The best switch hitters in boxing

Naseem Hamed

 

mmmmm. He gets hit too much when he switches south paw. Floyd, Hagler, Oscar, and Chiquita were much more effective.

 

Tyson always seemed to fine to let shots off from either stance.

 

Watch James Toney's KO wins over Nunn and Jason Robinson. A lot of people think he knocks them out with left hooks but the reality is he switched his stance landed left crosses from the southpaw stance. He would do that a lot especially against southpaw opponents.

 

Tyson Fury is the best in today’s heavyweight division.

 

That's not that difficult tho is it?

 

Quincy Taylor...

 

Disagree on Inoue. His switching is nearly always to show off. The solid orthodox stance and movement is a strength of Inoue's style.

I'd say best today is Crawford. Pretty sure Yves Ulysses does it well aswell.

 

Midget Wolgast may have had the most unique switch-hitting fighting style ever. He would constantly switch from an orthodox stance to a southpaw one and back again, all within a matter of seconds. I have never seen another fighter who did that during a bout.

- Chuck Johnston

 

Fighting Harada?

 

He was more a master shifter than full on stance switcher.

 

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Wolgast was not peak either in this footage (though he was close in the Montana bout). You can see multiple times in the footage of Wolgast controlling forearms and consistently shifting against Zurita. A real dynamo.

 

Naz was excellent.

Kell Brook was good as well.