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Do you think its a big advantage? im looking at zab, pacman, winky, tarver, is it what makes them tick? needless to say, lefties face righties most of the time so they are used to it in contrary with righties.
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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. -
The advantage from being a southpaw is people are not accustomed to it. Different angles and ****.Comment
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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 ****. 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.Comment
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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.Comment
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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.Comment
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Its scientifically proven. Left handers have an advantage.
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.Comment
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Man..those are the ugliest dreads I've ever seen! Anyway, yeah, most righties don't get to fight with a lot of lefties. It's awkward for them however, many fail to listen to the old addage "to neutralize a lefty, just throw straight rights." Easier said than done, though. As the lefties tend to throw their straight lefts more often.Comment
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The southpaw advantage didn't work for Ouma
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Winky Wright is an unusual fighter who is naturally right handed but keeps his dominant hand in front and fights southpaw.Comment
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