Do southpaws have more advantage then orthodox fighters???

[Box"K"ing]

Is it true that they have more success in boxing and have way more advantage????


I spared only two southpaws but didnt get any impression but I am finding that they are lots of southpaws on top of the food chain including other combat sports kickboxing/mma...


For those that have exprience with southpaws or is a southpaw, can you tell me what they have going for them other then have there right side forward and moving the other direction.


Also is it true thats its bad to learn bothsides cause its to much conflicting???

[ИATAS]

I always felt that southpaws can have an advantage for the simple fact that they are the minority, meaning orthodox fighters typically don't have a lot of experience against southpaws.

[Heeb]

Most fighters are orthodox, so southpaws can be hard to fight because fighters have less experience against them. That's the advantage. It's not bad to learn it both ways, many fighters have been successful in switching hands.

[Box"K"ing]

I always felt that southpaws can have an advantage for the simple fact that they are the minority, meaning orthodox fighters typically don't have a lot of experience against southpaws.

So other then minority they dont have other qualties that gives them the edge???


Also is really that hard to fight them if you have good foundation in jab and footwork??? For example if an orthodox can move well to the right and left and every direction then wouldent the southpaws opposite movements be dealt with?

[Chups]

Well southpaws gets disadvantaged too.............when they fight southpaws.

[MurderDeathKill]

Most fighters are right handed, so southpaws have a default advantage by bringing something unusual to the table. Of course their opponents will train for it, but it's different when it's for real and in front of them. The southpaws who know how to use their stance so it's not just something that's there are at a great advantage imo. Especially fast southpaws. A lot of righties are a little cautious against southpaws since they fear headbutts and tripping.

[Box"K"ing]

Well southpaws gets disadvantaged too.............when they fight southpaws.

I never thought about that,


I mean orthodox always spar other orthodox and southpaws spar other orthodox and I guess what your saying is that you dont get to southpaws sparing as much.


It must be akward though for them...

[Dynamite Kid]

Is it true that they have more success in boxing and have way more advantage????


I spared only two southpaws but didnt get any impression but I am finding that they are lots of southpaws on top of the food chain including other combat sports kickboxing/mma...


For those that have exprience with southpaws or is a southpaw, can you tell me what they have going for them other then have there right side forward and moving the other direction.


Also is it true thats its bad to learn bothsides cause its to much conflicting???

IMO Southpaw's have an auto defense, that defense is that the opponent generally tries to think too much about which is the best way to attack the lefty, whilst your are thinking you are not getting off yourself but the lefty is, not to mention that orthodox fighters are not used to fighting someone with that posture, lefty's see it all the time so are more equipped at dealing with it.

Im of the impression that the best way to beat a left hander is to put pressure on them, but here is the thing, you cant look for one punch (the right hand), that is just a set up punch to close the distance most of the times, unless its a counter straight right, what im saying is you have to put that left hook behind the right hand when you get there, basically you still have to put your punches together, otherwise you become too predictable and easy to read throwing single punches, take the Berto/Quintana fight, see how Berto was brining that back foot around and squaring himself up as though he was looking! to only counter with the right hand, Quintana could see something like that a mile away and because its only one punch he can avoid it.

The right hook is very effective against the left hander to, particularly if you get your lead foot outside of his, that way when he pivots away its hard for him to avoid it, another useful tip imo is....... that orthodox fighters are used to throwing the jab straight down the middle but against a lefty that does not work because your almost shoulder to shoulder when facing up, what you have to do is throw a half hook half jab that comes over the shoulder, see Hamed /Barrera.

[adamavfc12345]

southports are so hard to fight. you just gota move more to the left rather then to the right.

[RagingTheBull]

Speking personally as an ameteur boxer the kind of boxer that drives everyone crazy is the fast southpaw who always comes forward. Counterpunching a guy like this is... insane.

A perfect example is Calzaghe (we could even mention Pacman of course) because it is nearly impossibile counterpunching a guy like him, it's ain't easy try to stop a guy who has a very few sparring partners-alike in the world.
The situation is even worsened by the fact that the guy had an iron chin and had an insane stamina.

That's the reason why Calzaghe was a beast, not because he was a boxing masterclass, he was a one-and-only.