Fighters Who Were Effective as Switch Hitters

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  1. smitty_son408

    smitty_son408 J ust E njoy T his S hit Full Member

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    One fighter that comes to mind who was effective fighting both as a southpaw and out of the orthodox stance was Marvin Hagler. Evidence to that could be the Roberto Duran fight where he constantly switched and confused Duran. By doing that the left hand began to open up and land often. The 6th round of the fight is where it really became evident

    See below to see what i mean 3:00-till end of video.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIFD7DenXA
     
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  2. J.R.

    J.R. No Mames Guey Full Member

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    Miguel Cotto is fairly effective from the southpaw stance. He's not quite as skilled as he is with the orthodox stance, but he switches in order throw hard left handed powerpunches.
     
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  3. Solid Chin

    Solid Chin Concrete Wars Full Member

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    Andre Dirrell
     
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  4. Beenie

    Beenie Evolve already! Full Member

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  5. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Roy in his prime could fight as a southpaw VERY effectively. Mosley sometimes switched to southpaw too in his prime, but he didnt fight southpaw as well as RJ.
     
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  6. daz52

    daz52 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He does switch hit but from what ive seen its no that effective... In the Bradley fight one of the reasons he lost was because he confused himself, he couldnt figure out which way to stand and attack.
     
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  7. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    Except for that Leonard thing..
     
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  8. smitty_son408

    smitty_son408 J ust E njoy T his S hit Full Member

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    i knew forgot to write something:lol:
     
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  9. Outboxer

    Outboxer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hamed was notable for his switch-hitting. He did it pretty well, most of the time.
     
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  10. ocelot

    ocelot Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    ...except Hagler opted to not fight southpaw againt Leonard.
     
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  11. emanuel_augustus

    emanuel_augustus Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Livingstone Bramble was a natural righty, but won his world title over Mancini by going southpaw and confusing him. In his prime, Bramble was as good a switch hitter as anyone.
     
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  12. smitty_son408

    smitty_son408 J ust E njoy T his S hit Full Member

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    which cost him the fight IMO...by fighting orthodox in the early rounds and giving those rounds up is what hurt him
     
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  13. p369k

    p369k New Member Full Member

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    golota has done it effectively from time to time
     
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  14. smitty_son408

    smitty_son408 J ust E njoy T his S hit Full Member

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    PBF showed signs of being an effective southpaw
     
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  15. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    alfredo angulo
     
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