Product Description

The perfect apparatus for awesome speed bag workouts! Ensures fast, smooth action and accurate rebounds. Exactly what the pro's use!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1108 in Sports & Outdoors
• Color: Silver
• Brand: Everlast
• Model: 4444
• Released on: 2005-01-06

Features

• Sturdy swivel features all steel construction
• Detachable heavy-duty flange mounts directly to platform
• Precision ball-bearing construction
• Fast, smooth action for accurate rebounds

From the Manufacturer
The Everlast Top Professional Swivel boasts a heavy-duty flange that mounts securely to your speed bag platform. The swivel's precision ball-bearing construction provides for smooth and fast action and accurate rebounding. With triple-chrome plating and all-steel construction, this swivel meets Everlast's professional standards and is designed to take whatever action you can give it.

About Everlast
The name Everlast is synonymous with boxing. Renown internationally as a manufacturer of boxing equipment, Everlast started out as a swimwear manufacturer in 1910. Headquartered in the Bronx, NY, the company was founded by 17-year-old Jacob Golomb. The son of a tailor and an avid swimmer, Jacob Golomb was dissatisfied with the durability of swimsuits because they barely lasted a season, so he began making suits that he guaranteed would last for a full year. He proudly gave them the name, Everlast. Although the swimsuits did not last through the years, the name did.

Over the next years, Golomb expanded his company into a small retail store that carried a full line of sports equipment. In 1917, a young fighter named Jack Dempsey introduced boxing to Golomb and Everlast. Dempsey asked Golomb to construct protective headgear that would last more than 15 rounds of intensive boxing training. Golomb specially designed the training gear for Dempsey. In 1919, Dempsey won the world’s heavyweight championship wearing boxing gloves made for him by Golomb. Everlast became the headquarters for boxing equipment throughout the world. In 1925, Golomb designed elastic-waist trunks to replace the leather-belted trunks then worn by boxers. These trunks, now known as boxer trunks, immediately became famous. Jacob Golomb ran the business until he passed away in the early 1950’s and his son, Dan, took over. In 1958, Ben Nadorf joined Everlast and purchased 50% of the company from the Golomb family. When Dan Golomb passed away in 1995, Nadorf purchased the family’s remaining 50% interest. Nadorf remained the President and Principle Share Holder of Everlast until October 24, 2000.

Everlast men’s and women’s apparel and accessories continue today to be tremendously successful both inside and outside the ring. In addition, Everlast boxing trunks and equipment remain the proud and undefeated champion of the boxing industry for more than 90 years. The history continues, as the name states. Everlast has a traditional past and a knockout future.

Customer Reviews

Works as it should
Works well. Much faster than the "cheap" metal swivel that has only the hook. If you don't have a wealth of speed-bag experience, be prepared to "re-learn" when you upgrade to this swivel.

Average Quality
It really is amazing how pathetic the quality of most Everlast products is today. If you are new to boxing and looking for quality equipment, try Cleto Reyes. From my experience, Everlast manufactures stuff with the kind of consumer in mind that will hang a heavy bag in his garage for decoration purposes only. I'm sure they have some professional line, but that's not what you find on Amazon or in retail store near you.
Addressing the quality of this speedbag swivel specifically, it's ok, mine arrived defective and I had to fix it myself, but it seems to be working now.

Everlast Professional Swivel
Our speed bag platform came with the standard cheap Everlast swivel with the "s" hook and white plastic bearing. The original swivel is garbage at best, as the bag unscrews itself immediately making use of the product impossible. It is shameful that Everlast manufactures the plastic swivel. We just upgraded the swivel to the Everlast Professional. The difference is like night and day. We can now use the speed bag for its intended purpose. One slight problem is the difficulty of changing bags as it attaches by a bicycle type chain link. (Instructions not included with product).