I get many shots to my liver by southpaw stance and that hurts a lot its not easy for me to protect these left hooks or stright right hands to the body like i did in orthodox stance Any tips ?
- move to your right, your right leg must be on the outside of the opponents left leg. - more leg movement, put your elbows tight, dont expose your liver. If you do expose it, do it on purpose and use it as a bait - after jab, automatically put right hand tight to your body to block counter attack. I`m sure there is lot of articles online about this subject, its easy to find many tips. Good luck!
it sounds like you've been training orthodox and now southpaw. consider it growing pains as you learn new skills (returning the elbow to the body) and strategies (keeping your foot to the outside right). here's a couple of things to practice ... 1. if you are getting hit off the jab (they counter you), then use feints to draw their "liver shot", block their punch and counter back with a 3-2 (right hook - straight left). 2. if they're just taking the shot because they have outside position, know it's coming, wait for it, block it and counter back with a 3-2 (right hook - straight left). 3. step back and around: lots of times opposite stances turn into a tug of war, but it doesn't have to. if they get outside position, step back out of their range, and position yourself in the center of the ring where there are more options. you ideally want outside position, but the truth is that they may be better at it than you are (especially if you're new to this stance). practice strategies for going to your left as well (like block their straight right and return with your 3-2 [notice I keep giving you the same counter? it's so you develop a consistent counter reaction. you're not new to boxing, just new to this stance, so you need some survival strategies while you bring your skill level to meet your experience level], and slip their straight right to your left and come back with a 2-3-2)
