Everything we wish a first-time wholesale buyer of fight gear had told us when we were on the buyer side. Twelve articles, two interactive calculators, plus the operational notes every gym chain and retailer eventually figures out the hard way. Written from inside a working Sialkot factory; updated whenever something material changes.
🧮 Interactive tools
Free calculators that work on phone or desktop. No account, no email gate. Each is embeddable on your own site.
Boxing Glove Fit Calculator
Enter body weight, hand circumference, age group, and use case (training / sparring / competition rules) — get the recommended ounce, with adjustments for wraps and junior fitters.
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Wholesale ROI Calculator
Model landed cost, gross margin, break-even units, and ROI for any order tier. Multi-currency (USD/EUR/GBP/AUD/CAD), accounts for duty and freight. Includes a margin-quality verdict.
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📘 Buying guides & spec references
Reference tables and decision frameworks for buyers placing wholesale orders.
Boxing Glove Sizing Chart
Body weight → glove oz table, hand-circumference fitting, competition-federation rules (World Boxing, IFMA, WAKO), junior & child sizing. Plus a stocking-distribution table for gym-chain buyers.
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Cowhide vs Synthetic vs Maya-Hide
Real-world performance comparison: durability, hand-feel, sweat resistance, climate behaviour, indicative pricing per tier. How to spot a cheap PU sample. What to ask on a Sialkot quote.
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Boxing & MMA Glossary
96 industry terms — AIBA to wrist column. Covers material grades, construction methods, Incoterms, payment terms, federation acronyms, and Sialkot factory vocabulary you’ll see on quote sheets.
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🧤 Care, storage & longevity
Operational notes for gym chains and retailers — how to make your stock last 4× longer.
Boxing Glove Care & Maintenance
90-second daily routine + monthly deep clean to extend lifespan from 18 months to 4–6 years. Material-specific guidance, smell removal that actually works, replacement triggers, and bulk-order rotation strategy.
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🏭 Inside the factory
How wholesale fight gear is actually built, and what that means for your quote.
How Boxing Gloves Are Made — Sialkot Factory Walkthrough
14-stage production walkthrough: leather selection, pattern cutting, foam-stack construction, hand-stitching, QC. Plus the real cost breakdown of a wholesale boxing glove and three questions to ask any supplier.
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📋 Ordering, shipping & policies
The contractual side — what every Sialkot wholesale buyer should read before signing a Pro Forma Invoice.
Shipping Policy & Incoterms
DHL / FedEx / UPS express, sea LCL and FCL, Incoterms 2020 (EXW, FOB, CIF, DAP, DDP), packing standards, customs guidance for 25+ destination countries.
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Return Policy & RMA Process
When physical returns make sense vs photo-evidence resolution. RMA request process, restocking fees, non-returnable item categories, customs treatment of returned goods.
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Refund Policy
What we refund (manufacturing defects, short shipment, transit damage), what we don’t (change of mind, custom-printed goods), and the 24-hour reply / 14-day resolution SLA.
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Terms & Conditions
B2B wholesale terms: quote validity, payment terms (30/70 T/T default, Net 30 for repeat buyers), OEM/IP rights, warranty, force majeure, governing law (Pakistan jurisdiction with optional ICC arbitration).
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🌍 Comparing sourcing regions
Sialkot vs the other major fight-gear manufacturing hubs — when each makes sense.
Sialkot vs Thailand
Where Thai Muay Thai gloves win, where Sialkot wins on price/customisation depth, when to source from each.
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Pakistan vs India
Sialkot vs Jalandhar / Meerut. Labour cost, leather supply chain, lead-time differences for wholesale buyers.
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Sialkot vs China
Hand-stitched vs machine-stitched, MOQ differences, why pro fight brands still source from Sialkot despite cheaper Chinese options.
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Factory Direct vs Alibaba
Buying direct from a Sialkot factory vs through a B2B platform — pricing differences, communication trade-offs, what’s bundled either way.
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About this resource library
These articles are written by the Oxfit Sports editorial team — manufacturing operators who have spent the last 27 years on the Sialkot factory floor, not search-engine ghostwriters. Where we cite specific numbers (stitching cycle times, foam densities, freight rates, federation rules), we link to the source or describe the working method we use to derive them.
Content is updated whenever a material change happens — federation rule changes, new fabric supply, new Incoterm revisions. The “Last updated” date at the top of each page tells you when the latest revision was published. If you spot an error or want a topic added, email info@oxfitsports.com with subject line “Resource Library”.
Quoted in these articles: our 60×100 ft factory in Nar-Gate Street, Jinah Park, Sialkot-51310, Pakistan; the day-to-day work of 70–100 craftspeople; supplier negotiations with leather merchants, foam suppliers, and shipping agents; and 27 years of order patterns from buyers in 25+ countries.
Ready to source?
Once you’ve got the spec language and the operational picture, the next step is a wholesale quote. Send your SKU split here — reply within 24 hours, free design mockup if you want OEM, MOQ from 50 pieces per material/size combination.