Out of the box these felt a little under padded compared to what I am used to. But I use both Mexican style hand wraps and the gel padded hand wraps over that so my hands are protected. After using these gloves for over a month, I've grown very fond of them. They are wide like the Everlast style gloves but are flat across the punching surface like Reyes gloves. They are ONLY for bag work and not for sparring. In fact, there is a warning label on the palm of the glove to that effect. NOT FOR SPARRING...The sizing seems true to me. My palm is 9.5 inches around meaning I need a large to extra large glove. Mine say "large" on the tag sewn to the wrist cuff. These fit very well, even using 180 inch hand wraps and the gel padded covers to protect my hands. If you have smaller hands less than 9 inches around the palm, you probably should go down a size.They are solidly constructed gloves. They still look new after a lot of use early on and have NO scratches or nicks in the all leather construction. Like I said before, these are a "punchers style" glove so wrap your hands accordingly. The gloves are easy enough to get on and off and use a "hook and loop" pad to secure the wrist and the cuff or wrist covering is also quite long to provide stability when punching. A great feature again similar to Reyes gloves.All in all, I really like these gloves and consider them a great value for the money. Much better than what you'll see at the generic sporting goods stores and will buy them again if needed.