For Southpaws (Left Cross Question)

[fraidycat]

Southpaws:

Any of you go through a period where you were regularly getting killed by the right cross every time you threw your left? 'Cuz it's happening to me and I can't figure out what the hell I'm doing wrong. I use a tight peekaboo (the "binoculars" guard when I'm in close), and taller orthdox fighters have been beating the hell out of me, countering over my left cross, for about three weeks. They're coming right in over my arm when I throw the cross and hitting me high on the cheek. It's getting really frustrating and I haven't been to the gym for a few days now just because my jaw is sore from getting hit so much.

If you've worked through this problem, please let me know what you did, or what I should be watching for.

Thanks,

Fraidycat, AKA "Canvasback Joe"

[BrooklynBomber]

Southpaws:

Any of you go through a period where you were regularly getting killed by the right cross every time you threw your left? 'Cuz it's happening to me and I can't figure out what the hell I'm doing wrong. I use a tight peekaboo (the "binoculars" guard when I'm in close), and taller orthdox fighters have been beating the hell out of me, countering over my left cross, for about three weeks. They're coming right in over my arm when I throw the cross and hitting me high on the cheek. It's getting really frustrating and I haven't been to the gym for a few days now just because my jaw is sore from getting hit so much.

If you've worked through this problem, please let me know what you did, or what I should be watching for.

Thanks,

Fraidycat, AKA "Canvasback Joe"

haha, I always loved boxing against shorter southpaws(since I am crosshappy type of guy) and hated boxing against taller southpaws. But I cant really help you here, since I was always on the "other side". But I guess you should watch Sanders fight against either Klitschko brothers. He utilised it pretty well there....bastard.

[Animal Squabbs]

my soutpaw stance got moaded in sparring. Im comfortable switching up to both, its just my defense has always been alot worse as a southpaw and I wasnt as confident in it as my conventional stance. Well in the sparring Ive gotten I switched up the southpaw three times against two differant guys and each time I was IMMEDIATLY nailed with a huge right hand flush. Each time though I was moving to my left so I need to fix that ofcourse.

[fraidycat]

Bump.

Somebody please help me. Potatoes? Any ideas? Anyone have any other fights I should watch?

[eazy_mas]

Southpaws:

Any of you go through a period where you were regularly getting killed by the right cross every time you threw your left? 'Cuz it's happening to me and I can't figure out what the hell I'm doing wrong. I use a tight peekaboo (the "binoculars" guard when I'm in close), and taller orthdox fighters have been beating the hell out of me, countering over my left cross, for about three weeks. They're coming right in over my arm when I throw the cross and hitting me high on the cheek. It's getting really frustrating and I haven't been to the gym for a few days now just because my jaw is sore from getting hit so much.

If you've worked through this problem, please let me know what you did, or what I should be watching for.

Thanks,

Fraidycat, AKA "Canvasback Joe"

Here is what i may do if he doing it for 3 week he wont change it because it works for him pretty well.

Have you tried to fient you left and then duck or slip as he throw the right and come inside as he does that and hit him with and uppercut to the jaw or to the body or left hook him.

another thing when fighting a taller guy the rule of thumb is you have to keep moving and alway your keep in motion so he cant hit you and if you stopping put your right jabbing hands move it in a circle motion and once a anticlockwise and clockwise but dont be peridical on that because then you are going to be predicatable with your punchs that way it is going to confuse him. and box him more to figure him out instead of forcing to hurt him and seek for openings and attacking.

It alway good to be unpredicat in the fight if you are in fighter and i know you are going to come inside and stay there so i would try to adapt to that by doing an expect.

[PunchDrunk]

Where's your front foot when this happens? Sounds like you've got your front foot on the insida of his. That way, you'll get your left cross on the outside of his right cross every time, which means he'll be hitting you, and you'll miss. Try putting you foot on the outside of his. That SHOULD do the trick...

[eazy_mas]

Where's your front foot when this happens? Sounds like you've got your front foot on the insida of his. That way, you'll get your left cross on the outside of his right cross every time, which means he'll be hitting you, and you'll miss. Try putting you foot on the outside of his. That SHOULD do the trick...

heard something like that and you could also go sideways to your safe side after throwing you combo without getting you feet tangilsh but i didnt know if i put my feet inside or outside thank for reminding me i first heard in a Tuesday night fight about this tip

[fraidycat]

I'm gonna watch my feet tonight. Playing with it in front of the mirror, I think I'm you're right, PunchDrunk. I'm stepping straight in, not around. I keep forgetting to work the arc.

[potatoes]

The peek-a-boo style was primarily devised for men who fight small. Crouch to make yourself a smaller target. Hold your gloves close to your chin as a last resort to prevent the knockout should a punch get through. The primary means of avoiding the hit is through head movement actuated from the waist. Another part of the overall defensive technique is smothering punches. A smaller man must get inside to have any opportunity to hit the larger opponent. Once inside you have effectively smothered your opponent's offense because you are small enough to work him and he is usually too big to do much about it other than clinch or run. The best way to get inside is behind the cover of a jab, but you must bob and weave at the same time. This is not so easy to learn. If the jab isn't an option, then just bull your way in, but don't forget the head movement. Moving the head is the key to not getting hit and must be practised until it becomes an instinctive process. Learning to coordinate punching with head movement does take some practise too.