monitoring opponents rear hand (As a Southpaw)

**hma123** · 01-27-2013 05:43 PM

As a southpaw the threat of the straight right is always an issue just as my left is to him, was looking for more of the scienece of boxing and ways to monitor his right hand? Eyes,positioning,tricks,or whatever you think I can do to be fully alert,counter,or make him not throw the right hand. Anything from yous would be awesome. Thanks

**greynotsoold** · 01-27-2013 05:55 PM

As a southpaw, if you don't want him to throw the right hand, keep circling to your right, away from his.
Personally, I find a lot of the 'avoid his power hand' stuff to be counter-productive and distracting. In boxing, you generally look to gain the inside punching position. In a match between boxers with opposite stances, you surrender that position by constantly stepping outside his lead foot. I think many southpaws do this because they neglect to develope a strong lead hand and come to rely on their left hand.
There is a big advantage in going to an opponent's strength- in this case, his straight right or straight left hand. That is, you know what he is going to do. If I'm an orthodox fighter, and a southpaw moves into my right hand, the punch the book says I should be throwing, what will I do? Throw my straight right hand, of course.
And then you get under it and hit the body with your left uppercut, or beat him to the punch with your right hook. This is the safest way to 'monitor' that punch; get him to throw it when you want him to throw it, then deal with it, and he'll keep doing it because it is what he is 'supposed' to do. It is a lot better than fighting scared, wondering what and when he is going to try.

**Andre** · 01-27-2013 08:20 PM

Hey remember Kostya used to hold his left arm out like a feeler to gauge you and make you move either side if it, then he'd turn into your position and seek to throw a right straight down the pipe?

What would happen to his right hand if you'd shoved his extended left arm towards it (it takes the power out of the intended shot. Only slightly before you move, disrupts their intent You're not meant to deal with arms I know, but a light shove to the lead arm can really help you disrupt them, then move in to their reaction.

**hma123** · 01-27-2013 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Andre

Hey remember Kostya used to hold his left arm out like a feeler to gauge you and make you move either side if it, then he'd turn into your position and seek to throw a right straight down the pipe?

What would happen to his right hand if you'd shoved his extended left arm towards it (it takes the power out of the intended shot. Only slightly before you move, disrupts their intent You're not meant to deal with arms I know, but a light shove to the lead arm can really help you disrupt them, then move in to their reaction.

Can you explain more on this on any kind of video? I never use to watch Kostya fight,was he a southpaw?

**Andre** · 01-27-2013 08:44 PM

Ill try and find one on him for you. He only started doing it in his pro career when he was searching for power finishes, he was a totally different; A counter puncher in his amateur days and exceptional at it. He turned hunter as a pro.

Its just a thought I had, cause he was a natural at dealing with southies.But he used to measure them with his left arm out like a feeler and would gauge distance etc and then throw a right bomb. I was just thinking aloud that to shift his feeler arm would of made him move instead of him making you move, if you get my drift.