MAIL ONLINE: Why left-handed people make better fighters: 'Southpaw' boxers win more often by catching opponents off-guard, study reveals

Thomas Richardson

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Left-handed people are better fighters than their right-handed counterparts because they catch them off guard, new research has found.

Researchers studied data on the careers of 10,000 professional boxers and mixed martial arts fighters.

They found that left-handed males and females do better in fights supporting the ‘fighter hypothesis’, which suggests they have a greater chance of winning fights due to a ‘surprise effect’.

Period	25 Feb 2019

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Title	Why left-handed people make better fighters: 'Southpaw' boxers win more often by catching opponents off-guard, study reveals
Media name/outlet	Mail Online
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	25/02/19
Description	Left-handed people are better fighters than their right-handed counterparts because they catch them off guard, new research has found. Researchers studied data on the careers of 10,000 professional boxers and mixed martial arts fighters. They found that left-handed males and females do better in fights supporting the ‘fighter hypothesis’, which suggests they have a greater chance of winning fights due to a ‘surprise effect’.
URL	https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6742215/Study-southpaw-fighters-reveals-win-giving-evolutionary-advantage.html
Persons	Thomas Richardson

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boxing
left handers
evolutionary biology