THE TIMES: Why left-handers are the best fighters

  • Thomas Richardson

    Press/Media: Research

    Description

    The emperor Commodus famously liked to fight in the Roman arena, where he claimed a particular skill had helped him to conquer “12 times one thousand men”. In the Bible there is an assassin prized for the same skill, who demonstrated its usefulness by murdering Eglon, the king of Moab, with a sword “thrust into his belly”.

    Millennia later Joe Calzaghe, the greatest Welsh boxer in history, would say that in his darkest hour, when he thought his hardest fight was lost, he too would draw on this particular skill for victory.

    That skill? Left-handedness.

    Period25 Feb 2019

    Media coverage

    1

    Media coverage

    • TitleWhy left-handers are the best fighters
      Media name/outletThe Times
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date25/02/19
      DescriptionThe emperor Commodus famously liked to fight in the Roman arena, where he claimed a particular skill had helped him to conquer “12 times one thousand men”. In the Bible there is an assassin prized for the same skill, who demonstrated its usefulness by murdering Eglon, the king of Moab, with a sword “thrust into his belly”.

      Millennia later Joe Calzaghe, the greatest Welsh boxer in history, would say that in his darkest hour, when he thought his hardest fight was lost, he too would draw on this particular skill for victory.

      That skill? Left-handedness.
      URLhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-left-handers-are-the-best-fighters-kffd0n3kt
      PersonsThomas Richardson
    View all 1
    View less

    Keywords

    • boxing
    • left handers
    • evolutionary biology