Southpaw advantage?

being a southpaw is an advantage for a very obvious reason, most people are right handed so the few south paws out there train against orthadox boxers but most orthadox boxers dont train against southpaw, plus the southpaw when learning has more to think about, when i first webt training it was a nightmare when going through routines i had to reverse the whole thing, very confusing but makes you think that bit more, when a south paw hits and moves to the right of an orthadox boxer its very hard for that right hander to cope with but very natural for the lefty because thats what they do in the gym and its likely there the only one in the gym doing it.

Most southpaw fighters fight orthodox fighters so they train mostly for orthodox ones. The angles can turn off an orthodox fighter because they rarely encounter having to fight a southpaw. Cristian Mijares and Winky Wright are right handed fighters who use the southpaw stance. Oscar De La Hoya and Miguel Cotto are left handed fighters who use the orthodox stance. From what I remember, Pacquiao mentioned in an episode of De La Hoya - Pacquiao 24/7 that he was ambidextrous.

Hgaler was natural right-hander....that would explain his awesome right jab....& how he hooked & uppercutted with it so beautifully.

Winky Wright is an unusual fighter who is naturally right handed but keeps his dominant hand in front and fights southpaw. DeLaHOya is kinda like dat...he is naturally left-handed, but he fights orthadox

Being a southpaw, I see a distinct difference in fighting as one as opposed to orthodox. Orthodox fighters aren’t used to having someone’s lead foot close to (or on top of) their own, nor are the angles normal to them. Being southpaw, 90% of the fighters you face are orthodox, so we become accustomed to it and it’s “normal” for us. Also, after many conversations I’ve had with other fighters who are orthodox, they have a hard time seeing straight lefts coming because of the angle. Most southpaws roll their right shoulder in a bit, which conceals your left coming down the pipe somewhat. It makes it hard to get used to a lead left when you’re getting hit by a right jab that you don’t normally see.

Its scientifically proven. Left handers have an advantage. You're damn right we do. :D btw, Allen Iverson looks like he could use a shower. Looking a 'tad' nappy.

Winky Wright is an unusual fighter who is naturally right handed but keeps his dominant hand in front and fights southpaw.

The southpaw advantage didn't work for Ouma :D

Its scientifically proven. Left handers have an advantage. http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6773 They discovered a correlation between levels of violence and the proportion of the left-handed population – the more violent a culture, the higher the relative proportion of left-handers. The cause for this, the researchers suggest, is that left-handers are more likely to survive hand-to-hand combat. "Because of the advantage in sports we thought there could be a similar advantage in fights," Faurie told New Scientist. The theory is that right-handed competitors are less accustomed to facing left-handers, making them a more difficult proposition.

Fight or spar a southpaw (who can actually box a little)....& you'll totally understand. Like everything in life, the more you do it, the better you'll become at it. If I had a young prospect, I'd steer him clear of the slick lefties, early on. I'd match him with some decent ones, & let him develop as he goes along....before putting him in with a real puzzle.

naturally, the orthodox fighter's stance is left hand and left foot in front of the right. when doing this, the southpaw's right hook has a wider opening than the orthodox fighter's left hook to land. when leading hands (jab hands) are directly across from each other, the orthodox fighters timing and accuracy is thrown off. the southpaw's isnt because they've been trained as a southpaw to use jabs with proper timing. also, the orthodox fighters left foot has a tendancy to step on the southpaw's right foot and vice versa. doing this intentionally is illegal, but if you play ur cards right, you might distract ur opponent by stepping on his toes and landing with a good shot. For more tips, please contact Manny Pacquiao, Antonio Tarver, Zab Judah, Winky Wright, Juan Carlos Gomez, or Joe Calzaghe.

Hell yeah its a huge advantage. If you have 2 equal fighters and one is a lefty then the lefty will win most of the time. I also have made threads before about power. I think lefty's also have a power advantage. Guys like Zab, Pac, Tarver, and Corrie Sanders are all good punchers but by them being lefty it makes them devestating punchers because you cant see the punch coming or you can see it but still cant stop it. Both hurt like shit. Like Floyd and Cotto vs Chop. They couldnt see those punches that hurt them. Also Pac vs Marquez. It shocks you. Then like Roy Jones could see the Tarver punch coming, had a perfect defense, and still got hit flush. All those things a right hand fighter cant do to you. Sanders ruined Wladimire by both. 1st Wladimire couldnt see it and got dropped. Then he could see it and still couldnt avoid it. The whole movement is different. You can turn a certain way and dip a punch but with a lefty you are still in range. When MAB fought Pac he dipped and stepped to the side like he always does. He saw Pacs punch but thought he was out of the range and he still got hit flush.

The advantage from being a southpaw is people are not accustomed to it. Different angles and shit.

Damn you got some dreads goin there... But I don't see it as a huge advantage anymore. And for whatever reason you rarely see any good lefty heavyweights. There's Byrd, I wouldn't really call him good though. He's decent I guess.