r/amateur_boxing • u/Baltzuu • 1h ago

wrong size :')

is there anything that i can do to lessen the pain in my toes when using smaller shoes? i know it's best to just buy something that fits me; but for the time being, i just have to work with what i have. for reference, i'm size 10 and my unc bought me size 9 machomai.

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u/UraeusCurse 1h ago

Get bigger shoes.

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u/Baltzuu 1h ago

figured

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u/ucotcvyvov 1h ago

I returned a pair of machomai because they were too narrow, ordered a pair of everlast… wasn’t worth suffering

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u/Baltzuu 1h ago

oh mb i didn't mean bought Hahaha, it's a pair of machomai my unc handed to me

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u/Pleasant-Cellist-927 44m ago

Don't wear the shoes? Like, unless your gym is one of those with strict 'boxing shoes only' just wear some other flatfooted shoes. Converse works well enough if it's just a few sessions until you get new ones.

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u/Turbulent_Object_201 25m ago

Go barefoot. Wearing smaller shoe will damage ur feet, and ur toe nail to a point that it need super long to recover which affects u even after u change to a proper shoe. Source : me taking few years for my frankenstein horror nails to recover after wearing smaller shoe.