I found these on Youtube. They're rather peculiar, to say the least--especially the fact that they keep switching from orthodox to southpaw for no apparent reason. I wonder what sources they're using. Anyway, it's worth watching once through, I suppose. It at least gives you a basic idea of some of the issues in an older match. I REALLY need to get Corbett .gifs, though... [YT]l4ifkhPRBV4[/YT] [YT]1CpNnAzAFhw[/YT]
Nobody? Ah well. After watching through them again, I suspect that their main source might be a Regency-era boxing manual called "The Art of English Boxing" with elements of Donald Walker, but there's a lot of other stuff going on as well that I can't quite trace.
Not as far as the manuals I've read indicate, although Mendoza might have done it. Fitz was the exception, and even he restrained his switch-hitting to a temporary tactical measure to get the left solar plexus blow in.
interesting CT that switching seems to be a way of moving forward and back i think they might have misinterpreted something One thing i noted Look at how the shots come (as in the angle) with the gloves on the shots tend to come overhand almost every shot a boxer throws is overhand (as in the knuckles at the top) Look at ppictures of bareknuckle boxers and early MOQ the shots tend to come under hand (as in the knuckles facing down in an upward swing) just thought i would point that out
