Moving around in southpaw

When you are in an orthodox stance do you have trouble moving to your right?
Why do you want to learn to fight as a southpaw? If you think that it will confuse your opponent if you switch during a fight, think some more because, in almost every case, the guy doing the switching is the one that is confused.
If you think that it will make boxing easier and shorten the learning curve and the process of repetition then you are approaching it with a poor mindset.

 

In regards to movement, just do what you would do as an orthodox fighter. This just the fundamental part.
Practice, practice, practice.

Later on, as you move more freely, you can focus more on tactics and such. (How to fight southpaw vs orthodox and southpaw vs southpaw)

 

I think it´s a good thing to know how to fight out of both stances. No one is perfect and there will be times where you get squared up or are put in positions where it pays off to fight out of the opposite stance. At least to know how to.

 

Focus on fundamentals. There are way too many shoulder rolling switch hitting clowns in boxing gyms that get f***ed up in sparring.

 

I really don't agree with anyone trying to learn to switch their stance until once they have absolutely mastered their natural stance, footwork, and other key fundamentals. Being able to switch hit comes way further down the importance ladder.

 

Literally just practice moving.
Dhadow box the way you would from orthodox. Rinse and repeat until it feels more natural.
Then you can learn more about foot positioning and such.

 

Yes...unless someone is that rare ambidextrous natural to whom both stances feel as comfortable as old boots. If you're having the disorientation the OP describes, however - that ain't you, chief.

 

To be honest mate, it's probably best to not bother. Not in a horrible way, it's just more really worth it. Think of it like this, if you're only 75% as a southpaw, why not just fight orthodox?

It's really tricky to master both stances, and even trickier to fluidly switch between them and use both as well as one another. Every new benefit that fighting as a southpaw gives you, is cancelled out by a new weakness. It's probably best if you just work on your fundamentals and stick to what ever you're best suited to.

If you really are hellbent on using both stances, you should watch this, and try to learn these techniques, some of which I use and find very useful.

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Without even reading what the other answers was, I’m 100% sure that your trainer could answer this better than any of us here, if you don’t have one and are serious with your training, get one!