Expert: Alan Kahn - 1/12/2006

Question
Hi Alan,
Great Website. I'm looking forward to getting your book. I have a question. I want to purchase a speed bag from Ringside or Title and I'm not sure of the size I need or which bags are of adequate quality. I trained in a boxing gym for
3-4 years and I can handle the speed bag very well. However I do not remember which size or brand they used in the gym. Can you suggest a size for someone with experience and a brand or two that are of good quality. I would love to save a few bucks. Are any of the lower end lines (Title Classic or Ringside Contender)a good buy. Thanks for helping me get back on track. Mark  

Answer
Hi Mark,

Thanks for the nice comments.  Since you can handle the speed bag very well, all you may need to do is shake a little rust off.  All the skills you had are still there and will come back pretty quickly. You could go right to the smaller, faster bags, such as a 9x6 or perhaps the 8x5. I really like the bags here:

http://store.titleboxing.com/titlespeedbags1.html
(yellow = 8x5, Red=9x6)

and I also use this one: http://store.titleboxing.com/classic-speed-bags.html

and you can't beat the price.  Great economical bags that have worked very well for me.

From Ringside Boxing, the "Contender" bag is also very good for the price.
http://www.ringside.com/DETAIL.ASPX?ID=25131

Good luck and let me know how your training goes.  The world needs a few more speed bag masters!

sincerely,

Alan Kahn
author, The Speed Bag Bible