

* In ''Sonic Battle'', Tails and Amy each use boxing gloves in one of their attacks (Amy just punches wearing them, Tails summons one on an extending spring).

Compare with WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer. If the RedBoxingGloves are not directly on someone's fists, then this is ImprobableWeaponUsage.

There's also the fact that a disembodied bare hand on the end of a spring would fall straight into BodyHorror. With RedBoxingGloves, you don't have to assume there's a real hand under there.

Concealed red boxing gloves come under this, with the application of FridgeLogic and Hammerspace to hide something about a foot wide in say, [[{{Hammerspace}} 5 inches of space]]. Yes, cartoon RedBoxingGloves can get very oversized.

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* In the ClassicDisneyShort ''Magician Mickey'', Donald Duck fights with a cactus sporting boxing gloves.