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Southpaw (サウスポー, Sausupō) is a boxing style that is generally a mirror-image of the stance of the orthodox style, with the right hand out while the left guards.

Southpaws can give right-handed boxers trouble as they jab with their right, making them come from unexpected angles. When right-handed boxers that use the orthodox stance switch to the southpaw stance, they are unable to adapt and their regular techniques feel unnatural.[1].

Akira Shigeta, a natural right-handed boxer, trained exclusively as a southpaw to gain an advantage over orthodox boxers, and his right jabs effectively have the strength of a straight. Keith Dragon, a natural left-handed boxer, uses the orthodox stance, which makes his lefts have incredible timing and angles to set up his right.<[2] Since In-fighters use whatever leg is easiest to land a punch with, they unknowingly switch between orthodox and southpaw while throwing combinations, making it possible for them to learn the southpaw stance.[3]

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