What making love spontaneously is doing for sporty pair (6,6)

I believe the answer is:

boxing gloves

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'what making love spontaneously is doing for sporty' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'pair' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'pair' could be 'love' (loving is a kind of pairing) and 'love' is found within the answer.
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