one of my trainers was telling me that dlh was born a southpaw but made himself into an orthodox boxer,that's why his jab is so strong.any truth to that????
well Pac is a sucker for the right hand and has never had much problem with the orthodox left. I think you're right tho. Oscar could be a lefty
Yeah DLH and Cotto are both leftys. As is Hagler. I heard that Tyson is a lefty to. Anyone know if this is true?
If you (actually) watch any of De La Hoya's fights, Jim Lampley likes talking about stuff like that. He's only mentioned it 46 times.
Indeed I think you'd be hard pushed to find an Oscar fight where Lamps doesnt mention it ! Dunno that I've ever heard it mentioned of Tyson but i can beleive it , in as much as Cus D'Amato trained fighters to fight his style so him making a natural lefty fight right handed seems the kind of thing he would do.
Yeah, Oscar's a lefty. I'm no real boxer or anything, I havent had proper boxing training, but I can totally understand how Oscar's left hooks are so lethal. I'm also a lefty, and whenever I try to punch on a heavy bag while I'm in the orthodox position, I feel that most of my body weight is still on my left foot/left side of my body. So everytime I throw a left hook, the punch feels really heavy and tight and compact. And when I throw combos, I still feel that a lot of my body weight is on my left side. My right handed punches dont really have a lot of pop in it, and throwing the right hand merely serves as a set up and for leverage to throw a hard left hook again.
no. pac has probs w/ very skilled orthodox boxers w/ very good right hands. he's more of a sucker for a right straight. pac can slip or block left hand punches and launch left or right hand counters just like he did in the marquez and diaz fights. pac normally counters a left jab with a heavy right hook, his so-called "manila ice".
