Bare-knuckle fighting gloves

Abstract

Fighting gloves for the sports of bare-knuckle fitting that can cover the hand except for the fingers, knuckles, and the thumb. The fighting gloves can include a body portion, a wrist portion, and a dividing portion. The body portion has a palm side, a dorsal side, and a hand opening to don the fighting gloves. The body portion has an elongated knuckle opening through which the fingers and the knuckles of the hand can extend out. The dividing portion separates the elongated knuckles opening and a thumb opening. The dorsal side of the body portion can have padding to provide cushioning against an external impact.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A fighting glove for a sport of bare-knuckle fighting, the fighting glove comprises:
 a body portion, the body portion comprising:
 a palm side, 
 a dorsal side, 
 a hand opening for donning a hand, 
 an elongated knuckle opening configured to permit fingers and knuckles of the hand to extend out from the body portion when the fighting glove is donned in the hand, wherein the body portion does not cover the fingers and knuckles, and 
 a thumb opening configured to permit a thumb of the hand to extend out. 
   
     
     
         2 . The fighting glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the fighting glove further comprises a wrist portion configured to ergonomically encircle around a wrist of the hand. 
     
     
         3 . The fighting glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the dorsal side of the fighting glove further comprises padding configured to provide cushioning against an external impact. 
     
     
         4 . The fighting glove according to  claim 1 , wherein a divider portion separates the elongated knuckle opening and the thumb opening. 
     
     
         5 . The fighting glove according to  claim 4 , wherein the divider portion is integral with the body portion. 
     
     
         6 . The fighting glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the fighting glove further comprises a V-shape cut that extends from the wrist portion to the palm side of the body potion, wherein the V-shape cut divides the wrist portion and the palm side into a first flap and a second flap, wherein the first flap and the second flap configured to widen the hand opening. 
     
     
         7 . The fighting glove according to  claim 6 , wherein the fighting glove further comprises a lacing mechanism, the lacing mechanism comprises a series of eyelets along a periphery of the first flap and the second flap, and a lace runs across the eyelets in the first flap and the second flap, wherein the lacing mechanism is configured to be tightened to tighten the first flap and the second flap for securing the fighting glove in the hand, and wherein the lacing mechanism is configured to be loosen to permit the fighting glove to be donned and doffed. 
     
     
         8 . The fighting glove according to  claim 6 , wherein the fighting glove further comprises:
 a strap, the strap has a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the strap coupled to the first flap, and   a fastener comprising a first mating member and a second mating member, the first mating member coupled to the distal end of the strap, the second mating member coupled to the second flap or the wrist portion, wherein the first mating member is configured to removably fasten to the second mating member.   
     
     
         9 . The fighting glove according to  claim 8 , wherein the fastener is a hook and loop fastener.