I already had a pair of 16 oz UMA boxing gloves, a full winning style with winning style padding as well. Use them for bag work (99% of the time), my almost exclusive bag gloves for a year. Of course, they were my favorite.
So, I ordered another pair, this time a stock UMA ultra 16 oz gloves. The shipping from Pakistan to Romania took a week, delivered to my door.
First impressions:
The pair I’ve got looks good, black with gold, all leather. The leather seems a little better than my last pair, which was already a good leather. The stitching is good, but not perfect, and I got a little scratch on my left thumb, but I couldn't care less. Also the left gloves seems to be bulkier than my right, but on my scale (not very reliable) seems to be the same (I don’t know if all of these are visible in the pictures.)
After I put them on, the feeling is great, tight fit, and they force your hand to stay in the right position, with your fist bend a little to the interior. Of course, you can’t bend them backwards. The padding is firm, but not very hard; it will take a while to break it. On my last pair, between my thumb and the glove, there was area which was putting pressure on my hand, and it took a while to loose it up. On these pair it doesn’t seems the case.
Also, they seems less bulkier than my last UMA pair, and I like the thumb more, as it is almost straight.
Overall, I like them more then my last pair, which was already my favorite, but only the time and the bags will tell - I didn’t use them yet! These are only my first impressions. I will post more after a while.
I attached some pictures, comparing UMA Ultra with other gloves I have, a 16 oz UMA, 12 oz Fairtex BGV9 (not improved model), and 12 oz Topboxer glove.