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What boxers wear on their hands and what they use to hit the other boxer with. Professional boxers wear 8-ounce gloves. Amateur boxers up to 148 pounds (68 kilograms) wear 8-ounce gloves over 148 pounds they use 10-ounce gloves. In Olympic boxing gloves weigh 12 oz no matter what the weight class.
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