greynotsoold
Fighting Southpaws
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Finally got around to watching Judah/Mayweather; it was a knockdown inthe 2nd, judah ahd no plan beyond landing the left and Mayweather is lucky zab can't fight much. Too much lunging and slapping, and I shiver to think what Andy Ganigan (late 1970s early 80s lefty from Hawaii who was 36-6 w/29 or 30 kos) would've done to him. Judah made the fight easy by standing infrontof pbf instead of stepping right-circling- and jabbing constantly. That is what makes a leftie tough- making the ortho fighter move contrary to what he is used to. So how does one fight a southpaw?
The "book" says to keep your left foot outside his right foot and throw hooks to the body and straight rights. This obviously has benfits if he is stepping and jabbing; it cuts him off and the hooks to the body will make him lean in to block them and thus force him into an exchange. But each book needs more thanone page and if you do the same thing over and over he'll get wise and figureit out. Also the idea in boxing is to gain and hold the "inside" punchingposition so why in this case is the aimto surrender that position?
Consider this, especially agaionst a guyjust standing in front of you. Get you left foot inside his rt foot; you'll be able to outjab him as you'll have the inside line. His right hook is blocked by your left shoulder and should he want to hook thwe body... well, look, throw short left hooks to his body,inside his hook, at his liver which is on the front lines. Of course,when you moved left foot outsie etc... you were moving away from his left hand and many lefties bang with that punch,and this time you're moving right into range for the straight left...
Yes you are and you should be well aware of that fact and also the fact that there is NOTHING else he can hit you with. Knowing that if he still hits you...So draw his left and parry it over your left shoulder and counter with left hooks to chin or solar plexus. Slip it and bring right uppercuts to the chin or solar plexus. In the first case you pivot slightly to your right as you follow the hook with a right; in the secondfollow the uppercut with a left hook. Watch Toney/Nunn and Yori Campos/Raul Marquez andHopkins against any southpaw for recent example of this approach.
My advice to any southpaw reading this; develope a very short straight left to the solar plexus. This punch should work well as the openinmgs are impossible to take away.You are equally vulnerable to a str right to the same spot.




Andre
Re: Fighting Southpaws
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Nice work.