Right Handed Southpaws

no there's photos of him signing autographs with his left hand.

 

It'd help if half these idiots had ever worn gloves. :-(

 

I'd assume you'd want to stay away from the power hand, which would be the left hand.
Unless the guy is a true amadexatrious. His right hand is going to be awakward and not in a good way. Try throwing a ball or swing a bat with your off hand. It's not the same. That's still his weak punch.
I understsnd the pholisphy behind the switch. Turning the lead hand into a power hand. However, you make your other hand pretty much useless.
In a normal stance. The jab is not suoposed to be a power shot. The hook is a power shot. When you convert to this unatural poistion you also take away your most powerfull punch, the straight or cross.
I'd move to my right away from his left hand.

 

I think it depends not only on the power of the punch, but it's consistency. When Martinez fought Dzinziruk (a right-handed southpaw), he said in the post-fight breakdown that when watching tapes, the left rarely came out, and only did so to finish behind his strong right jab, so he constantly moved to the left to isolate the jab without fear of ever being tagged by a counter or lead left hand, and he set up his own southpaw straight in doing so as well.

I think moving left against a right-handed southpaw could work in situations like the above depending on the fighter's favorite punches and habits, but I feel it's still dangerous, because you can increase the time your straight right has to travel and limit the angle you can fire it off of. If you move to the left, you're more in line to see the right jab or right hook when it's coming right in front of you, instead of moving yourself away from it and having it come from your peripheral vision, and can counter/block it with more focus.

The point about coordination with the lead leg is interesting. Cotto does over-commit to his jab, though he has found success in pumping out that way at times. Someone like Ortiz with less technical discipline seems to jump in with some crazy telegraphs, like in the Floyd fight.

 

I've always jumped off my left leg and I'm right handed. It's just a more natural motion for me. I don't even know if I can jump off my right leg.

 

Thats because of the inverse motion caused by the action you are using your right hand for

If you are trying to dunk / lay the ball up with your right hand, you get better momentum and propulsion with your jump if you take off with your left leg, not your right.

And vice versa, similarly you get more power behind a straight punch if you are throwing it across your body (straight right/left), rather than away from your body (jab)

It's all about leverage

 

Circle towards the backhand ala Floyd Ortiz

 

Whatever it is, it won't work if the opponent is Marvin Hagler

 

So Marvin Hagler had ghetto balance?