orthodox/south paw question

[Bear4228]

I am starting to get more serious about my health and overall physical fitness. I have enjoyed boxing for a while now and even went in a lil to MMA stuff. I am still green though and really want to work on my form. I can see and feel my power and comfort levels in each stance (orthodox/south paw) are the same. I am curious if I should try and pick one and stick with it so that can be my dominate side. Or if I should work on both equally and just train from both sides. This may seem like a trivial question hehe, but any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks guys, and I'm enjoying reading these forums!

Tyler

[Bear4228]

No one has any suggestions at all??

[Trick]

Well the ability to switch stances freely and easily is a great one. That being said, few pros really make a habit of constatly mixing it up. Personally, my advice would be to work on one primary stance. But that's just me, and I'm a boxer, don't know **** about MMA.

Peace,
Trick

[PureMvp]

id say go maybe about 85% one way and 15% one way.. what way are you more dominant do you think?

[Bear4228]

Well the fact I am left handed orthodox would make more sense to be my better side. But going to southpaw feels just as clean.

[me2007]

I tend to start off in a south paw stance, even though my right arm is stronger. This enables me to break up my opponents with stiff jabs on the outside and hard right handed uppercuts and body shots. I can also double up with a 1, 2 to let both my hands go....

middle to late rounds i will switch to orthodox stance when my opponent is slowing down...my main strategy here is to land the big overhand right and get on the inside and throw hooks and uppercuts..

penultamate and last round if my oppo still there i`ll get on my bike in a south paw stance and finish as i started.

I think this is a very effective way to fight... if your opponent is not conditioned you will stop him mid to late rounds....if has great conditioning you`ll need to outpoint him or catch him cold at the start...

I tend to train both ways but use them under much different circumstances.

[potatoes]

Unless you are ambidextrous you will feel better in one stance compared to the other. If you try to do something that feels unnatural it will probably take you several years to adjust. Although there are some theorectical advantages to the southpaw stance, in professional boxing it creates a management problem. Many opponents will duck a southpaw. Another problem is that many trainers don't know how to train a southpaw. In the final analysis you only want to adopt the southpaw stance as part of your style if it is clear that you perform better that way.

[Bear4228]

Thanks alot for the response guys, great stuff! I wish I could acutally get a trainer but I just cant afford it at the moment =/ So Im going to keep doing what im doing. Try and get as good as I can get with both stances and see what develops. I wont be standing there mixing it up every 30 seconds haha, but I still wanna get a solid grip on both sides. Eventually(soon) ill pick a side and stick with it Thanks again for yalls input