I know this post might seem a little weak when taking into consideration the first three were Las Dos and Grant, but there's an interesting story to these.
I got these gloves in a trade from a man who says that they were given to him by someone from Ringside some time ago. The claim is that these gloves were the prototypes that were made in order to convince Cleto Reyes to let Ringside distribute their gloves here in the states. Apparently, Ringside made these gloves and told Cleto that if they refused to allow Ringside to sell Reyes gloves, Ringside would begin producing and selling these Reyes clones at a much cheaper price.
I know this is all hearsay and I have no proof, but I was told these gloves were the reason why Reyes first allowed a US distributor to sell their gloves. I doubt these were the exact pair, but hey, you never know.
As for the gloves themselves, they feel pretty damn good for a 14 oz glove (I'm at home in 18 oz for the most part). The leather is definitely the best leather I've felt on a Ringside glove, and they've aged quite well. I could see how this gloves is a Cleto emulation, but I have to say that they are considerably narrower than Reyes. The thumb is interesting, and I have to say that the craftsmanship is not the best (a little sloppy) but I can tell that they'd last a good amount of use and abuse.
Cool story I guess, and I've not seen Ringside gloves like this before. I'll be posting again soon with more interesting equipment.