ambidextrous boxers, advantage or no?

[nujabes77]

does being ambidextrous an advantage or it doesn't matter?


i think part of pacmans/hagglers/holyfields success has something to do with this

[Chr0nic]

dont you have to be slightly ******ed to be ambidextrous

i heard being left handed is the cause of something gone wrong in the babies brain

[QuCongee]

Pavlik is ambidexterous

[Squirrel]

It depends I suppose, being ambidexterous in the 'real' world (writing, using scissors etc) may not translate 100% to boxing. Also, you could be equally adept with both hands, but they could both be crap.

[Chr0nic]

It depends I suppose, being ambidexterous in the 'real' world (writing, using scissors etc) may not translate 100% to boxing. Also, you could be equally adept with both hands, but they could both be crap.

damn, good point

[MANGLER]

It seems to help havin your stronger hand as the lead hand in boxing.

[The_Visitation]

You need to be clear what you mean by 'ambidextrous' as well. A lot of talented sportsmen can use either side just as well without being truly ambidextrous. Soccer players use either foot equally well, snooker or pool players can cue either way, and so on. Doesn't mean they can write with both hands, or play all other sports left or right handed. With some sports it's a lot more common than others; in golf it's VERY rare, for example.