History Main / RedBoxingGloves

* 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. Boxing gloves exist primarily to prevent the fists from getting damaged (human face 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).

* 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. 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 first ''Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket'' opening had the boxing glove on a spring. Lupin tries to dive on Fujiko in a bed and, well, falls for the [[IncrediblyLamePun "booby"-trapped "box"]], so to speak.

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' brings back the Boxing Gloves, which make non-lethal takedowns much easier. Those who don't like the gloves can opt for HandwrapsOfAwesome instead. There are also golden versions found in the Lucky 38, which are improved versions of the regular thing.

* In the WesternAnimation/{{Classic Disney Short|s}} ''Magician Mickey'', DonaldDuck fights with a cactus sporting boxing gloves.

* The ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' anime has these, from Togemon in the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure first season]] to Gaomon in ''Anime/DigimonSavers''.

* Both the Golden and Silver Age [[Comicbook/GreenLantern Green Lanterns]] have gone for the Big Green Boxing Glove for a quick KO.

* There is 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. It may make it into the series. [[http://jaydawg726.tripod.com/EBAY/TMNT/TMNT_helicopter_side.jpg Here]] is a pic of the thing.

* Several pairs of red boxing gloves can be found in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', in New Reno. They're the only weapon you're allowed to bring into the ring if you take up prizefighting. The regular gloves follow suit fairly well, as they do minimal damage. The ''plated'' gloves, on the other hand, packs a little surprise...

* ''Film/UltramanCosmosTheFirstContact'' provides a monster-sized version, when the SRC had to knock out the Don Dragon, a NonMAliciousMonster who had awoken from hibernation, in a non-lethal manner, by deploying absolutely humungous boxing gloves from beneath their jets which can knock ''kaiju''-sized targets out cold.

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 and [[InvulnerableKnuckles because they allow people to hit harder without hurting themselves]], [[RealityIsUnrealistic they actually cause more damage than they prevent.]])

* ''Videogame/MarioSuperstarBaseball'' has Donkey Kong use a red boxing glove instead of a baseball bat, punching balls pitched to him. The sequel has other Donkey Kong characters using non-standard items in the place of a baseball bat, most notably Funky Kong using a surfboard.

%%* ''Film/InspectorGadget'': "Don't make me go De La Hoya on you!"

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* The Champ, a superhero in the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Boxing (no, really...). His costume naturally includes red boxing gloves, though it's not clear whether 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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* The 1962 ''Film/{{Lolita}}'' begins (in what's the story's end) with Humbert tracking Quilty to a cluttered mansion. Quilty, in a loopy drunken haze, tries playing a game of ping pong with the confronting Humbert, who pulls a gun. Quilty challenges him to go mano a mano, pulling on a pair of boxing gloves (there for lord knows what purpose) - he's carrying on comically until Humbert fires a shot. Quilty nervously mumbles "wow... right in the boxing glove!"
* [[Film/InspectorGadget "Don't make me go De La Hoya on you!"]]

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* During the "sports entertainment" era of [[Wrestling/{{FMW}} Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]], Team No Respect booked Willie Williams in a mixed martial arts contest against a red boxing glove wearing Bad Boy Hido. Hido was hindered by them but did manage to apply a Fujiwara arm bar despite them.[[/folder]]

* ''Film/TheMask'' had a figure called "Howlin' Wolf Mask," which came with a bazooka that was armed with a boxing glove. Squeezing the bulb on the back of the bazooka fired the glove. Interestingly enough, one of the [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Joker]] figures made by Kenner as part of 1989's "Dark Knight Collection" carried this accessory.

* Akihiko's boxing gloves are red in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}''. However, the color can be changed if you change weapons (it just isn't likely).

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* Punchgirl of ''Webcomic/TheIncredibleAndAweInspiringSerialAdventureOfTheAmazingPlasmaMan'' has red boxing gloves as part of her super-hero costume.

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* One can shudder to think of how brutally Strong Bad of ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' could make fun of names and spelling errors, if he didn't have to type through his boxing gloves.
* The Champ, a superhero in the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Boxing (no, really...). His costume naturally includes red boxing gloves, though it's not clear whether 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.

[[quoteright:240:[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/strongbad2kq.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:240:Not the TropeNamer. Really.]]

* The Creator/TexAvery MGM short "Lonesome Lenny" uses the old 'loaded boxing glove' bit punching ''ScrewySquirrel''. He grabs the glove and shakes out a horseshoe...then three more...and the horse from which they came.

** In another cartoon, ''Clown of the Jungle'', the [[ScrewySquirrel Aracuan Bird]] gets Donald with spring-loaded boxing gloves that come out of his sunglasses.

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* The Boxing Glove Mallet in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', with a red boxing glove at the end. Used by a cop in this clip [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL1PaWQ-BI8 at 0:55]], and again by Eddie Valiant [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVCtlYxD0XE at 4:40]].
* ComicBook/TheJoker used an extendable boxing glove device in ''Film/Batman1989'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfD5f93OtHc starting about 2:45]]. This glove is also red.

* The second boss in ''VideoGame/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.

* MarioSuperstarBaseball has Donkey Kong use a red boxing glove instead of a baseball bat, punching balls pitched to him. The sequel has other Donkey Kong characters using non-standard items in the place of a baseball bat, most notably Funky Kong using a surfboard.
* VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate introduces King K. Rool, the Kremling Kommander who dons his bright red gloves from VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 during forward and backward smash attacks, and also uses them in the trailer to connect with DK's fist.

* ''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]] Interestingly, the mold is reused to make a [[StreetFighter Balrog]] [[http://www.bigislandtoys.com/images2/27278.jpg figure]] later on, with gloves retained.

->'''''THESE. ARE. MY. HANDS!'''''
-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]]''', ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', upon being asked, [[RunningGag yet again]], how "he can type with those boxing gloves on".

* Knuckles from the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series might count as a variation: his gloves are in the shape of boxing gloves, but they're [[WhiteGloves white]]; Knuckles ''himself'' is red.

* In ''Felix the Cat'' for the NES, Felix starts out with a red boxing glove. (This is also in the GameBoy version, except that the GameBoy can't show red.)

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

* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', 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 FunWithAcronyms; The Heavy is Russian, and the KGB was the Russian CIA. More recently, he also got the Gloves of Running Urgently (GRU), which have flames painted on them and make him 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, 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...

* In ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', there's a character who's called Mike Bison in Japan, Balrog in the US, and sometimes just the Boxer by fans who want to avoid confusion. At least the red boxing gloves are always the same.