Orthodox vs Southpaw

Good luck Greg

 

he dont need luck he's a fighting machine :good



i think one day as many of us as possible should go to one of young gregs fights

 

it depends on his style, his reach, his assets. Some southpaws are killers with the right hook, others with the straight left. Others like to square up while others like to fight straight. Come out slow in the first round, try to determine which hand he likes to commit to more.

If its the right hand then move to his left and let him lead, try to duck under his right and hit him up the middle with your right or go outside his right jab and counter with a left to the ribs and body.

If its the left hand then try to outjab him. Move to his right, throw off his rythm with your jab, and fire a right hand down the pipe when he is open.

 

well, gpater if he fights like me here is a little inside tip. maul the **** out of him and make it as much of a wrestling match as you can without getting in trouble by the ref. there was one kid i fought who was so amateur and threw so many odd angled punches i couldnt block all of them. it annoyed the **** out of me and is the hardest i have had to fight. :good
if he fights like every other southpaw, throw a straight right hand

 

I emailed Gene Tunney and this is what he had to say:

“Any fighter with a good, straight right-hand punch will lick the best southpaw. The right must be timed, however. A southpaw rarely gets very far professionally. The technique of a cool, good right-hand hitter, while opposed to a southpaw, is always to get his opponent to keep his left swinging. While blocking and slipping these long swings, one gradually gets the measure of distance. When the time is right, the straight right travels inside the left swing. This technique has never failed me.”

Further to the advice given to other posters you might want to consider the strategies that a southpaw will use to counter the strategies commonly employed to counter their own. A clever southpaw will move to his right to prevent his orthodox oponent from utilising the right hand counter that Tunney spoke of, and will often step backward to keep his oponent on the front foot. It might be prudent to work to cut off the ring to prevent your oponent setting up this pattern where he has you doing what he wants.

 

Remember you don't have to be circling left all the time. If you're both set and letting crosses go you want him lined up for yours (ie your foot ouside his) - but moving left all the time wont do that.

ps someone like bhop has a few different right hands that he throws anyway, against any fighter. Huge advantage. the choppy right hands he doesn't really turn over are very difficult to evade for a lefty. Loop a few round the guard, a few hard and straight, and a few sneaky choppy ones from the chest, mix it up.

 

Sorry , Greg Murder da bum.

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I would but I am in Australia.

 

that's a poor excuse

 

I haven't seen it in years, but was struck by the confidence with which Matt started the post fight interview by asserting, "The way to get southpaws is with a left hook to the body." He was so focused and single minded in his approach though that I got the impression he would have demolished an orthodox fighter of similar caliber with the same punch and execution. A third match with Marvin Johnson might have unfolded very differently after MSM-Pergaud. (Marvin just couldn't take it downstairs.)

Arguello bled Navarrete half to death by placing his lead foot inside Rolando's, splitting his defense and jabbing him to bits. Of course with his height, reach and jab, it worked. Alexis stopped him, Boza Edwards, Limon and Ganigan, decisioned Watt and Ramirez (albeit controversially in the latter case), as well as taking out Busceme. He certainly knew something about handling championship caliber southpaws.

Have you seen Hagler-Geraldo? (I haven't seen it in years, and should probably review its entirety on youtube to refresh my memory, so what I'm describing is from distant recall.) At times, Geraldo actually made Hagler's southpaw stance seem like a handicap, and Marv's early confusion caused him to switch back and forth between stances repeatedly as he tried to figure the Mexican out. Marcos circled the way he wanted to, confidently rolling with Hagler's shots, taking the ring generalship in the early going. (Later, that furrowed look of confusion left Hagler's brow. The brief youtube clips I've seen haven't been clear enough to pick up these facial expressions.)

 

To me Saad wasn't really a leverage hitter, but more of a massive arm puncher.

It's hard to go wrong studying a classic stylist like Arguello. It was a remarkable array of southpaw shapes and styles he defeated.

I'm relieved that you've seen it before and consider it worth reviewing again. I'd hate for you to decide to watch it on my say-so alone, then feel it was a waste of time. (Speaking of which, was it only my mention of MSM-Pergaud which prompted you to check it out, or were you otherwise steered to it anyways? I'm not responsible enough to take the blame for any misinformation!)