Thabiso is a southpaw and uses shoulder roll. He started very good, but declined later in career, now he is a step stone. He had some good moves. This content is protected
Possibly. Floyd abandoned it though, didn't he? You give up a lot of hand fighting with that lead hand by your side, and there are different angles to drill. Personally I mostly switch to fencing/high-guard when fighting southpaws instead of working out of the crossguard.
It’s a move used to make you reach… it’s much more head movement then trying to parry a shot up close, yes it still works in regards to making someone “reach” Toney did it fine.
If I am a southpaw and I fight out of that posture I would not be interested at all in hand fighting. I would deliberately get my right foot inside his left foot and let him jab because he isn't going to hit me with it, and his hook is behind me. Basically, I am now fighting just his right hand.
As a southpaw, I only liked doing this when on the inside.. Shoulder bumps into left hands (straight or bent arm shots) worked well, and I felt like I could smother well with it… Even still, I almost always would maintain a normal guard on the inside, but there are some interesting angles and tricks the shoulder roll / half guard offers up close. Zab Judah would do it and mop people with the left uppercut from mid-range - I wasnt athletically gifted enough to even try that as much as I loved watching it.
