Advice on sparring Southpaws?

[Quiksilva]

Anyone care to share some advice, experiences you had matching with Southpaws?

Thanks.

[Heavyhands420]

Of course the basics like move to the right away left power hand. Keep head moving laterally as to not take a straight left down the pike while also deliver your pwn straight right they dont move their head alot. Keep left hand up a lil more than usual to be wary of the check right hook. Keep the jab going to keep em off rhythm. When you crowd em on the inside stay to the left side and get body work in try not to let them pivot to your right and you can keep em front going to work

[The Problem]

Straight, Straight, Straight. Use your Power hand like a jab. and don't try to land the perfect jab its really difficult against a southpaw. left hooks are easier to land. Also The southpaw's Liver is closer (leading side)so try smash that with either a long hard jab to the body or with your Right straight> Left Hook

[Lomadeaux]

Keep it simple. Sheesh fellas.

Move to YOUR left. Keep your left foot on the outside of his right foot and jab over top of his as you move to the left. Straight right hands down the middle.. throw hooks in there. Just keep it simple.

[Boxfan83]

Its all about your feet.

[Warrior Scholar]

Anyone care to share some advice, experiences you had matching with Southpaws?

Thanks.

At the end of the day, they need to respect your cross.
what is your height and weight? what's the southpaws height and weight? what is their style like?

[OctoberRed]

At the end of the day, they need to respect your cross.
what is your height and weight? what's the southpaws height and weight? what is their style like?

Exact same thoughts mate.

[chitownslugger]

Shift weight. Turn south paw. Right hook.

That’s an oversimplification. I’ve sparred two southpaws. And one was too fast for me, and the only real success I had was catching him off balance and going south paw myself. The other one said he wanted to spar “lightly” and hit me with some hard shots off the bat. I kept stepping to the left, pivoting and trying to catch him with a right hook, and it got closer and closer before we were broken up... I’d been in the gym less than a month (although I wouldn’t even call it that, it was a community center youth boxing program) and some of the other kids put a stop to it because they’re hyped up ****** kids. I don’t know how else to put that. It was in an open gym area, not a ring, and after the initial flurry these other black kids were all like “want me to step in for ya?” But I kept at it. Didn’t move my head too much at first. Hardly threw any shots at first. Eventually started to throw my jab out there and notice him flinching a lot even though I wasn’t coming close. So I started to step to my left, pivoting and swinging the right hook like a bat. He kept moving backwards instead of pivoting with me and I was getting closer to his face hitting his shoulder real good. I mean, I know that’s nothing to be proud of. But it was obvious he didn’t have a movement trained for it. And it kept him on his back foot and then resetting by the time I had done the same thing again and hitting him.

I mean that’s not going to work on all of them. We were both relatively unskilled. I still am.

But I practiced that movement after seeing lomachenko. Only applying it in reverse of course. What I mentioned earlier is more of a mike Tyson move. Shifting your weight to the left and as you shift it back right you’re turning into a south paw stance to throw a hook or could be an uppercut. But you’re going to be more square to your opponent if you **** up so get it right.

[chitownslugger]

Oh. And my first coach said a step to the left and straight right down the pipe is supposed to land all day. But, that’s when I got even more lit up.

[Syphus]

I agree with everyone above about getting the outside position. That should be your bread and butter against southpaws.

However, I'm gonna go against the grain here and say if you perfect slipping INSIDE against a southpaw (yes towards his power hand) you're going to really mess people up. It's very hard to do and is a high risk/high reward tactic so keep that in mind.

Slip inside the jab instead of outside, and then instead of his rear straight coming across at you full power, the angle will be changed and he'll have to stifle it and come straight forward with it. If your head is close enough to his right shoulder after his jab, he won't be able to land a lead hook, either.

Slip the rear hand inside while stepping around his lead leg and he'll be in a very awkward position for your follow-ups with his liver completely exposed.

You can even bait his rear hand by opening with a rear of your own trying to draw his counter left. After you throw your rear hand, jump pivot/slip to your left and around his lead leg. Pacquiao does this a lot against orthodox fighters, I believe.