To be honest with you, if you are an intermediate or advanced level and you only want to practice boxing, a hanging boxing heavy bag will probably be the best choice.
However, if you would like to practice leg kick, knees, spinning back kicks or any other crazy stuff, go for a standing punching bag.
In my opinion, it really depends on your fighting style and what you really want to do with it.
H3 - Types of Free Standing Punch Bags
As a martial arts and combat sport practitioner, I've been trying numerous standing punch bag. You could think that they are actually all the same with a foamed frame trunk and a base. However, some of them have different heights, sometimes adjustable or heavier.
Depending on your training style you might
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However, the foamed trunk pad is usually the half size of a full kickboxing bag. Ideally, a stand alone boxing bag is perfect for those of you looking to practice boxing punching without legs.
If your main objectif is to practice hand punching for fitness and weight loss, I will recommend you to have a look at the Everlast boxing stand and the Century Original Wavemaster. These types of bags are usually cheaper than full length kickboxing bag.
H4 Kickboxing Bag
A freestanding kickboxing bag is longer than a stand alone boxing stand with a regular base also. Because of the height, it allows you to train leg kicks and hand punches. Usually a stand alone kickboxing bag is not adjustable. You can find kickboxing stands with a smaller base allowing much more room for footwork. Also, some of these bags are designed for takedowns and ground pound work. Usually they are a bit more expensive than a boxing stand.
H4 Boxing Dummy and Punching Dummy
These ones are great if you want to practice leg kicks and hand punches. A boxing puching dummy replicates the form of a real upper body, head, eyes, noise, chin, torso which makes it perfect for face attacks training you can find in aikido, krav maga or any other fighting defence system involving lethal