Vintage Ray Flores Boxing Gloves

billboxing said:
Both the Flores and the Spartan patterns were " Old School" horsehair padded training gloves. They're actully more difficult to make than the modern foam glove and the raw materials needed can be difficult these days. When I sought horse/hog hair they would only sell in large bales, which were also used in upholstering furniture, etc. I have patterns for the the modern foam glove, and the old Spartan hair filled glove, whichis basically similar to The Flores pattern.
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Would be you be kind enough to shoot me a pm of exactly which patterns and sizes you have to sell and prices. Thanks!
 
The Everlast glove today is made itn locales other than the good old US of A. I prefer the MX version, Mexican glove if I had to use one. Contact me at my aol. email.
 
I had the previlage to have a couple pair of boxing gloves made for me before Dan's passing. I love these pairs of gloves and i can post a picture if you all want me to. My mother picked these up for me as he lived in Lodi and i was stationed in japan at the time. I recommend if you ever get a chance to have a local hand made glove made for you. pay the money and have it done.
 
ps bill boxing

ill throw some business your way if you are still making gloves.
 
GZUS said:
I had the previlage to have a couple pair of boxing gloves made for me before Dan's passing. I love these pairs of gloves and i can post a picture if you all want me to. My mother picked these up for me as he lived in Lodi and i was stationed in japan at the time. I recommend if you ever get a chance to have a local hand made glove made for you. pay the money and have it done.
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I would love to see some pics of your gloves. Hi-res, all angles. :icon_chee
 
Just saw this pair go on ebay for I think about $300 from memory

18oz Flores

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I saw them too. I was willing to bid up to 200.00 but I knew it would go way above that.

The auction ended early. I'm assuming someone made him a pretty nice offer.
 
I'm lucky enough to have 2 pairs of gloves made by Ray Flores himself (one of which is in fantastic condition). I also have a pair of Beaulieu and 2 pairs of Flores gloves all made by Dan Mosby, all of which are pretty much in mint condition. They are true works of art and the Crown Jewels of my collection. I'll have to post some pictures for all you other glove nuts!
 
thebodytemple said:
I'm lucky enough to have 2 pairs of gloves made by Ray Flores himself (one of which is in fantastic condition). I also have a pair of Beaulieu and 2 pairs of Flores gloves all made by Dan Mosby, all of which are pretty much in mint condition. They are true works of art and the Crown Jewels of my collection. I'll have to post some pictures for all you other glove nuts!
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So you're the bastard gobbling up those recent eBay auctions? ;)

Post pics of your collection, brother.
 
Haha I've won a few and lost a few. Always on the lookout for more. Same with my Shevlin collection. I'll have to sign up on photobucket or something so I can share my collection. Still trying to figure out a good way to display them all.
 
Necrobump!

Scored a couple pair of vintage New Old Stock Flores gloves not too long back







Sorry for the picture quality and lighting, could've been better for sure.

Both are 16 oz, and it's clear that neither have ever been used.

The Oxblood gloves remind me of my old Shevlins. Super soft and no attached thumbs. The Black pair feels a bit more like a modern glove, and for the second or two that I put them on, seems to mold to the hand comfortably.

Outstanding quality, and pretty cool to get them in time-capsule quality. Will more than likely end up selling them as I couldn't possibly put them to work, they're much too nice. Would suit a collector much more than someone looking to use them IMO.
 
beautiful looking! think like you said, for the pricetag they'll likely go for, collector rather than fighter is likely
 
Cheap Shot, I will buy those if you are looking to sell. They'd be a great addition to my collection.
 
Hey guys, I recently picked up these gloves and can't seem to find any like them on eBay. I figured this would be the best place to try to find out the value of the gloves. They are Flores gloves with no laces, and stuffed with horse hair, but I am not sure of the age. They seem to me to be pretty old. Any insight you guys may have would be greatly appreciated. http://s24.photobucket.com/user/corydemery/library/?view=recent&page=1

Never posted on here, so not sure how to add photo's. Hopefully the link to my photobucket will work.
 
corydemery said:
Hey guys, I recently picked up these gloves and can't seem to find any like them on eBay. I figured this would be the best place to try to find out the value of the gloves. They are Flores gloves with no laces, and stuffed with horse hair, but I am not sure of the age. They seem to me to be pretty old. Any insight you guys may have would be greatly appreciated. http://s24.photobucket.com/user/corydemery/library/?view=recent&page=1

Never posted on here, so not sure how to add photo's. Hopefully the link to my photobucket will work.
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Hey cory,

Did you by any chance pick these up in Northern California not too long ago? Nice find by the way!

Makedansure
 
from the Reno Gazette way back when:
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Everyone knows about the city that beer made famous but nobody seems to know much about Burlingame, Calif... Burlingame has a claim to fame but it's just not as well publicized as Milwaukee's claim. One of Burlingame's leading citizens is known by professional fighters all over the world despite the fact that his fame, hasn't rubbed off on Burlingame, - Ray Flores makes boxing gloves. . The Flores' family has been making the gloves for 50 years. You don't see Flores gloves in many places these days but where you do see them they're often worn by the game's best. Ex-world lightweight champion Mando Ramos insists on wearing the Flores gloves. "A' good glove is like a tool," the 64-year-old Flores says. "If it fits good a guy wants to keep using it." Because of Ramos' insistence, the gloves were worn by Ramos and Pedro Carrasco when they fought for the lightweight crown this year in Los Angeles. Undefeated lightweight Ray Lunny III of Palo Alto is another fighter that Flores says, "Wouldn't fight without my gloves." Although gloves are overlooked by the public, boxing men have always placed great importance on them. "Lacing up the Levinson’s" was almost a boxing slogan in the 1920s. It was a tribute to Sol Levinson and the gloves he manufactured. When Levinson's glove making days were over it was a leather worker Frank Flores, Ray’s father, that took the pattern and made improvements. Ray Flores took over making the gloves in 1940 and one of his first improvements was "more padding on the sides of the gloves.” "These guys don't get cauliflower ears anymore because the gloves are padded on the sides." When boxing was experiencing better days in the late 1940s and the early 1950s, Flores had four employees making the gloves that "Joe Louis liked." However, it's only a sideline for him now. The only guy that makes Flores gloves is Ray Flores. He makes them in a back room of his Burlingame home and it takes him about two and a half hours to make a pair. "I've tried to quit a couple of times but they call me up and ask me to make a couple of sets." His gloves are still the ones that are still the most common in the Bay Area although he only makes 60 pairs a year. One of the guys that's asked Flores for his gloves is Carson City promoter Bill Dickson. Flores was visiting in the area has assured Dickson that he'll have Flores gloves for his next [card]. Many of the gloves in use these days are made of plastic but Flores still uses cowhide. When you talk to Flores about the history of his gloves it's almost like talking about the history of boxing. Everyone will always remember Sonny Liston and Flores has a special reason to remember the "Big Bear." "I had to make a special pattern for Liston he had such a big hand," Flores says. "That's the biggest glove I ever made." The Flores glove that Liston used in a Denver fight with Zora Folley measured eight inches across compared to the average glove that's "five or six inches." There have been Flores gloves for 50 years but Ray Flores doesn't act like he's too sentimentally involved with them. When you ask him how long he's going to make his gloves you expect a Pat O'Brien-type who says, "I'll make them until I die." But that's not exactly a Ray Flores-type reply. He says, "I bought $400 worth of hides the other day. I'll make the gloves until I use those hides up. "It'll take me at least a year to use them up so I guess I'll be making gloves another year." That's good, news for fighters like Mando Ramos and Ray Lunny III. Flores gloves never made Burlingame, Calif., famous but it wasn't the gloves' fault.

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I always wondered if Flores and Levinson had a connection. Enjoy!
 
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