Who was the first switch hitter?

'The first or at least some old school fighters who would switch hit. Thanks in advance.

 

Lee Q. Murray was a switch hitter. It served him well in his wars with Jimmy Bivins and Curtis "Hatchetman" Sheppard.

 

:good:good:good

 

thanks Surf,

It says in boxrec that the ref disqualified Murray against Jersey Joe for "not trying"

Any idea what that was about?

 

I've looked into that one I can honestly say that I just don't know. It makes no sense whatsoever. This man had been in wars with many of the top heavies; deadly hitters like Sheppard, Harry Bobo and Turkey Thompson, plus great boxer-punchers like Jimmy Bivins. He didn't try and "survive" against them even when getting hurt and floored and nearly KO'd. So why go into "survival" mode against Walcott(who wasn't doing any major damage to Murray from what I've read)??

A mystery....

 

yeah that is weird. I don't think i've ever heard of someone being disqualified for not trying before.

and it kind of sounds like Jake LaMOtta when he fought threw the fight with Billy Fox.... or so suspected of.

 

Speaking of which, Jake himself was a switch hitter, and there is some footage of him shifting to a southpaw stance.

 

get outta here! do you remember who it was against?

 

Bendigo was known to switch hit.

 

Of course you HAD to ask me that, didn't you Nicky?
Well, here it is, courtesy of our friend TGA. At 7:06 of this clip,
Jake switches to the southpaw stance in the last round of his
rematch with Bob Murphy while pulling out the final great win of his
career.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg5Cgcmb4oc[/ame]

 

But ofcourse! lol, thanks for the link. can't view it at work but I will check as soon as i get home.

and thanks janitor. never heard of bendigo. will try and look something up.

 

I beleive I read Peter Jackson did it on occasion.

 

Probably one of the Ancient Greek boxers

 

ahhhhhhhhhh, i get it. lol

 

I think that's correct. (It's been years since I read up on Jackson in detail though.)