Right handed Southpaw?

You fight orthodox (right handed)......otherwise just from what you said you will be another slapsy southpaw who has no left hand.

You keep going to the gym and work on the left jab....it will come. It is not going to be there over night. But you don't want to be another goofy southpaw who can't punch........which is where you are heading if you lead with your right.:-(

 

Chad Dawson is a right handed fighter that fights southpaw.

 

i'm a left handed orthodox boxer and i built up my right hand's speed and power just fine with a little practice. do what feels natural and your style will figure itself out.

 

Chad Dawson sucks.....because he fights left handed.

 

I know that De la Hoya is a natural lefty but still stands in a orthodox stance. But he mastered it and of course you will have a lot of weaknesses that a good fighter could expose. My tip would be for you to stand in a normal stance for you (orthodox) and get the basics first. Or else your left hand would be sort of useless. Boxing takes a lot of work, so patience is everything

 

i would honestly recommend you stick to the orthodox style(i know switching is the trend now a day), im of the theory that if your right handed and you fight as a southpaw you loose something, sure you will have a stronger jab, and a stronger left hook but, developing that left hand will be much harder.
also you got to understand that your jab dosent have to be a ko punch, it just has to be fast, stiff and pesky
you say that you have problems with your jab and your chin as an orthodox fighter but thats to be expected after all you say you just started going to the gym.
if you truly feel like fighting orthodox will in the long term hinder your fighting then by all means switch to south paw, but also remember that boxing is something that takes a lifetime to perfect and of course when you start out youll feel slow and slugish.

 

Cotto!!

 

Winky, ODLH, Cotto, Basilio and even the great SRR were converted southpaws.

The jab is VERY important and using your strongest hand to do it makes sense but it never works for everyone.

 

Before the trainer put you in that stance, which was natural to you? Thats the right one.

 

cotto and de la hoya are both two guys that are known for there jabs and left hooks not so much there straight rights.
i think a left hook is easier to develop then a straight power punch, especially with you weakest hand and as i said a consistent pesky jab is much better to have then a jab that can knock someone down
just my two cents.

 

Marvelous Marvin Hagler is a fantastic example of a natural righty that fought southpaw.

 

Wasnt Tyson a natural lefty who fought orthodox I read that somewhere might be wrong

 

Hagler & Winky.

 

new school says put ur lead hand forward old school says put ur power hand back.

Cotto, DLH, Dawson, Winky, Travis Simms, Juanma (i think) and a lot more.

lennox lewis (who i rarely agree with ) says you should put your power hand back and develop your weak hand BUT he says you should fight in the stance you are most comfortable and perfect it.

i personally fight as a southpaw most of the time (unless i think my opponent can be taken out easily in which case i go ortho and walk him down) and slap and box the crap out of my opponent.