Boxing Training: Boxing a Southpaw
Boxing Training: Boxing a Southpaw
It is generally agreed that a southpaw has a distinct advantage in a three-round amateur bout. The reason is simple. A southpaw is accustomed to boxing a right-hander, whereas most right-handers are unfamiliar with southpaw tactics.
Normally southpaws are strictly left-handed punchers, and use their right hand merely to offset the right-hander’s extended left hand. It is for this reason that, when we get a southpaw on our squad, we immediately teach him how to deliver a right jab and a right hook. The right hook is very effective as an offensive punch; also as a counter-punch thrown immediately after a short hop-back. A southpaw who uses his right hand efficiently along with his normally effective left hand is hard to beat.
To read more, go to the Boxing Southpaw website by clicking on this link.
