Should I fight orthodox or southpaw?

Stand up straight with your feet next to each other, close your eyes, and have someone give you a light push from behind. Whichever foot you put forward to stop yourself from falling is your lead foot.

Whatever the outcome is I would stick with that as your lead foot. It's going to feel awkward and unnatural when you first start whether your southpaw or orthadox. If it was easy everyone would be doing it and doing it well.

You need to make your mind up now and stick with it however uncomfortable it feels. The longer you spend switching stances the longer you are not making the progress you should be.

Practice basic foot drills at home, forget about the punching for a minute while your not at the gym. Start off in your stance, infront of a mirror if possible, and take a step to the right, to the left etc. And check your stance after each move.

 

you might aswell switch to southpaw, although you have only had a month of boxing, so dont expect your movement and everything to be amazing yet

 

You started boxing a month ago, of course you're going to be ****. Whatever you and your coach think is best in the long run is what you should do starting now.

 

I actually have this question also, I'm a right handed south-paw. I am more coordinated in my southpaw stance, but when sparring in orthodox stance I can land my jab at will

 

If it's a mobility problem with your right foot, then it might make sense to switch up and learn as a lefty if that feels best. Better to make the switch now after a month than a year from now when you'd have to re-learn everything.

 

Well, you did say you have a bad ankle, so shouldn't he have the bad ankle in front? Not sure, but that's what I was thinking.

 

Im a left handed orthodox, but i kick naturally right foot. My power hand is my left, so i jab well and hook well.
I wish i was naturally a south paw, because everyone seems to have trouble with south paws, i hate south paws and i think it is an advantage to be a south paw.
South paws face right handers more then right handers face south paws, so south paws get more practise at facing a righty then the righty does the southpaw.

what ever stance you feel more balanced when you punch and have better footwork in is the stance you should box in.

 

agree with all of this

 

u should fight orthodox i ****ing hate southpaws ave fought enough of the ****s

 

i ****ing hate southpaws

 

Depends on which is your dominant eye. Being right handed it's most likely your right.

 

That's not exactly true, motor patterns don't discriminate between hemispheres. If you learn something with your dominant hand it translates to the other hand quite effectively. The problem with people fighting in the stance that is comfortable at first is that their movements aren't going to be correct at first so they'll develop motor patterns that aren't correct just because it feels 'easier'. During the verbal-cognitive stage of learning things aren't meant to be comfortable or easy. Learning a skill such as throwing a straight left is going to be made easier by first learning how to throw a straight right correctly, if you're right handed.

 

Is this true for boxing though?

Because the movements a southpaw does and the WAY they fight is different. it's not just a mirror image of the way a righty fights. So while he'll already 'know' how to throw his basic punches and do his basic movements, he'll still have to re-learn how to fight (ie put it together in the ring).

 

I say swtich, if the power is close. Fighters need to pick a stance and style that works for them.