The all things technical thread.

Miguel Cotto is the most obvious example today, I think.

 

I don't know if Juan Manuel Marquez is left handed? Always had a feeling that he is.

 

Kelly Pavlik is ambidextrous but fights orthodox, cant recall him switching stance much either.

Cotto leading with his strongest hand was good idea for him. Its easy to tell where he got his jab and sledgehammer hook from. Its nots a bad idea for southpaws to fight orthodox when looking at an example like Miguel, if they can make it work for them of course.

 

Thanks guys :thumbsup

 

Great base for striking. I would suggest a grappling base for MMA, which is a far more important facet to have.

 

The left hook is primarily a right side punch- all the contraction and rotation is initiated by the right side - if thrown correctly the movement on the left side is very little

 

Well while were on subject of Leonard and playing what if. I think Benitez would have been very hard to beat and been looked upon a lot better if he had trained harder, not succumbed to alcoholism and mental health problems.

Think about it, the guy became a legit champ at 17, beat Antonio Cervantes, Roberto Duran, Carlos Polimino as well as a host of champions/top class contenders in Emilliano Villa, Bruce curry, Maurice Hope, Randy Shields as well as pushing Ray Leonard to the limit and forcing a mixed decision out of Tommy Hearns.

he was pretty much done at 24 and could have been said to be fading from the Leonard fight (although results don't back that theory up).

 

Take into account he was probably a Welterweight when he beat Cervantes. The scales were rigged. And he looked like dog**** against Curry first time round (Bruce was gold though, no shame)

He was so good because he was pushed into it. Always going to burn out/lose interest IMO.

 

Yeah, from what I've read he never really took it seriously, they even claim that he couldn't get up for the Leonard fight and hardly trained although I call bull**** to an extent because he looked in good nick that night.

 

I think he's pretty much ambidextrous, though he doesn't overcomplicate things by switching stances.

To be fair I'd be content with the left uppercut from the front hand if I was him, allied to the murderous backhand one that he's got.

And vice versa.

I've sometimes wondered how Shane Mosley would have looked as a southpaw. Quite often he squared up and threw right hooks and straight lefts, nearly as powerful as his ''textbook'' shots.

Whether that's because he simply put everything into them or whether it was a natural skill, I don't know.

This I can't quite imagine myself doing, whenever I've done it in a gym on the pads I've always thrown it from the left side, and despite being very much left handed it's always been a crap punch compared to my jab.

Can throw them powerfully to the body though, suppose it's because my foot positioning is different.... I don't know. It just seems a much more powerful shot.

I just think he was a natural, so good that training didn't really make much difference.

Almost what other sports would call ''a gifted amateur'', or the non-league player that mixed with the likes of Messi and Ronaldo on a one off game - but Benitez did it on numerous occasions in a row.

 

Thanks Slip and Counter

 

Out of interest how what happens if you are lopsided in that respect. personally, I am right handed and right footed but I actually have more power in my left for some reason, I box southpaw as well just as its more comfortable for me and there isn't much difference between switching stances as I did a few months working orthadox just to see if there was any difference.

So my left arm and right leg are the stronger limbs but my right arm is far off. my left leg is way off.