Hagler was and Crawford is right handed. People say don't try to be like them, but they were only trying to be themselves as well

Mike Tyson is a left Handed Orthodox fighter, so exactly the opposite of a right handed southpaw. This is indeed the secret weapon

Let’s go right handed southpaw gang

If you're a right handed southpaw, and you can learn to throw that left cross correctly then your jab has power and you cross has power. Every punch has power.

@ricosuavemente571

3 ай бұрын

I occasionally play around with switching (pause lol) and one of the biggest challenges I have in the left handed stance is trying to overcompensate on power for the cross by loading up and overextending. I’ve been told I hit pretty damn hard with both hands but I guess I just don’t truly believe in my left as my power hand since it’s not my actual power hand to permanently dedicate to trying to convert into a southpaw fighter

@newagain9964

2 ай бұрын

True. But takes a long type to develop coordination. Almost impossible if ur not naturally athletic. But def worth it for a righty to learn to switch, if just here and there to f with OPPS.

@danieltilahun9400

Ай бұрын

Bro you have a real experience , thats was exactly what i thought

@3rdEyeAi.

23 күн бұрын

@@ricosuavemente571 im left handed and i like to stand on orthodox lol.. everybody says im crazy as a left handed dominant i should work southpaw..but i took taekondo first and i like orthodox stance mades my left jabs and left hook really strong but idk if that is stupid...

@ricosuavemente571

22 күн бұрын

@@3rdEyeAi. it depends what kind of style you got. If you’re somebody that likes to fight inside you probably do want your backhand to be your dominant hand. But if you’re fine with boxing on the outside and fighting long and not so focused on power punching you can probably make it work better. Especially amateurs where power is not as important. Just watch out for their right hand though lol

I’m a right handed southpaw. My balance is much more better, naturally. But my power punch is the right. Is not common at my gym and difficult to get a trainer that is used to train southpaws. And as you say, I’m trying to work on my left and is working. Slowly but working. Thanks!

I'm a right handed south paw. Goofy footed I think that's why I'm comfortable in that stance.

@drunkenmmamaster419

3 ай бұрын

Same bro

@sergszns

3 ай бұрын

Goofy for skateboarding? Rigth

@johnholeman2052

Ай бұрын

Goofy footed surfer 55 years(ecshof) but right handed. Came on here to find out how I should stand in boxing, thanks for the heads up!!🤙

He says whatever is your natural stance is your true stance it shouldn't be forced

As a right handed southpaw, I can say that despite being underskilled compared to many training partners, I tend to catch everyone with sneaky shots due to the speed of my lead hand. I personally love to jab to bait my opponent to try a slip counter, then I step off with a lateral slip and then lead right hook! Hurt many many people with that setup over the years.

@azerty97212

7 ай бұрын

man what the heck that's literaly my case

@rezaxn

6 ай бұрын

Im a beginner and Im a Southpaw too and I'm naturally left handed but my right hand is stronger and im more comfortable with it and i catch people with the jab but unfortunately due to a rotator cuff injury i have to stop working out for a while

@ricosuavemente571

2 ай бұрын

@@rezaxn I think that might just be due to the fact so many things in day to day life are designed for right handed people that you get pretty good at using your right almost to the level of your natural dominant hand. Some cultures literally will force left handed people to do things right handed. The opposite isn’t usually true so righty switching to southpaw is usually more of a gimmick or something to only do in certain situations

@rezaxn

2 ай бұрын

@@ricosuavemente571 that could be one of the main reasons why i use my right hand a lot and yes some cultures force left handed people to be right hand even my first grade teacher told my mom to force me to use right hand but my mom said no that's not good for him but i think me using my right hand goes back to my right hand being stronger even my right wrist is half a centimeter larger than my left so that's one of the reasons why my right hand is stronger

@rezaxn

2 ай бұрын

@@ricosuavemente571 I'm naturally left handed and naturally southpaw i still like to use both of my hand in a fight but because of the fact that my right is stronger sometimes i use it more and i get more comfortable throwing the right

Lomachenko greatest right handed southpaw of all time

One of my first coaches taught me the same thing - I'm left footed and right handed. Natural southpaw. And he told me that it was a good thing, because it meant I could have stiffer jabs and hooks. Been years since I trained. Great video. Got me wanting to get back into it now

@LeadLeftLeon

6 ай бұрын

Odd combo. Dominant hand and foot on different sides

@abcbcd1834

6 ай бұрын

@@LeadLeftLeon Yup. Works great for kickboxing. Big left kick has people circle into right hooks

I train mma as a right handed southpaw and always feel like I have a dangerous, cheeky secret

@Soulful_Oatmilk

7 ай бұрын

for sure, right leg is my wrestling/shooting leg, left leg is my strong round kick leg, right hand is my strong jab, and ngl my left hand is my decoy 😂

@azerty97212

7 ай бұрын

the same I'll feel exposed 😂

Being Left footed myself, but right handed this is amazing to learn and master.

Terrence Crawford is a right handed southpaw, i believe, moreso than ambidextrous. That strong jab has hurt numerous fighters he fought

Imma right handed southpaw and I love everything about it I watch a lot of Bruce Lee and he said people that are right handed should fight southpaw and people that are left handed should fight orthodox turns out he was right

im a right handed southpaw! got a bag when i was middle school and didnt have a trainer. by high school my left straight and right hook were solid

lifelong mixed martial artist here… from me doing Tae Kwon Do, Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu, i have always been a right handed southpaw. i trained my left cross up, but in southpaw, my natural stance, moving is easier and more fluid, my jab (the most important punch) is faster, stronger AND more accurate… and then my lead leg kicks are also far better. i think people fail to realize how beneficial having your powerful side forward actually is

I like the way this dude says 'southpouaww'

You guys are ignoring the elephant in the room: Bruce Lee! In his book, he advised us to lead with our strength, for me, my right hand, which I did and went on to better results in karate tournaments. I then did the same in boxing later. His reasoning was that about 80% of the shots you land are with the lead hand. Make it count, make it accurate and hard; you can't with you weak arm.

Bruce Lee, philosophy on fighting. Teaches to lead with the strong hand and leg. Right hander as a southpaw.

@JKDTYSONbasic

7 ай бұрын

Definitely 👍

@chxcky762

7 ай бұрын

I'm right handed but I naturally fight southpaw I can switch during the fight depending on the situation buh I fight best and naturally southpaw

@JKDTYSONbasic

7 ай бұрын

⁠@@chxcky762me too southpaw feels more fluid

@chxcky762

7 ай бұрын

@JKDTYSONbasic same I've never boxed tho it's always been street fights so ig it's like a mix of street fighting n southpaw but unless they can like actually fight I don't get touched that much ( no cocky shi)

@TheEmergingMan

7 ай бұрын

54 years old took a few lessons and learned I am right handed but was fighting southpaw I didn’t know nothing it just felt less clunky to me.. thanks for the post👍🤔😁

I like the way Jersey Joe Walcott could keep switching stances while moving, so you never knew which stance he would attack from.

The left hand will definitely develop

I'm a right handed southpaw, and i feel very comfortable like that, southpaw stance is just what i naturally do, didn't decide to do it, just how i fight. Jab is more powerful, left hand is easy to make powerful just by using it over and over and over. I stopped training, because as a right handed southpaw, i often found myself switching stances as a result of a combination that ends with an uppercut, i trained up my left jab to make it sharp, and started doing the same thing to get back into southpaw stance, but the trainer didn't want to use what i knew, instead preferred to make me stop switching, and pick one or the other, but i wasn't switching on purpose, it's just how i move. And i had a bunch of personal life problems and got in my car and drove for a few thousand miles, moved away, haven't been in the gym since. But I usually win streetfights, and i think it's because i'm a right handed southpaw who can fight in orthodox when i wind up there

Interesting. I started boxing training because I love boxing, and just wanted to learn. But all my favorite fighters are southpaws. Even though I'm right handed, I always squared up as a southpaw, so that's the way I learned to box. And just like you said, I began to work really hard on my lead hook. The straight left is definitely not my power hand, but I find in sparring that it works for me. I use my straight left almost automatically whenever I'm able to get on the outside of the orthodox fighter's lead foot. I don't have knockout power with it, but I can usually catch them with it when I get them out of position. And, just like you said, my coach has me working on following up the straight left with the lead right hook, because I'm in a perfect position to throw it. And I get a lot of power on it since it's actually my power hand.

Not a boxer but from a martial arts view point. Bruce Lees theory of what he calledbpower hand foward was most people throw about 80% of their punches with thier lead hand in a fight Why not make your strong hand the lead hand to throw most of your ounches eith. That and it is also closer to the target and faster to reach the target. Lastly it does take power away from your dominant side being in front but it adds power to your weak hand which makes it a better weapon.

Very good segment. More people who are right handed are fighting as southpaws because of the success of Hagler Camacho Winky Moorer as well as left handed orthodox fighters like de la Hoya Cotto and Barrera. The back hand doesn’t have to KO just stun the opponent while you follow up with the hook like Crawford and Shakur. YOU ARE CORRECT - the secret weapon is if they think your power hand is in the back they will move towards the hook which is also a KO punch.

@PLAYERSLAYER_22

7 ай бұрын

lmao i want to see an orthodox lefty fight a southpaw righty

@TheGoat-nn7xe

7 ай бұрын

@@PLAYERSLAYER_22 De la Hoya (orthodox lefty) vs Hector Camacho (southpaw righty)…Marco Antonio Barrera (orthodox lefty) vs Prince Naseem Hamed (southpaw righty)…Miguel Cotto (orthodox lefty) vs Zab Judah (orthodox righty)

@PLAYERSLAYER_22

7 ай бұрын

Damn thanks man! you knew this by memory?@@TheGoat-nn7xe

I also find it crucial that a natural stance will always give a better sense of equilibrium/ balance. I found this out the hard way in my youth learning how to ride a skateboard. Everyone around me was right handed and rode regular stance(orthodox). I was right handed and rode goofy (southpaw). When I forced myself to ride regular, my balance was so awkward that I would end up on my ass 100% of the time, no exaggeration LOL. With martial arts it was the same. When I hit the heavy bag in orthodox, My feet feel heavy and immovable and I lose my balance throwing a punch. When I'm southpaw, My feet feel light and rhythmic and able to circle around while throwing punches.

ive been training as a right handed southpaw for the past months and having this video recomended to me is quite funny lol

I used to be so confused about being a right handed southpaw. But I started switching stances comfortably definitely helps

You're on point! I have power in either hand so it was easy for me. I was an experiment too. A right-handed southpaw with a jab that could stop my opponent. You cracked the code.

I’m left handed sir but I always like to box with the strong hand in front so my jab was quick and strong and nice check hook I did understand I could be seen as a one handed fighter so I learned to switch a lot but still was most comfortable being south pal in orthodox

Bud knocked down Spence with all 3 variations of his lead right hand. Jab, right hook and right uppercut.

I would definitely agree with this, but most people who are right handed are right legged as well. A lot of the the time power comes from how efficient you can transfer the weight from your legs and torso, having your strong foot at the back allows for a more solid foundation, the stability allows for more power and shift in momentum. But, both have their pros and cons.

@j10official3

8 ай бұрын

Right handed and left footed😉

@LeadLeftLeon

6 ай бұрын

Yep I’m left legged and handed. Striking from orthy would limit my right hand

Shakur stevenson right handed southpaw

@rashonpittman-12thRND

8 ай бұрын

He just couldn't ever learn and get comfortable Orthodox...

I teach this and believe in this method fully!

My son is exactly that , he is one of the state champs here💯

This is really good to hear! Im right handed but i played soccer and i kick with my left. Also skateboarding, snowboarding and always my right led front. I just cant imagine myself other than southpaw. I would lose so much footwork and speed if i switch to orthodox.

Lol I literally always fought this way and felt more natural

This is 100% correct. I do Muy Thai and I m a right handed south paw. It confuses everyone. Usaully people are impressed with that right hook cause they are not expecting it to be powerful

Mike Tyson was a left handed orthodox stance boxer, I think perhaps despite having gifted strength and athleticism, and training thats also why he packed power with both hands and his left hook was considered his most powerful punch, I think this also aided in his ability to switch seamlessly between stances, sometimes he would switch to south when giving uppercuts to the body to his opponents left, sometimes he would give them a barrage of body shots and when they finally returned fire, he would immediately dodge to his left (their right) and BOOM southpaw stance, or to their left (his right) and switch to orthodox, he was obviously well trained this way by cus, rooney & atlas via the peekaboo style,but it was also a successful strategy in the ring, but clearly he was an orthodox stance, also ambidextrous fighter, if that makes sense to say, let me know if i missed anything

I’ve been going back and fourth on this, I just started learning My “power hand” would be my right but I feel more comfortable standing goofy from snowboarding, so both have there pros and cons, I’ve been getting use to orthodox moving

I used to box and kickbox, even street fights were in orthodox, I'm right handed, so had my power loaded from the back-hand/leg, as you well know. until I started training taekwondo. now I love to fight as southpaw, mainly due to the fact of the right leg being like my jabbing leg (front kick and side kicks) because of the stopping power from the front, and we tend to keep a fair distance in taekwondo sparring compared to boxing. Why do I feel better fighting southpaw now? well power on the front, as mentioned. The ability to always switch to my true power side (orthodox) is always there and is good to confuse opponents. especially when I start in orthodox, and then blitz them in southpaw... all warfare is based on deception, and all that. and with regards to boxing, I feel like could be used in a similar way, only I would be training waaaaay more step-through drills to keep switching up the power side on my fists.

Both. I do believe Joe Frazier was a born left hander. Pinklon Thomas was also.

These are best fighters hands down when you train that left hand also deadly 😅

Yeah, in skateboarding/surfing they call it being "goofy footed" (when you're right-handed & put your right foot forward). Jabs from this approach tend to be much more precise and powerful than a regular southpaw's would be. That's how I fight. I'm not the greatest, but my jab speed is still really, really good for my age. When I mix that right-hand speed with the "dempsy roll" idea-(shifting my weight) for power, I've knocked down bigger dudes and I didn't even feel like I put in that much effort! Great topic!

I learned to fight left handed from breaking my right hand so many times Def more comfortable left handed now

Very common in guys with wrestling experience. Unlike almost every other sport, in wrestling right-handed = right leg lead and they feel very natural in that stance.

Thanks for the advice luckily I got to your video because when I was in a Taekwondo class we usually bring our left leg to the back in a South paw stand even i was right handed and when I started seeing Tony Jeffries videos, i found it a bit difficult to adjust how to train the foot work as a right handed boxer, but doing the foot work in south south paw stands seem to be easy

Hear is something i did. I am a Right handed south paw but i trained my left arm like crazy!! Now my left is as deadly as my right 👍

I've been practicing karate for more than 40 years. The style I come from doesn't show well in tournaments at all; we don't practice as "orthodox" fighters in our more traditional schools and in almost all "JKA"-type tournaments, the lead hand knockout is disdained as improbable (the hook and shovel punch almost boycotted/banned). The original base and defensive ideals of the style was to present as a southpaw. ALL the core fundamental interactive drills (with a "shadow" partner) were done with the "defender" in a southpaw stance. "Execution" was performed by the right hand--fastest, strongest, closest, and first (by sheer predominance in the population). [As an aside--this is probably a result of forced uniformity in the Roman army--sword in the right hand.] This changed after WWII, when Allied servicemens' boxing experiencse were adapted for sport (tournaments) by the "foreigners" (Westerners) whose barehanded idealogy was mainly gleaned from more European-type boxing--where the lead jab was thrown from a left-foot forward stance (saving the [predominantly right] strong hand for the payload). Modern dojos became focused on producing "tested" champions who could claim success in the only testing grounds available at the time--tournament competition--and that regimen prescribed sparring changed be from "southpaws" stalking for "one finishing blow", to left foot-left hand forward bouncing/dancing like boxers. But the tradition of our style which was not tournament-focused, was to fight right-hand forward; it was the ancient way, lost to "history" by the Western boxing influence and predominance of well-published videos and media coverage . There's nothing "unsound" or poorly-thought-out about recommending RHer's to fight as southpaws. There are whole fighting styles (admittedly traditional and not "sporting") that are based on the concept. Oddly enough, there's a significant devotion to bringing the left hand "up to speed" in our style. We don't believe that the RH should be a predictable "lone hand".

Competition is becoming fierce, the next step of evolution is the pure ambidextrous fighter

Being natural left is great being able to switch is even better

In Cuba, they teach to go to the southpaw's left when fighting a southpaw so you move away from the lead hand and expose the centre line. Now if you look at Roy Jones, James Toney, Floyd Mayweather and Muhamad Ali they all moved to the their right when facing southpaws. So I agree with the secret of being a southpaw is the right hand especially if you are a righty but the secret to beat a southpaw is to move towarda their "stong hand" or the left hand

Ive always naturally fought this way and people tell me im wrong (right hand fights in southpaw)

I'm right handed as far as precision and fine motor skills goes, but I've always had more power on the left side

Honestly I've never thought that it had anything to do with hands. I think it has to do with your stance. It's why right handed people snowboard, hit baseballs, golfballs, surf, whatever in the same stance. But I'm not sure why we prefer the stance exactly.

This is exactly me, I’m a natural southpaw, I write with my left, but I’m right hand dominant. Before I learned boxing, I would always punch with my right hand, throw a football with my right etc. so my hooks are very strong because of that. I personally feel like my left cross is weak since I’m right hand dominant. But hey, it works.

@Utxjgdadon

3 ай бұрын

Bro this is literally me 😂😂😂

It just depends on how old the person is if they young always make them train with power hand back because you will develop your other hand but if you don’t time then it’s ok!! But give them a chance to learn the right way because they can get both hands developed! Southpaws are popular because skill level is just down all around the board. So everything is working now a days

Yes and you are right teach him both because as a fighter you need to have under your belt all different types of tools

I was a left handed orthodox. I switched to southpaw as I found it easier. Now I'm a "right handed" southpaw haha. I landed more rights than my left ever since.

I have not much power with the straight left as a right handed southpaw but far better defense, and a good left uppercut and right hook combo.

This was great content

You're 100% right I've always trained that way box that way and always have success left-handed way more accurate with my job and develop power with my right hand

He can be ambidextrous.

I'm right-handed, so my boxing coach automatically had me starting off in an orthodox stance. That's how I did all my sessions, but in my own personal training, I'd try southpaw once in a while, too. When I used to play basketball, we were always taught to hit layups and close shots with our weak hand to be less predictable and double up our arsenal, so I just automatically tried the same for boxing. However, when I switched to southpaw, it just felt so much more natural to have my dominant hand out front. I finally decided to show my coach on the mitts one day, and he had to admit my front punches were way more crisp and stable. It also didn't feel like I was losing much from my rear punches either. Maybe because those rely even more on hips and core movement? Still, I like always learning new moves orthodox, because it takes me a little longer to learn it with my weak hand, so I'd rather do that with my coach in a session. In my own personal training time, I can switch back to southpaw and teach myself the same move much more quickly with my dominant hand. But going back to the basketball analogy, it's just better to have both weapons. When I spar southpaws, I always have much more luck going orthodox and staying on their outside, even if my jabs and other front punches aren't quite as crispy.

the secret is continious switch fight

I believe Marvin Hagler was right handed even though he fought southpaw. De La Hoya was left handed orthodox. Also Winky Wright was a right handed southpaw (the most one handed fighter of this bunch). None of those guys had devastating straight crosses because they had their stronger sides up front. But they were all extremely successful. I started out as a right handed southpaw, because I came from the traditional martial arts. A coach switched me to Orthodox and it took me years to adjust, and my left jab never did get anywhere close to my right. I'm not sure it was worth it even though my left hook became my best punch and I developed a solid straight right hand.

@asiansweetboy

6 ай бұрын

Are you sure about winky? Thought he was lefty naturally. Marco Antonio Barrera is a left-handed orthodox, so is Cotto.

Absolutely make since and it's real was doing it for years .before I got my left strong.

Amazing video

SHHH don't tell everyone the secret! haha miguel cotto: left handed orthodox oscar de lahoya: left handed orthodox pacquiao: right handed south paw lomachenko: right handed south paw curmel moton: left handed orthodox The list goes on! alot of dominant lead hand fighters!

Thats most karate guys.

I've been a right handed southpaw my whole life so my left pretty powerful now. Jab most important punch so it good to have a wicked jab plus being unorthodox an advantage

i agree 🙏

Im right handed. Lead foot outside wins, knockdowns galore

Andre ward is a lefty and he fights orthodox that’s why he’s jab so good he’s using his strong hand

im a right handed southpaw im practicing orthodox both my hands got power the left starting to get fluid but i never really had an issue in a fist fight im starting to thing im ambidextrious because the more i practice the left it is not hard just a little slower in everything writing baseball shooting ball

good video very interesting, i am an mma switch hitter and have found most times i box better in southpaw whether mma, muay thai, or boxing. This was a good watch i recommend it to others who have thought about this before

I always trained both stances because that’s what we do in drumming. I think switching will be the next big thing in boxing. A lot of the greats could use both stances and a lot of the best fighters today can at least attack from both stances. Stance switching is very common in every other striking sport so its just a matter of time until it is the norm in boxing. Even in the past 10 years or so I’ve seen switching go from being a big No No to more accepted by the average boxing coach.

@jasonvoorhees5640

6 ай бұрын

next big thing? lmao fighters been switching for a hundred damn years lmao

@justaddfire4418

6 ай бұрын

@@jasonvoorhees5640 no shit

@jasonvoorhees5640

6 ай бұрын

@@justaddfire4418 if you agree then why did you spew your lies and nonsense?? YDKSAB

@justaddfire4418

6 ай бұрын

@@jasonvoorhees5640 nah that’s you and you clearly can’t read.

@jasonvoorhees5640

6 ай бұрын

@@justaddfire4418 ok incel

I’m right handed but square up southpaw and it’s works knock out come from punches you don’t see so you will be fine! You’ll get a knockdown but not a knockout 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤

As a right handed south paw my self , I've had nothing but success and for me my left uppercut is deadly because I can pivot my right foot and get momentum in my left and the guy I swear took straight off up like a rocket and collapsed to the ground .

I’m more comfortable using my right hand in the southpaw stance too gonna try boxing this summer idk if my coach will make me change too orthodox

Nah Pop let him stay southpaw. What you have to teach him is the proper footwork. How to take a step back, bend at the knees, focus on his opps chin and evaluate his bad habits bc for that short moment when he gets backed in a corner and his feet are even, he is dangerous with both hands. Work on his defense and you will see him get better.

I have no boxing experience either im the exact same way right handed southpaw ive always naturally fought like that🤷‍♂️

Right hand and a rear shovel

Hey brotha, sick channel. I know this is old but I'll tell you my experience. Brand new student, just took my 2nd class in my local Filipino gym. I've never had another person teach me to fight or anything. Coach has me take the stance and I go to what felt natural, which was right handed south paw. He didn't attempt to swap my legs, just told me that I had to pay close attention because I couldn't mimic him exactly and it was on me to learn around him and the other students. First class I did that stance. Got home, watched some videos on orthodox and was shadow boxing at my house practicing. My second class I went over to Orthodox and had a better time over all. My movement felt more fluid, and my ducks and slips were clean and I felt like I understood my center of gravity while moving left to right. Would you recommend I pick a stance and stick to it, or would it be okay if I picked a dominant but practice both? I was doing some movement drills earlier today and was kinda having fun swapping stances while playing around. I don't want to start doing negative damage to my training though.

Finally finally finally I have got my answer

Agree

I wish I had a coach that understood this. Every coach keeps trying to force me to have a better left hand, but I’m right handed. I use my left hand as a set up for my right hook 🪝

There is an issue that another guy writes here. The dominant eye. I have more vision in my right eye, so I feel more secure. And my left arm was injured long ago. So I’ve turned up an orthodox southpaw by físical disadvantages. I have some abilities right handed but my main stance is southpaw..

i use this in kickboxing, it’s so effective with my 87inch reach

@mohamedliiban9806

2 ай бұрын

How tall are you ?

knowledge

Same as me, Im a converted southpaw 😊

Check his defensive reflexes and movement . If there is no difference let him stay southpaw

as an actual left handed-southpaw who is right eye dominant, im wondering what eye dominance you are. itll give u some insight into if you were always a lefty anyway and got converted or an actual ambidextrious fighter. lefties make up 10% of the population, but statistically, up until half of fighters are fighting southpaw, there will still be an advantage to doing so.

Im left handed but im more comfortable in orthodox

apparently only 10% of people are naturally left handed

I agree I do this, its easier on my body actually, that's what happens when you switch things up

Terrance Crawford

This is Pantera Hernandez I just want to say if he feels comfortable being Lefty leave them there because a fighter has to be confident

❤

Man I can see Yu not left handed I’m a ambidextrous southpaw leg me see Yu throw that left lol