De La Hoya was a southpaw!?

[kill the body]

Well I been boxing for goin on 20 year and I never heard of this. So who decided they would fight that way. themselves? Or their trainer?

Sounds like you should change your gym if you never heard anyone ever do this.

[No1]

yup i think even valero was naturally right handed, but fought as a lefty..

I heard Ortiz is the same. Kind of makes sense. Allows your money shot to be the elad hand and ge to the target quicker. I might try this in sparring as im left handed.

[pumpkineater80]

Sounds like you should change your gym if you never heard anyone ever do this.

ha shat I dunno I just put my head down and do my own thing. Fascinating anyway. Maybe I was high the day they covered that in the amateurs

[Suavecito80]

I believe the idea is to have your strong hand to be your lead and to allow your weak hand to load up on your punches.
Converted southpaw tends to have great jabs and left hooks. Cotto is the same.

This. I thought this was a well known fact though?

[Optimistic]

Yeah, Cotto does the same thing.

I actually spar out of a southpaw stance even though I'm right handed.

I prefer having my dominant hand out front.

[Chemolina]

Hagler did this too. He fought better as a southpaw and his best punch was the right hook. He wasn't a true switch hitter but he could fight out of both stances.

There have been a few successful at converting their stance but in De La Hoya's case he never really became a two handed fighter. His money shots were the jab and left hook.

[The Future]

Well I been boxing for goin on 20 year and I never heard of this. So who decided they would fight that way. themselves? Or their trainer?

You have never heard this before?
Bizzare

[any craic lad?]

Ya have heard plenty off fighters like this Antonio Demarco is a converted southpaw

[Cardinal Buck]

Just found out today that Oscar was really a southpaw?? What the sweet shat!?

I read that here http://how-to-box.net/index.php/the-jab-volume-ii/


I call bullshat? What was the point of fighting righty then. Man I've been in many gyms and never heard this shat. Someone explain to me.

As a kid they put him in as an orhtodox fighter. He got his ass kicked. After that they switched him to lefty and he started beating the other kids up. He was really young when that happened, like 7 years old or something. I don't know when he switched back to orthodox.'

Edit: I might be saying this backwards. I read it in one of his books ages ago.

[raskat]

the reason why Oscar fought right handed is that his first trainer didnt know how to teach a southpaw. Thats why he taught him right handed fighting style. thats why Oscar had that big left hook and the strong left jab: cause he is a natural southpaw. lots of guys are converted: Cotto, Victor Ortiz, Marvin Hagler and I think some pple say Tyson was also a converted southpaw