In the Next 10 to 15 years, Most of the top boxers are Going to be Switch Hitters

Left handers are coming out the closet as outdated beliefs die 1st boxing gym in my life tried to make me go orthy despite being a lefty My youngest son is getting more interested in boxing and he is a lefty but naturally stands like an orthodox fighter. I've tried correcting him but his feet get in weird positions when standing southpaw.

Just means you have two lesser sides than what you could have from ironing out one side. It’s actually how I’ve always envisioned Crawford taking his first loss, losing unnecessary rounds in the orthodox stance which he is weaker in coming back to bite him. Andre Dirrell was also a solid switch hitter more natural than Crawford and more like Boots, but even he had a stronger side as a southpaw (natural stance). Ennis is still fighting nobody, under pressure he’ll show his more comfortable side also. Switch hitting is mostly useless in my opinion outside of some Duran-esque thing to cut a guy off or other isolated instances.

I saw an interview where they were talking to Ennis Jr and Sr about him switching and the comparison to Crawford and he said he thinks Crawford is more a southpaw because he rarely stays orthodox too long. He also said that when he switches, he's not usually aware of it in the ring because it's so natural to him.

Cotto is another lefty who boxes orthodox. His left hook to the body was a favorite of his.

Left handers are coming out the closet as outdated beliefs die 1st boxing gym in my life tried to make me go orthy despite being a lefty Makes sense, they probably didn't know how to coach a southpaw either. Personally, I liked to train both sides but couldn't bring myself to spar southpaw. Felt really dangerous for me. So I stuck to orthodox. :lol1:

I don't think so. Switch hitting probably had a sudden trend rise during Hagler's time as well but how many of note are there after Hagler's time? As for the boxers fighting dominant hand forward, Oscar De La Hoya was the main one who started that right? He was a lefty that boxed orthodox. I do think there is a sudden rise in Southpaws though. Check any young boxer (amateurs) on social media or in the background of a Mayweather gym, Tank video, etc. A lot of these teens are all southpaws. It's kind of odd though because they are all southpaws that don't box like southpaws either. Or aren't being taught how to box southpaw. Not jab dominant, don't circle the right way etc. etc.