need tips on fighting a southpaw

try and box to his left side so he cant throw a haymaker

 

throw right-left instead left-right

 

Speed beats everything, get lighter and faster, tune up you reactions and then drill him.

 

Good advice. I'm a southpaw myself and as the other guy was saying we see the right hand coming all day, it's easy to parry and to slip because of the extra distance, what gives me trouble is when the left hook comes after it, the first right is never gonna land but if you throw a straight right to set up a left hook and the left hook is unexpected that gives you the window to land your straight right afterwards. That's your combo against southpaws if you're fast enough.

 

timing and balance beats speed. I have plenty of speed.

 

Apart from what others mentioned, lately a Cuban style left hook (long and kinda looping, not sure how to explain it) has been working very well against a southpaw sparring partner.

 

also guys dropping there hands and leaving the chin exposed is also really hard to compensate we southpaws just cant catch them when you righties do it. a southpaw quote is "oooh he has dropped his hands he is untouchable" true story :roll:

 

like some sort of horizontal uppercut:think

 

They always said Roy Jones and Oscar Delahoya had problems with southpaws because there best punch is the left hook any truth in that?

 

i have only ever fought a southpaw once and havent sparred a southpaw in ages

but what works for me is be negative and have a high guard let them throw afewe then counter then set the guard again and counter

 

A bit like a corkscrew if that makes any sense. It connects a bit with the thumb part and it's not that hard, but it connects and it sets up the straight right. I use it more to irritate instead of the jab, since jabs aren't very effective against the southpaw I spar, his jab is always in the way. So I kinda "jab" around it. I've seen the Cubans do it as well in the amateurs.

 

my belief is that they had the right hand next to the temple/cheek. this works as a great defence against left hooks. but a left cross comes at a different angle and can catch you off guard. jones for example. tarver, lou del val, calzaghe all used a jab, step, left cross combination which jones only response was to lean back or lean to his right which doesnt matter becuase he is an easy target once you got passed the other hand.

what makes a southpaw awkward is the new variety of punches. these are shots that seem to come form impossible angles. whcih is why jones who is expecting to see a punch coming form a certain angle finds it already on the end of his nose before he knew it.



in hoyas case. it doesnt help that his style is so front on. it's also a reason why his shoulder roll defence taught by roger mayweather was way way way off. if you had a good jab you could get to oscars face. but his lef thand is in the way to parry or block. but in southpaw mode the right hand is much closer to the target. so when the left cross comes in it has a free area to land.
and oscars right hand is pretty bad so he couldnt counter off it.

 

oh i see. yeah like a mix of a parry/punch? yeah i can see what you mean by that good man:good

 

Left hooks are the KO shot on a southpaw... I got 7 stoppages in 19 wins in the ams and 4 were left hooks on southpaws.

 

It has been said before in this thread, but I would like to say it as well. I´m a southpaw and it´s fun hearing some of the old trainers here at the gym, tell the boxers, "Use your right hand against that southpaw!" I told them that the right hand aint no problem for us southpaws, we meet them all the time and our left hand works almost better on the orthodox fighters then their right on us.
So what is the best weapon against a southpaw then? Well the punch I "hate" is the left hook, that is a dangerous punch,at least for me. I teach all my fighters that use your left hook, it is a much better weapon than the right and it´s closer to the target as well.
All the best
The predator