Regarding the bruise... It's not on my palm although I said palm... The wear in on the meaty part below my pinky (If you were to fold your pinky down towards your wrist, it would be in that area).

I usually scuff up a glove after one round and it lasts me perhaps five rounds before a hole appears.

Does anyone get sore fingers after hitting balls at the range? I sometimes feel like the knuckles are being pulled apart.