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Rival Boxing Gear

Rival Boxing Gear is a leading, Canadian owned, worldwide, high-quality brand name offering stylish and innovative products developed specifically for the boxing market. Founded in 2003 by veteran boxing trainer/cutman Russ Anber, Rival entered the marketplace with a promise to reinvent the industry by implementing innovations and ideas that M. Anber had acquired from 25 years in the boxing game, including 13 years experience introducing and selling foreign boxing brands to the Canadian market.

From an initial modest order of $2,000 Rival has grown into a globally renowned brand with stores, offices and employees in four countries – Canada, the United States, Australia and the UK – as well as five gyms, including four in Canada and one in the US. After developing Rival’s reputation throughout the Canadian market, working outwards from Montreal and Quebec, Rival opened an office in Las Vegas in September 2014, and subsequently moved into the UK in July 2017 and Australia in July 2019. Every Rival office prides itself on being staffed by real boxing people, as well as people with whom Rival have a longstanding relationship.

While other companies are businesses trying to infiltrate the boxing world, Rival represents boxing people trying to infiltrate the business world. Everybody that works for Rival is in one way or another connected to boxing. As a consequence, Rival’s product ranges are created from a boxing perspective and the company takes real pride in its designs, technologies and innovations.

The list of fighters who have used Rival’s unrivalled range of gloves, equipment and attire is stellar. Among those who have followed in the footsteps of Jean Pascal – the first boxer to wear Rival gloves in a pro fight on HBO – have been countless other current and former world champions including among others, Anthony Joshua, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Oleksandr Usyk, Keith Thurman, Artur Beterbiev, Eleider Alvarez, Katie Taylor, Amando Serrano, Roy Jones Jr., Murat Gassiev, Mairis Briedis and many more. All of these champions have put their faith in Rival’s famed Guerrero Pro Fight glove, widely recognized as a “Puncher’s Glove” and the crown jewel in the company’s product line. Rival’s custom made boxing apparel has also captured the eyes and imagination of the boxing world. What started off as a “once in a while” production of clothing has today grown into a full-time effort due to worldwide demand.

Over the years, Rival’s reputation as a cutting edge, technologically driven, design orientated company has shaken up boxing, with many companies redesigning their line and their look in an effort to emulate what Rival have achieved.

It is a testament to the strength of the Rival family that many of the staff who began with the company back in 2003 are still in place today. Every single member of the Rival team is bound by the commitment to excellence and innovation that have always characterized everything that Rival does.