Best examples of switch hitting in a fight

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  1. leftsmoke

    leftsmoke New Member Full Member

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    Hello all, since we sort of answered the controversy over the "back hand" aka straight/cross in Britain, and there is another thread about Buster Douglas vs. Mike Tyson on the front page, I would like to go deeper into the subject of switch hitting, as in when a fighter eschewed his usual stance and landed successful punches "from the other side".
     
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    I have always been extremely impressed with the form and power of the last straight left Buster landed as an orthodox fighter. Looks like a southpaw throwing his power hand. Of course it was the last punch in a devastating salvo but nonetheless I find the technique impressive. Any other examples?
     
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  4. Max Thunder

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    Sugar Robert Helenius vs. Erkan Teper. One of the greatest sights I have ever seen.

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  5. Ice8Cold

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    Marvin Hagler is a pretty good example.

    Also, Mike Tyson.
     
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    leftsmoke New Member Full Member

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    Damn, had to replay it but yes that was a pretty left straight from Helenius.
     
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    Any specific punches thrown you would add or just the overall work? I know Hagler was a blueprint for switch hitting.
     
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    Morales switching southpaw in the 12th against Pac. Legendary.
     
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  9. Pepsi Dioxide

    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Dillian Whyte and Tyson fury switch hitting like two rotund gazelles with 300 IQs in their fight.


    Better examples are Hagler and Crawford
     
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  10. northpaw

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    I believe one of the greatest examples ever is James Toney vs. Michael Nunn.

    Toney from orthodox hit Nunn with two right uppercuts then stepped back into a southpaw stance and then melted Nunn with a left cross. It always irks me because media and even history remembers it as a left hook that destroyed Nunn when it was a left cross. He also did this against Jason Robinson? but in kinda reverse. He threw two right hands then brought his right foot forward, crouched and loaded up and started a left cross but brought his entire left foot along with all of his body weight back forward past his right foot.
     
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  11. leftsmoke

    leftsmoke New Member Full Member

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    Holy ****, yes! The right "back hand" (sorry to all the British chaps, taking the **** here) hurts Nunn, and James has his right foot forward while delivering an exquisite left cross to knock down Nunn. Love the clean technique from the "wrong" stance by Toney.
     
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    Terence Crawford against Yuriorkis Gamboa.
     
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  13. joe brown

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    Hagler vs Loucif Hamani
    Some effotless switch hitting from Hagler
     
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