How to Not Die Against a Southpaw?

Im admittedly pretty much a beginner in boxing having done it for approx a year ( with injury time out mind). But iv not felt completely out of my depth sparring anyone except this southpaw. Hes very good anyway probably the best in the gym ( beginners nights not the pros or ams) He must be in his 40s but can i hit the fecker, can i hell lol.. thankfully im not the only one, he just toys with us i think. The only time iv had success was one time we were sparring and another lad told me to parry hit jab and cos i have a long reach go straight over the top with my left jab. It bloody worked too! lol

 

step on his lead foot and just mill him wit right hands and left hooks :good.thats what my trainer told me the first time i was sparring 1

 

What about switchers then? :think

 

That doesn't seem to make much sense cause a switcher is double-handed, hence feels comfortable performing both styles. :think

 

I just switch, fight a bit, switch back. Repeat. Then use w/e seems to be working best.

 

**** dying against southpaws, I die against anything with a ****ing pulse and arms. I am the ****ing Eric Crumble of my gym.

 

As previous posters have said try to keep your left foot on the outside of his right foot at all times, makes it awkward for him to land his staright while at same time creating a perfect angle for your right hand through his guard. Just look at fights like Tszyu-Judah and Foreman-Moorer, it was the straight right that did the damage, its how Hopkins knocked Calzaghe down as well.

Look at the feet here

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Southpaws are only difficult because of the angles they use. I like the left hook straight right combo against them.. also the feet are important. The most important thing is controlling the lead.

 

I am a southpaw i wish i had it easy in sparring my train puts me in with guys who outweigh me by 30+lbs i am just a superfeather it take all my guts not to get blasted out when people forget its just for learning and not a real fight.

 

The lead foot on the outside of his foot is key but not so important that the fight could not be won any other way. In fact sometimes if you have a quick footed southpaw it is tremendously difficult to do this, and they've seen it a million times. If you can do this, do it. It will set you up for your right cross and allow you to pivot to your left after slipping jabs. It will also cause them to punch across themselves thus losing both power and balance.

The foot on the inside of their lead foot can be used as well, as long as one realizes the pros and cons. If my foot is on the inside of their lead foot I can more readily both draw out their straight left and slip their straight left. I'm in a better position to slip that punch with my foot on the inside.

I preferably like to have the outside hand position. This way I'm able to parry their jabs and it dissuades them from using their lead hook because they have a viable opening straight through. So I'm forcing them to throw the punch that I want them to throw, when I want them to throw it. This way I can set up counter shots.