By Keith Idec

One of Terence Crawford’s greatest strengths is his ability to effectively fight from orthodox and southpaw stances.

Hank Lundy insists that won’t work to Crawford’s advantage when they square off Saturday night in The Theater at Madison Square Garden (HBO). Philadelphia’s Lundy (26-5-1, 13 KOs) also switches from orthodox to southpaw during fights and believes Crawford (27-0, 19 KOs) is susceptible to counter punches when the WBO 140-pound champion converts from a right-handed stance to a left-handed stance.

“What people have to look at with Terence is he switches up,” Lundy said during a recent conference call. “OK. That’s what he does to try to throw people off. But in the midst of switching up, going from right-handed to southpaw, you get hit.

“See, the thing that I see about him is most of these fighters get confused. What happens when you’ve got a guy who does the same thing you can do? The same thing. You know? I’m not taking anything away from the guy. I commend him. But at the end of the day, you know, it’s nothing special to me. I’ve been in there with every style.”

Keith Idec covers boxing for The Record and Herald News, of Woodland Park, N.J., and krikya360.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.