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rivalboxing.ca website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202636 issues · 90 checks
This review found 36 issues worth fixing on rivalboxing.ca, 11 of them high impact, across 90 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 17.9 MB in 508 requests. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
75C- #64,141 of 97,165 reviewed websitesbeats 30%
- #39,167 of 52,810 online storesbeats 22%
- #36,872 of 47,864 Shopify storesbeats 19%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 152 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 176 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 175 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 174 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 174 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 172 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 175 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 174 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 176 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 177 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 174 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 203 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 220 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
Speed
Main-thread work: 10.4 s
A phone's processor spends 10.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.1 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
4,325 HTML elements
The page has 4,325 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Reduce unused JavaScript
600 ms · 625 KiBAbout 625 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, rebuyengine.com and Klaviyo and others), adding 2.5 MB and 877 ms of main-thread time.
Mobile performance score: 55
55/100Your mobile performance score is 55. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
950 ms8 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 950 ms.
Shopify adds 423 ms
423 msShopify costs a phone 423 ms of main-thread work and 965 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
150 ms · 273 KiB25 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (273 KiB).
Improve image delivery
250 KiB5 images could be 250 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
rebuyengine.com adds 133 ms
133 msrebuyengine.com costs a phone 133 ms of main-thread work and 689 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Klaviyo adds 117 ms
117 msKlaviyo costs a phone 117 ms of main-thread work and 321 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 101 KiBAbout 101 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 76 KiB76 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 73 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 73 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
15 long tasks on the main thread
15 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 204 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
Minify CSS
2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
1 checks passed
Server response: 21 ms
21 msYour server sent the HTML in 21 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.
Largest Contentful Paint: 10.2 s
10.2 sYour largest element takes 10.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Time to Interactive: 31.1 s
31.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 31.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 11.3 s
11.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 11.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Real-user INP: 252 ms
252 msReal visitors wait 252 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 35% slower for real visitors
+35%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 152 ms to 220 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Total Blocking Time: 405 ms
405 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 405 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
8 images without width and height
8 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-7%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.4 s to 1.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
6 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.0 s
2.0 sReal visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 475 ms
475 msReal visitors wait 475 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 1.4 s
1.4 sThe first text or image appears after 1.4 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001
0.001The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 17.9 MB in 508 requests
17.9 MBYour homepage downloads 17.9 MB in 508 requests on a phone: media 11.4 MB (1), images 2.7 MB (127) and scripts 2.0 MB (167). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image in older formats
1 image (236 KiB) is JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.
About 5.1 g of CO₂ per visit
5.06 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 5.06 g of CO₂e: 607.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
12 buttons without a name
12 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
Certain ARIA roles must be contained by particular parents (4 elements)
Certain ARIA roles must be contained by particular parents: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated critical by axe-core.
4 tap targets too small
4 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
2 images without alt text
2 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (3 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (1 element)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h4 and h2 → h6), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).
1 checks passed
52 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 59 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 52 passed and 7 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
3 H1 headlines
There are 3 <h1> headlines (“”, “” and “Build Punching Power”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
243 internal links, 16 external
The homepage links to 243 pages on rivalboxing.ca and 16 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 152 characters
Your meta description is 152 characters: “Rival Boxing Gear Canada is your #1 source and boxing gear brand for quality boxing equipment like boxing gloves, boots…”.
Title: 50 characters
Your title is a healthy 50 characters: “Rival Boxing Gear Canada - Born from a Boxing Mind”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://rivalboxing.ca/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://rivalboxing.ca/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
4 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Organization data: 6 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,150 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://rivalboxing.ca/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
5 pages without a meta description
https://rivalboxing.ca/collections/bag-gloves, https://rivalboxing.ca/collections/youth-gloves, https://rivalboxing.ca/collections/headgear, https://rivalboxing.ca/collections/no-foul-protectors and https://rivalboxing.ca/collections/mouthguards have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
2 pages share a meta description
https://rivalboxing.ca/collections/gloves and https://rivalboxing.ca/collections/sparring-gloves use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 96 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
80 small tap targets
80 of 144 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
5 JavaScript errors while loading
5 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
1 low-resolution image
1 image is served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
No phone number on the homepage
A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
No direct contact details
No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
About 490 words of copy
The homepage carries about 490 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP THE TORQUE GRIP” and “Sign up — it takes a minute”.
9 calls to action
The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “Shop” and “Contact”.
19 short forms
19 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 12 testimonial or review blocks and 2 customer or partner logos.
Privacy and tracking
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 1 more (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
32 cookies set on arrival
32Opening the homepage sets 32 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
50 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 50 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at rivalboxing.ca, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 14 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Consentmo Gdpr · Geo Pro Geolocation · Yotpo Product Reviews · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Lucky Orange · Xo Gallery · Easylocation · Gdpr Backpack · Swym Wishlist Plus · nice-team.net · chimpstatic.com · getredo.com · rebuyengine.com · cart-bot.net
Apps found in the homepage's code. Apps that only run in checkout or the admin aren't seen, and a headless storefront shows none. App data from programmable.info
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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