need tips on fighting a southpaw

it depends what you want, do you want a better chance of beating him or do you want to become ambidextrous? Since you are a natural southpaw fighting a southpaw would be easier. However, if you want to improve your orthodox stance fighting you should spar in an orthodox stance against him.

 

Make sure your left foot is always on the outside of his right! That helps me when Im trying to find my range.

 

Obviously, if you're going to fight him in an ortodox stance then keep your left foot outside as your moving to your left (I'm sure you know this). Left hooks work pretty well on southpaws. You can throw it right after a jab (without bringing your jab all the way back before throwing the hook), or lead with the hook (depending on how risky you think you can get). Follow up the hook with a right, if possible.

 

I couldn't stress right hands and right hooks enough.

 

slipping his jab and following with a left uppercut to the ribs and an overhand right.

 

I wouldn't advise using right hooks too often against a southpaw.

 

Yes, right hand leads are the key!

 

i always try and keep my lead foot outside thers so im further from ther left and its easier to land

 

If he has a good straight left [his back hand] try to move to your left more away from his back hand, left jab left hook straight right, not in that order aways work good against southpaws, right hooks no, leave yourself too Open,i always kept my lead foot aimed between my opponents legs gave me more opportunities

 

you have a left uppercut you say?

try and utilise it by circling to your left while getting your foot on the outside. th eguard is at the wrong angle so aleft uppercut shoudl do well. be careful for a counter left. he will be off balance but he can still hit ya.

 

I spar a fast, skilled southpaw all the time and find that straight rights don't really work so well for me. I throw them all the time even just to put it out there but rarely land. Straight rights is always the consensus answer to a southpaw but I'm not so sure thats always the key. Maybe its who i'm sparring and his experience/skill but I found more success with left hooks and overhand rights.

And I don't even remember the last time I landed my jab cleanly against a southpaw. Thats the real killer for me and why I have problems with southpaws because I rely heavily on my jab.

 

as a southpaw myself i find the right hand very easy to see coming. and besides my left cross can do the exact same thing to you,

left hooks i think are mor effective. they come in at a wrong angle and as i sai dbefore the guard is in the wrong direction to block it effectivly.

 

Damn you just heard it from a southpaw, you completely backed up my point!

Straight rights are good in theory to use against southpaws because of the obvious stance difference but like Vantage said, they seem to see it coming.