Boxing Tips: Southpaw Boxing

@Guitarisma

hahah little mac

This guy looks cool I want to feel like that when Im training! He looks like Little Mac from Punch out!

its a good idea to get comfortabke with both stances because switching it up a bit in a fight makes you less predictable

@Pantera8787 Same here.

@Pantera8787 yeah same

hmm..this guy trains with jason mayhem miller

@Pantera8787 I’m the same way, but I do a few other things left handed

Which stance you end up fighting in is more down to which one you practice in.

When I first started, I was completely equal in both stances. I decided that southpaw suited me better, and after a few months of doing everything southpaw, switching to orthodox felt very awkward (by comparison).

Both Oscar De La Hoya and Miguel Cotto are in fact left handed. They ended up fighting orthodox because during their youth, their coaches told them to.

Some of the best southpaws move almost exclusively to their left (towards the right cross).

The cross is actually less dangerous than many believe, as it has to travel much further to reach the target and is (relatively) easy to avoid.

As a southpaw myself, I’m much more concerned about an opponent with a good left hook. That for me is the danger punch, and by far my most devastating punch when fighting orthodox fighters is my right hook.

@perrywinkle195 I think its called ‘Ambidextrious’, i can lead using both hands when using a pucnhbag but, i use mostly my right hand , maybe you guys are left and right handed?

@Pantera8787

Same here mate , Right handed in everything else but feel stronger with the left hand : /

@Pantera8787 and second, Pacquiao is a left handed fighter. However, he writes and does a good amount of things with his right hand.

@Pantera8787 No. you’re considered to be mixed handed. I am, but I am more left handed. I can throw and write with both of my hands, but I suck at fighting right handed, even though I know how. Idk why, but I throw a much better left haymaker than a right one.

@MiljasXx COUNT ME IN!…I TRAINED FOR 1 YEAR AS A ORTHODOX BEFORE I CONVERTED AS A SOUTHPAW!.AND DURING SPARRING WHENEVER I SWITCH BAC TO ORTHODOX MY LEADING LEFT HOOK IS A KILLER!.HAHAHA!.BOOM!

@Pantera8787 im the same way..except i started orthodox but switched to soutpaw

@Taffy4Kamota Well dont know how much matches you have won on that style. But its not like your right have the same power as it would if u was standing in ortodox stance. and your left is now kinda useless… But hay if it works for you go on

@19kool99 Southpaw’s are weak to straight right. Dont let a ortodox boxer stand outside of your jab. Southpaw’s guard for a straight hand is often very bad also.

im right handed but fights southpaw…someone told me the we “southpaws” are easy to knockout?..

Is the right cross supposed to come out straigt. because your elbow looks a little up. Im just confused, some people tell me Im throwing mine wrong. I know you have alot of knowledge so can you help me with this.

Soupaw is very good and useful. Not too many people are left handed so its a surprise to your opponent. I know a right handed Southpaw user, so his simple jabs are very deadly. Normally a southpaw user is left handed and he uses his weakest hand to feel out his opponent, but if you go straight into battle with your strongest hand making your opponent think that is your weakest hand, you can win a match easily.

@Pantera8787 yea same her dude but i skate goofy footed with my right foot leading

right i just have to say this don’t fight southpaw if your right handed… you’ll be able to throw a hard right jab but won’t be able to follow up with a hard left spose you could be a switched fight orthodox then switch southpaw…

@01lionman i’m a southpaw i poped a kid nose with one jab and im 11 yrs old, also he was wereing headgear. my jabs are deadly.

im right handed but for some reason my natural stance is left i move better that way can throw better it makes no sence 2 me

pantera i feel your pain i was born a lefty but i was taught to use my right hand but i fight as a southpaw. i feel way better as a southpaw.