History Main / RedBoxingGloves

* Knuckles from the ''VideoGame/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.

* The first ''Anime/LupinIIIPartII'' 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.

[[caption-width-right:350:Made for boxing, [[WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail not for typing.]]]]

* ComicBook/TheJoker used an extendable boxing glove device in ''Film/Batman1989''. This glove is also red.

* ''Film/InspectorGadget'': Gadgetmobile does this to Gadget during their first meeting.
-->'''Gadgetmobile''': Don't make me go De La Hoya on you!

* The Joker from ''Batman'', more so for the Franchise/{{DCAU}} version, along with his sidekick Harley Quinn. It goes wrong one time when Harley tries to headshot Supergirl with a boxing glove gun, and it rebounds off Kara's head harmlessly to score a direct hit on Harley herself.

* ''Big Boa'' from the original ''Toys/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.

* As a BoxingKangaroo, Roger and his wife from the ''Tekken'' series wear these; his son wears yellow gloves, and PaletteSwap Alex wears blue. Somehow they're able to use ProfessionalWrestling grapples with them.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' introduces King K. Rool, the Kremling Kommander who dons his bright red gloves from VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 during forward smash attacks, and also uses them in the trailer to connect with DK's fist.

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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. 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). They do reduce the chance of blood from facial cuts, but they 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 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 ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' that was just a red boxing glove on a spring, and that just knocked him off a ledge or the like.

** His SpiritualSuccessor Dudley in SF III has ''blue'' ones.

* ''Taz: Wanted'' has these as "Whack-in-the-Boxes", which must be disabled before destroying them.
* In ''VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise'', Wario can use one attached to a spring.

** This comes full circle in ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', when the Heavy finally meets [=StrongBad=] himself, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVtAFoS0GyM much to the latter's frustration]].

* Spring-mounted boxing glove in ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'', which is powerful enough to knock a main character across the room. Fortunately she was a bit loopy to start with.

* In some of the ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' games, while crouching, Tarma uses a spring-loaded boxing glove in his backpack, rather than a knife.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' :The aforementioned [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]] appears, and wears differently colored gloves depending on his costume (but they're still green by default). Additionally, the [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Villager]] uses these as their jab.
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' introduces King K. Rool, the Kremling Kommander who dons his bright red gloves from VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 during forward smash attacks, and also uses them in the trailer to connect with DK's fist.

-->--'''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Heavy Weapons Guy]]''', ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory''

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' introduces King K. Rool, the Kremling Kommander who dons his bright red gloves from VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 during forward smash attacks, and also uses them in the trailer to connect with DK's fist.

* ''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.

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

* ''VideoGame/RainbowIslands'' features boxing gloves on springs as enemies on Toy Island. They're purple to begin with, but that's because they [[TurnsRed turn red]] when antagonised.

* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': boxers with big reddish gloves appear in the boxing sketch (the one featuring Ken Clean Air System dighting Petula Wilcox) and in the confuse-a-cat sketch; not to mention the boxers who appear occasionally to knock people out for saying silly things (as an alternative to the knight in armor with the plucked chicken).

** When original (non-red) boxing gloves were introduced, the rate of deaths went up dramatically due to the extra padding allow a change in tactics. Boxers discovered that they could now throw what was essentially a spinning backfist and the padding would keep them from breaking the bones in the back of the hand. So the most efficient way for a quick knockout was to aim to land a spinning backfist to the temple of the opponent, which was often lethal.