what is a southpaw boxer

A southpaw boxer is a left-handed boxer who uses a specific stance in which the right hand and right foot are forward, leading with right jabs and following with a left cross right hook. This stance is believed to give the fighter a strategic advantage because of the tactical and cognitive difficulties of coping with a fighter who moves in a mirror-reverse of the norm. While left-handed boxers are usually taught to fight in a southpaw stance, right-handed fighters can also fight in the southpaw stance for many reasons, such as tricking the opponent into a false sense of safety. The corresponding boxing designation for a right-handed boxer is the orthodox stance, which is generally a mirror-image of the southpaw stance.