Fighters that lead with their natural hand???

Jim Watt was a right handed southpaw , i think

 

If you are naturally right handed you will be 100 times better as an orthodox fighter. You can not win a fight on a jab and right hook. Being a southpaw these shots will not be as strong as they could be. You will not be able to land fluid combinations because using a weak hand as a strong hand will be awkward and lack power and technique. Good luck but you should really train as an orthodox first.

 

I think some guys are naturally more 'two-handed' than others but depends on your natural abilities. When I boxed I fought orthodox as I am right handed but my best two shots were my jab and my left hook, the latter being much more powerful than my straight right so it made sense for me to be orthodox. I suspect the likes of Tommy Morrison is the same. Just because your hardest shot comes from your lead hand doesn't mean you should change stance. I wouldn't get as much power out of my left hook if I fought orthodox as an example. Interesting thread this and has made me think!

 

Michael Moorer was a converted southpaw. His thinking was that he wanted to lead with his most powerful hand.

I remember Larry Merchant doing a piece to camera on one HBO show about how Moorer might be showing a new way of doing things for fighters. Didn't work out that way, of course.

 

oh tyson

 

I'm a right-handed southpaw and it hasnt stopped me, ive won a good few amateur tournaments, granted not at a high-level.

I'm pretty sure Oscar De La Hoya is left-handed

 

Chad Dawson.

 

wasnt Hagler right-handed? or am i misinformed

 

De La Hoya is left handed. The people suggesting training can make you comfortable leading with your non dominant hand are correct. But that means the opposite is also true, so there is an argument that says if you lead with your dominant hand, most of your work is done with your stronger hand.

 

Yeah there are a few rightys that fight southpaw. It just feels more comfortable for some, while some like the control it gives you over your lead hand. It feels more natural for me, even though I'm right-handed.

In terms of pro's, I'm pretty sure Chad Dawson, Victor Ortiz and Tony DeMarco are all right-handed.

 

Dont work like that.

 

I cant understand how its possible really.

I've tried fighting (as a righty) southpaw, and though you sometimes think that your crisper, more powerful right jab is a bonus, you are incredibly vulnerable if your opponent gets past it. Or at least I am because my straight left is horrible, and its hard to throw a hook if its not your leading hand.

I guess if both hands are quite strong its possible, but it feels very unnatural to me. I can understand switch hitting, but not fighters that lead all the time with their strong hand.