Any tips or tricks on leading with the right vs a Southpaw?? I know the key is really trying to get outside of his lead elbow. I like moving you head outside of the elbow while stepping in slightly before throwing the right. To the opponent, he might think you are trying to throw a left hook to the body. Whaddya think?
When I try this, I will using the tapping jab. Basically tapping their lead arm to distrupt/distract before going in.
Marquez did this very effectively against Pacquiao. He threw lefts to the body, but feinted down with a low center of gravity repeatedly, and was able to get his body to align his right hand really well. This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected General advice would be to always step to the opponent's right, jab while stepping (so as to not be in line with a counter right hook), counter their own jab with a left hook, and if you circle to the opponent's left (perhaps to escape the ropes and regain the center), circle all the way outside their left hand to escape their punching angle and set up your offense. Left hooks and right hands to the body work well.
The big reason you would want to keep your left foot outside of the southpaw's lead foot is to keep him in front of you. That is not the best position to be in to land punches, however. You generally want to have the inside position- it is the best place to be to land with both hands, and keeping your lead foot outside of his surrenders this position. It gives you an angle to land your straight right, yes, but takes away any other right hand punch and gives you a difficult angle for the left hook. All he has to do is hide behind his right shoulder and turn is body to take that punch and the left uppercut out of the picture. Going the other way, letting him step around you, puts him in the above-described situation. And it does a lot for you. You can now counter his jab with left hooks to his side. And best of all, you make him throw his straight left. Counter his straight left with short left hooks. Get under it and bring the right uppercut- a very, very useful punch against a southpaw. The beauty of this is, he'll go right for it because he thinks he now has a positional advantage to land his straight left.
While I do agree stepping the other way opens up new angles for the left hand punches and body shots, I do feel its important to make sure you're very on that side, practically outside the right hand. Then both hands have an opening and you can throw them without fear from either of the opponent's hands. Good post.
Keep your lead foot outside his lead foot at all time, circle left AWAY from his straight left, work the body on the inside, if he's taller than you try throwing a crisp clean overhand right not sloppy, if you miss the overhand clean it up with the left hook and vice versa. try a liver shot and than a overhand right works for me alot hope this helps!
The picture illustrations of JMM and Pacman are the textbook way of dealing with a southpaw. But if you keep doing the same thing, a good southpaw will adjust his steps accordingly. So, to supplement that basic move, a secondary move involving stepping to the right and countering with the right is necessary. So, as you step into range, parrying his jab outside, or throwing your own jab, the lead foot goes inside the southpaws lead foot. Then immediately step right with the right foot while slipping to the right to set up a right hand counter. This gives you an angle opposite from the first method. Now you can vary both angles and really eff up a southpaw's night. But always go back to the original textbook move as alluded to in the excellent post by bogotazo. It is safer and more efficient. The step to the right is a lot more risky.