Boxing Head Guards: Price in Pakistan & Worldwide Wholesale

Open-face, cheek-protector and full-face head guards in S to XL, cut and stitched at our own Sialkot factory. Bought one at a time in Pakistan or by the carton for export.

Updated 2026-08-03 by Boxing Nest, Sialkot, Pakistan

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Head Guards Built to Absorb Sparring, Not to Look the Part

A boxing head guard does two jobs, and only one of them is what most buyers think they are paying for. It reduces cuts, swelling and damage to the ears, brows and cheekbones, which is why sparring in one lets you train hard on Tuesday and still turn up on Thursday. What it does not do is prevent concussion, because concussion comes from the brain moving inside the skull and no foam on the outside stops that.

That distinction matters when you are choosing one. A head guard that adds bulk without adding useful protection makes you a bigger target, slows your head movement and blocks your peripheral vision, all of which cost you more than the padding gives back. The best head guard is the smallest one that covers what you actually need covered.

We make one shape, and we make it because it is the one most people should be wearing: the cheek-protector head guard, which covers the forehead, temples, ears and back of the head and extends padded wings down over the cheekbones. It is the right guard for regular gym sparring, which is what the overwhelming majority of head guards are bought for. Our simple model is Rs 3,500 and the genuine leather one is Rs 4,500, direct from the factory floor.

Boxing head guard price in Pakistan, front view

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Black head guard for boxing made in Sialkot

Boxing Head Guard Price List

Variant	Size / Weight	Price (PKR)	Best for
Head Guard, Simple	S to XL	Rs 3,500	Club sparring, school and gym kit
Head Guard, Leather	S to XL	Rs 4,500	Daily sparring, durability

Prices are ex-factory in Pakistani Rupees and exclude delivery. Bulk and gym pricing is lower, message us with your quantity for a firm quote.

Buying from outside Pakistan? We quote FOB Sialkot in USD or EUR against your quantity, request an export price list.

What We Make, and How It Compares

Simple Head Guard, Rs 3,500

Our entry model in the cheek-protector shape: forehead, temples, ears and back of the head covered, with padded wings down over the cheekbones. Layered multi-density foam, bound edges, rear lace and chin strap anchored through the shell. This is the right guard for club sparring, school and university programmes and anyone buying their first head guard.

Leather Head Guard, Rs 4,500

The same shape and the same padding specification in genuine leather. Leather handles daily use far better than a synthetic shell, breathes more, and moulds slightly to your head over the first few weeks. If you spar several times a week, or you are buying for a club set that will be used every day, this is the one that lasts.

Why the Cheek-Protector Shape

Two other configurations exist and you will see both in gyms. An open-face guard leaves the face completely clear, which is what amateur competition rules require and what boxers with good defence prefer, at the cost of leaving the cheekbones exposed. A full-face guard adds a padded chin bar across the nose and mouth, which suits beginners and juniors but narrows your view. The cheek-protector shape sits between them and is what most people sparring in a gym actually need, which is why it is the one we build. If you specifically need open-face for a tournament or full-face for a junior class, message us before ordering and we will tell you honestly whether we can supply it rather than sending you the wrong guard.

Custom and OEM Head Guards

We produce head guards under other brands’ names for gyms, federations, distributors and retailers. Your logo embroidered or screen printed, your colourway, your packaging, from 50 pieces per design.

Head Guard Sizing

Head guards are sized by head circumference, not by body weight or glove size, and the fit is the single thing that decides whether the guard works.

Size	Head Circumference	Typical Wearer	Notes
XS / Kids	50 – 53 cm	Children 7 to 11	Full-face recommended at this age
S	53 – 56 cm	Juniors, smaller adults	Most common women's size
M	56 – 58 cm	Most adult men	The size we ship most often
L	58 – 61 cm	Larger adults	Check with hair tied back
XL	61 cm and above	Heavyweights	Order early, less commonly stocked

Measure around your head just above the eyebrows and around the widest part at the back, then send us the number in centimetres. Do not size up for comfort: a guard that rotates when you take a shot is worse than one that feels snug on the first fitting.

See Boxing Head Guards Being Made

Unedited footage from our Sialkot workshop, the same floor your order is produced on.

Close look at a Boxing Nest head guard: shell shape, padding depth and stitching.

How to Choose a Head Guard Without Wasting Money

Start with fit, not with features. A head guard is held in place by three points: the rear lace or strap, the chin strap and the friction of the foam against your head. Get any of them wrong and the guard slides forward over your eyes the first time you get caught clean, which is precisely the moment you need to see.

Second, match the coverage to your level honestly. Beginners take more shots to the face than they expect to and have less ability to slip them, which is the argument for a full-face bar in a junior class. For adult gym sparring the cheek-protector shape we make is the sensible middle, and open-face is worth having only if you are actually competing under rules that require it.

Third, look at the foam rather than the leather. A thick shell over cheap single-density foam feels protective and is not: it bottoms out on impact and transmits the force through to your skull. Layered foam of different densities absorbs progressively and is what we build with, in the Rs 3,500 model exactly as in the Rs 4,500 one. The two differ in shell material, not in protection.

Fourth, if you spar in a shared club set, buy your own. Head guards sit against your face, hair and ears for the whole session and shared ones are a common route for skin and ear infections in busy gyms. At Rs 3,500 for the simple model it is an easy problem to remove.

Head Guards Delivered Across Pakistan

We ship head guards to every major city in Pakistan with cash on delivery available, so you can check the fit and the stitching before you pay for it.

Cash on delivery is available nationwide. Orders to Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi typically arrive in 2 to 4 working days.

Buy Boxing Head Guards Wholesale, Worldwide Export

We ship boxing head guards from Sialkot to buyers in over 50 countries. Orders move by DHL, FedEx or UPS for samples and small consignments, and by air or sea freight for volume. We quote FOB Sialkot or CIF to your port, and can supply the HS codes and commercial documentation your customs broker needs.

MOQ: 1 piece for samples, 50 units per design for custom production.
Payment: T/T bank transfer, Western Union, or L/C for large orders.
Lead time: 5 to 10 days for stock, 3 to 5 weeks for custom production.
Documents: commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of origin.

Order Boxing Head Guards Manufacturing: OEM & Private Label

Beyond selling our own product, we manufacture to order for brands, distributors, gyms and fight promotions. You bring the design and the brand; we run the production line. Nothing leaves the factory with our name on it unless you want it there.

Your logo: screen-printed, embossed, embroidered or woven label.
Your colours: matched to your brand palette, including multi-colour designs.
Your specification: material, padding density, closure type and sizing.
Your packaging: custom boxes, bags, hang tags and barcodes.
MOQ: 50 units per design for branding, 100 for full private label.
Samples: a paid pre-production sample is made and photographed for your approval before the run starts.

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Wholesale and Club Head Guard Supply

Clubs, academies, universities, army and police training units and provincial sports boards buy head guards in size runs rather than singly. Send us your headcount with a rough size split and we will quote the whole set together, which is almost always cheaper than ordering the sizes one at a time.

Wholesale tiers start at 20 pieces with further steps at 100 and 500. For club sets we usually recommend a mix weighted towards medium and large with two or three full-face guards held back for new members, because those are the people who need them most and the ones least likely to own their own.

Export buyers are quoted FOB Sialkot or CIF to your port, with the commercial invoice, packing list and certificate of origin your customs broker will ask for.

How a Head Guard Is Actually Built

A head guard is a curved shell with no flat surfaces, which is why cheap ones look misshapen out of the box. The foam is cut in profiled sections and assembled around a form so the finished guard holds the shape of a head rather than a cylinder, and the leather is cut on the correct grain direction so it stretches where it should and holds where it should not.

Every edge that touches skin is bound rather than left as a raw hem, because a raw edge on a wet head after twenty minutes of sparring is what causes the rubbing most people blame on the fit. The rear lace channel and the chin strap anchor are stitched through the shell and reinforced, not tacked to the surface, since those two points carry the entire load when the guard is pulled tight.

We use layered foam density throughout: a firmer inner layer that resists bottoming out and a softer outer layer that spreads the initial impact. It costs more per unit than a single slab of foam and it is the difference between a guard that still protects in year three and one that is decorative by month eight.

Head Guard Rules for Amateur Competition

Every amateur body writes its own equipment schedule and they do not agree with each other, so the only safe answer is to check yours before a tournament rather than after. What follows is the pattern most amateur competition rules share, which is enough to tell you what to buy for training and what to confirm before you enter.

Open Face Is the Competition Standard

Amateur boxing rulesets that mandate head guards at all mandate open-face guards. The chin bar and the extended cheek wings that are perfectly sensible in a gym are not permitted in competition, because officials need a clear view of the face to stop a bout and the additional surface changes what a scoring shot looks like. If you are competing, an open-face guard is what will be on your head, so train in one at least some of the time.

Approval Is Granted to a Product, Not a Style

Federations approve specific models from specific manufacturers, and the approval is a commercial and testing process rather than a description of a shape. That means no honest manufacturer can tell you a guard is approved for your federation without naming which federation and which product. Ask us which of our models your national body has accepted before you order for a tournament, and if we have not been through that process for your body we will tell you so plainly.

Colour and Corner Requirements

Many amateur rulesets require the head guard to match the boxer’s corner, usually red or blue, and to carry no markings other than the manufacturer’s. Clubs entering boxers regularly generally hold a set in both colours. Our own guards are the cheek-protector shape rather than the open-face competition shape, so for tournament kit specifically, message us first and we will tell you plainly what we can and cannot supply.

Senior Elite Boxing Has Moved Away from Head Guards

Since 2013 head guards have been removed from senior elite men’s amateur competition in most international programmes, while remaining mandatory for juniors, youths, women in many divisions and almost all domestic and club-level competition. This is why you will see televised amateur bouts without head guards and be required to wear one at your own regional event. Do not take what happens at the Olympics as a guide to what your club needs.

The practical consequence for a club buying equipment is straightforward. The bulk of your order is training kit, and cheek-protector guards are what that should be, which is the shape we make in both the Rs 3,500 and the Rs 4,500 model. Competition kit is a separate and much smaller purchase, and the specific model has to be confirmed with your federation rather than assumed from its shape.

Head Guards for Kids and Junior Boxers

Junior head guards are not simply small adult head guards, and treating them that way is the most common mistake clubs make when kitting out a children’s class. A child’s head is larger relative to their body than an adult’s, their neck muscles are weaker, and their ability to see a shot coming and slip it is essentially undeveloped. All three point the same way.

How Much Face Coverage Children Need

More than adults, and for a straightforward reason: children take clean shots an adult would have seen and moved from, and a facial injury at that age affects their willingness to keep training well beyond the injury itself. Many junior coaches specify a full-face bar for that reason. We make the cheek-protector shape rather than the full-face one, which covers the cheekbones and the part of the face that swells first but leaves the nose and mouth clear, so tell us the age group you are buying for and we will be straight with you about whether it is the right guard for your class.

Fit Changes Faster Than You Expect

A guard bought for a nine year old will not fit them at eleven. Check the fit at the start of every term rather than waiting for a complaint, because children will keep wearing a guard that has become too small and will not mention it. Our XS and S sizes cover roughly 50 to 56 cm of head circumference, which spans most of the junior range.

Club Sets Versus Personal Guards

Most junior programmes run a club set, which is unavoidable when members join and leave constantly. If you do, buy more than you think you need in XS and S, wipe the linings down after every session, and let them dry properly between classes rather than stacking them damp in a cupboard. Encourage any child who is sparring weekly to get their own, both for hygiene and because a guard fitted to one head sits better than one fitted to nobody’s.

For clubs ordering junior sets, send us your class sizes and age range and we will quote a size run. XS and S are the two sizes we hold deepest for exactly this reason, and wholesale pricing starts at 20 pieces.

What a Head Guard Does and Does Not Protect

This is worth being precise about, because the marketing around head guards has historically overpromised and buyers have made bad training decisions on the back of it.

What It Genuinely Reduces

Cuts and lacerations, particularly around the brows and the bridge of the nose. Swelling to the cheekbone and around the eye. Damage to the ears from repeated glancing impacts, which is what produces the deformity known as cauliflower ear. Impact to the top and back of the skull if you go down. These are real, common injuries and a head guard meaningfully reduces all of them, which is precisely why sparring in one lets you train more often and more consistently.

What It Does Not Prevent

Concussion. A concussion happens when the brain accelerates and decelerates inside the skull, and external padding does not change the acceleration of the head enough to prevent that. Some evidence suggests a bulky guard makes matters slightly worse by increasing the effective mass of the head and by giving a target that is easier to hit. Nobody should buy a head guard believing it protects the brain.

What Follows from That

Control your sparring, not just your equipment. The variables that actually govern head trauma are how hard your gym spars, how often, and whether people stop when someone is hurt. A gym that spars at fifty percent twice a week in head guards is protecting its members. A gym that spars at ninety percent daily is not, whatever is on their heads. Buy the head guard for the cuts and the ears, and fix the sparring culture separately.

We would rather sell you a head guard on an honest description of what it does than on a claim that will not survive contact with your own experience. It is genuinely useful equipment. It is not a helmet.

Head Guards for Muay Thai, Kickboxing and MMA

Boxing is not the only sport that uses head protection, and the requirements differ enough that the wrong guard is worth avoiding.

Muay Thai and Kickboxing

The threats are different: knees to the head in the clinch and high kicks arriving from an angle a boxer never has to deal with. That argues for more coverage rather than less, and many Muay Thai gyms use full-face or cheek-protector guards for sparring as a matter of course, and ours is the cheek-protector shape. The rear of the guard matters more here too, since a spinning technique can land where a boxer would rarely be hit.

MMA and Grappling Crossover

Head guards are used far less in MMA training and for a reason: anything with a strap, a lace or a protruding edge is a hazard the moment a round goes to the clinch or the floor. Gyms that do use them for striking rounds take them off before grappling. If your training mixes both in the same session, a low-profile guard with no rear lace and a flat chin strap is the one to look for.

Sparring Across Disciplines

If you train more than one sport, buy for the harshest one. A cheek-protector guard bought for Muay Thai will be perfectly serviceable for boxing sparring, whereas an open-face boxing guard leaves you exposed to exactly the techniques Muay Thai adds. The exception is amateur boxing competition, where the open-face shape is prescribed and our cheek-protector guard is a training guard rather than a competition one.

Our own guards are the cheek-protector shape in two materials, at Rs 3,500 and Rs 4,500, built to the same padding specification. Tell us what you train and how hard you spar and we will tell you whether that is the right guard for you, including when the honest answer is that you need a configuration we do not make.

Head Guard Care, Storage and When to Replace

Head guards die of neglect far more often than of impact. Almost every guard that fails within a year was left damp in a zipped bag, and almost every one that hardens and cracks was dried on a heater or in direct sun.

After every session: wipe the lining with a cloth dampened in warm water and a little mild soap, then wipe the shell.
Drying: air dry at room temperature, out of the bag, away from direct sunlight and away from any heat source. Never a radiator, never a hairdryer.
Never: machine wash, tumble dry, or soak. Water in the foam takes days to leave and can delaminate the padding from the shell.
Leather models: a light leather conditioner two or three times a year keeps the shell supple. Do not over-apply; the leather should not feel greasy.
Storage: out of the kit bag, shaped rather than crushed under other equipment, somewhere ventilated.

How to Tell It Is Finished

Press your thumb firmly into the forehead and temple padding. If you can feel a hard surface underneath without much pressure, the foam has taken a permanent set and the guard is no longer doing its job even though it looks fine from the outside. Other end-of-life signals are a chin strap that will no longer hold tension, a rear lace channel that has torn out, and a lining that has split and is exposing raw foam to skin.

Realistic Lifespan

A personal guard used for weekly sparring and cared for properly lasts three to five years in leather and two to three in PU. A club guard used daily by different people lasts one to two years whatever it is made of, because shared equipment gets neither the drying nor the cleaning it needs. Budget for that when you plan a club purchase rather than being surprised by it.

Head Guard Buying Checklist

Measure first: around the head just above the brows and across the widest point at the back, in centimetres.
Pick the coverage for your level: full face for beginners and juniors, cheek protector for regular sparring, open face for competition. We build the cheek-protector shape.
Check the foam, not the leather: press hard into the forehead panel; you should not feel a hard backing.
Check the anchors: the chin strap and rear lace should be stitched through the shell, not tacked to its surface.
Check the edges: every edge touching skin should be bound, not raw.
Fit it snug: it should not rotate when you push it firmly with a flat hand.
Buy your own: shared guards sit against your face and ears for an hour at a time.
Competing? confirm the specific model with your federation before the tournament, not on the day.

If you are unsure after all that, send us your head measurement and a sentence about what you train and how hard you spar. We will tell you which model people in your situation order, and if the honest answer is the cheaper one we will say so.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a boxing head guard cost in Pakistan?

Boxing Nest head guards are Rs 3,500 for the simple model and Rs 4,500 for genuine leather, one price across sizes S to XL. These are ex-factory prices from Sialkot with no importer or retailer margin. Message us on WhatsApp to confirm which configuration you need and for club pricing from 20 pieces.

Does a head guard prevent concussion?

No, and anyone selling you one on that basis is misleading you. A head guard reduces cuts, swelling, ear damage and impact to the brow and cheekbone, which is genuinely valuable and is why sparring in one lets you train more often. Concussion is caused by the brain moving inside the skull under acceleration, and external padding does not stop that from happening. Control the intensity of your sparring, not just your equipment.

Open face or full face: which head guard should I buy?

It depends on your level. Buy full-face with a chin bar if you are a beginner, a junior, or coming back from a facial injury, because those are the situations where you will take clean shots you did not see. Buy a cheek-protector model for regular gym sparring, which is the best all-round choice for most people. Buy open-face only if you compete in amateur boxing or your defence is good enough that unobstructed vision is worth more to you than facial coverage.

What size head guard do I need?

Measure around your head just above the eyebrows and across the widest point at the back. Under 53 cm takes XS or kids, 53 to 56 cm takes S, 56 to 58 cm takes M, 58 to 61 cm takes L, and above 61 cm takes XL. Medium is by far the most commonly ordered adult size. Fit it snug: a guard that shifts when you are hit is the one that ends up over your eyes.

Do you manufacture custom head guards for other brands?

Yes. We are an OEM and private label manufacturer and produce head guards under our customers' brands for gyms, federations, distributors and retailers worldwide. Minimum is 50 pieces per design for your logo and colours, or 100 for full private label with your own packaging and no Boxing Nest marking anywhere on the product. Production runs 3 to 5 weeks after you approve the artwork and the paid pre-production sample.

How do I clean a boxing head guard?

Wipe the inside with a cloth dampened in warm water and a little mild soap after every session, then let it air dry away from direct sun and away from a heater. Never put it in a washing machine and never dry it on a radiator, because heat hardens both the foam and the leather permanently. If it lives in a kit bag, take it out when you get home. Most head guards that die early are killed by being left damp in a zipped bag, not by punches.

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