De La Hoya was a southpaw!?

[boliodogs]

There are lots of great fighters that are converted left handers. Sonny Liston, and Trinidad are both left handed as well as Cotto and many more.Victor Ortiz and Winky Wright are right handed fighters that fight from a left handed stance.

[Rivaldo]

Manny Pacquiao is also a right handed southpaw.

[DeadLikeMe]

Manny Pacquiao is also a right handed southpaw.

He only writes right handed because of a crazy old Catholic belief still followed in Philippines that people who write with their left hand are evil. It is a learned thing from his elementary years, he is a natural lefty in everything except writing.

[Rivaldo]

He only writes right handed because of a crazy old Catholic belief still followed in Philippines that people who write with their left hand are evil. It is a learned thing from his elementary years, he is a natural lefty in everything except writing.

Wow that is intense lool. If someone forced me to suddenly write left handed I've give up.

[-DSG-]

cotto is a natural lefty too thats why his left jab is so good

[marzblkman]

cotto is a natural lefty too thats why his left jab is so good

And his right hand sucks. Thats the problem with a ton of converted southpaws I've sparred with. (cotto's vice versa but you get the point). Their back hand which in theory should be their dominant hand often isn't.

[littlemac]

Thats why Cotto and Dela Hoya have monster left hooks. Some of the best left hooks in the business.

[littlemac]

Theres also a practice thought in boxing which recommends in having your stance be led by your strongest hand being closeist to your opponent so that your target becomes closer to your strong hand. Am not saying this, am just saying this thought is out there.

I personally, this stance feels weird, but for some it works.

[BuckToothed]

This thread went from "No, you didn't..." to "Hmm, interesting..."
I didn't know half of the boxers mentioned on this thread were converts, very interesting indeed.

[BuckToothed]

Theres also a practice thought in boxing which recommends in having your stance be led by your strongest hand being closeist to your opponent so that your target becomes closer to your strong hand. Am not saying this, am just saying this thought is out there.

I personally, this stance feels weird, but for some it works.

In MMA, fighters tend to switch stance to lead with their dominant hand when preparing for a takedown attempt.
So the same principle is applied on other sports.