Right Handed Southpaw Stance. Having the dominant hand forward lets you have a faster and more active lead hand. Usually the orthodox boxers are right handed and the southpaws are lefties.
The corresponding boxing designation for a right handed boxer is orthodox and is generally a mirror image of the southpaw stance. Southpaw is the normal stance for a left handed boxer. Very few boxers have fought against someone like you.
If you are a beginner don t get caught up in the notion that it feels more comfortable as a right hander using the southpaw boxing stance.
Miguel cotto is a right handed southpaw. Prince naseem hamed was also naturally right handed and while he switched stances so flamboyantly even turning himself completely square on a fair bit he was always known to fight southpaw about. The southpaw stance is a stance where the boxer has his right hand and right foot forward leading with right jabs and following with a left cross right hook. Left handed boxers are usually taught to fight in a.
