Boxing Stances Orthodox Vs Southpaw. In boxing to be a southpaw boxer can be really beneficial. In this stance the right foot is forward and the left is back.
The right hand is the orthodox fighters back hand. Which can be really helpful to maintain the distance and to stop your opponent s attacks. To have an orthodox stance means to stand with your left foot in the front and right foot in the back.
It is widely regarded that 19th century prizefighter william bendigo thompson is credited for introducing the southpaw stance.
Defensively he will be able to move in all directions whereas the other boxer can only to one side. In a southpaw vs orthodox fight both boxers are standing in a mirrored stance and the head and body is very open to being hit by each other s strong arm from the back. The southpaw stance is when a naturally left handed boxer uses the right as the lead to jab with the strong left hand as the power weapon. Defensively he will be able to move in all directions whereas the other boxer can only to one side.
