Tips against southpaw

[Hipos]

I have a problem with southpaw opponent.He is agressive and traps me in ropes.He jabs me to ropes then throws strong straight left of hook.I have pretty good jab but when i start jabbing and going foward he gets me hard with left hand.Even if i try with right he goes little back,and sometimes hits with left again.He is maybe little taller,but i weight little more.

[Beavis_5000]

I have a problem with southpaw opponent.He is agressive and traps me in ropes.He jabs me to ropes then throws strong straight left of hook.I have pretty good jab but when i start jabbing and going foward he gets me hard with left hand.Even if i try with right he goes little back,and sometimes hits with left again.He is maybe little taller,but i weight little more.

Maybe try to start timing his jab with your own straight right.

And is he trapping you on the ropes because he has good footwork and speed and you just cant keep him off? Or are you running out of cardio?

Its hard to answer without actually seeing why he is hitting you with his left and why you are missing with your right. Don't forget to ask your coach.

[DetroitFast]

I have a problem with southpaw opponent.He is agressive and traps me in ropes.He jabs me to ropes then throws strong straight left of hook.I have pretty good jab but when i start jabbing and going foward he gets me hard with left hand.Even if i try with right he goes little back,and sometimes hits with left again.He is maybe little taller,but i weight little more.

One tip I will give you is to not worry about jabbing. I'm not saying stop jabbing all together, keep it popping out there focus more on controlling his jab, by catching it and countering over it. Once you control his jab you will control him. Open the palm of your left glove and catch/time his jab, then shoot a jab back.

[Hipos]

He's not trapping me in ropes,i mean he is more agressive.When we come to ropes he throws left hand and i just leave ropes.Sometimes i go little agressive and take center of the ring,but it's hard to me to get in.I hit him sometimes with my jab(which is my best weapon),but he just walks out and i miss right hand.I think right hand is best solution to beat southpaw,so i want help with hitting him with right hand.

[giorgos21]

Are you in the same level?From what you say he looks more advanced.It's not about him being southpaw.

[MomentRising]

Depends on your level of performance. But if your skills are on par with his, it's gonna be about your timing, positioning and movement. Move more towards his right side and stay on the outside of his leading foot with your leading foot. Time his jabs and counter with your right hand. Then expect to counter or dodge his left. Feel whenever you're getting closer to the ropes and pivot towards the side. And again use timing whenever you're pivoting. If your timing isn't accurate, you can be charging straight towards a punch.

So my advice really, is to work with someone on the focus mits and focus on your timing and pivoting.

[KO KOZUMA]

What momentrising said. Southpaws can be frustrating. How are you at changing your stance? I spar with a few southpaws, a couple of them pro. It always throws them off if I do a quick change to southpaw, then I switch back. Helps get me back on track if I'm having trouble.

Also, lots of feints, fake the jab often, see where he's moving, and it will help you learn what combo to follow with. Keep your head moving, and like momentrising said, work on timing and pivoting. don't let him run you around the ring.

[AfroThunder]

What momentrising said. Southpaws can be frustrating. How are you at changing your stance? I spar with a few southpaws, a couple of them pro. It always throws them off if I do a quick change to southpaw, then I switch back. Helps get me back on track if I'm having trouble.

Also, lots of feints, fake the jab often, see where he's moving, and it will help you learn what combo to follow with. Keep your head moving, and like momentrising said, work on timing and pivoting. don't let him run you around the ring.

yea but wen people do a quick change its not as effective tho.......simply well just eat your punches while u using your weaker hand

[KO KOZUMA]

yea but wen people do a quick change its not as effective tho.......simply well just eat your punches while u using your weaker hand

Yeah, unless you train both stances. I regularly work both sides and occasionally spar totally southpaw.

Even if you aren't as strong in the other stance, I think it works to break the flow of a southpaw, especially if the orthodox fighter is getting frustrated... sometimes you need to mix up the action for a minute to recoup.

[MomentRising]

Yeah, unless you train both stances. I regularly work both sides and occasionally spar totally southpaw.

Even if you aren't as strong in the other stance, I think it works to break the flow of a southpaw, especially if the orthodox fighter is getting frustrated... sometimes you need to mix up the action for a minute to recoup.

I haven't touched on being able to go on both stances. I'm actually ambidextrous so I can do southpaw as well. But 75% of the time I'm on the orthodox stance because with that I can effectively go against a southpaw, and against conventional fighters I basically destroy their hopes and dreams lol. Mostly use southpaw when one guy needs to train against a southpaw. I have to admit though, I need to polish up on the left hand stance.

I have to agree with you about mixing up the action to recoup. I normally go southpaw when I realise my opponent's left side defence sucks balls. I'd continuously throw my left hooks and right jabs and go in with my left power punch before he can even do anything, as I keep stepping back to recover some stamina (either because I'm bored or because I smoked some before hitting the gym lol)