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Any luck finding paid sparring gigs? Experiencing the Southpaw curse? In other words: "Nah we don't want no Southpaw." It's both a curse and a blessing because either no one wants it, or everyone bickers over it if more than one person is Fighting a Southpaw.
 
an occasional one here or there, until i eventually ran out of money and couldn't renew my membership. nobody's talked about actually paying though. they sort of tested me out with this Russian guy with a ton of experience in the amateurs. found out i'm a bleeder, and sprayed all over their ring and their boxer. it was great.

what sucks about my case is that apparently there are quite a few southpaws in my area who are approximately my size (and even ethnicity), who have way more experience. so it kind of increases the supply for the possible demand. it feels like auditioning for a porn scene with Jenna Haze.

as of now i'm working on running 60 minutes for distance. much more cheaper than a boxing gym, and will probably help lower my goddamn 70 (formerly 80) bpm resting heart rate.
 
Gotcha. That sort of sucks about the more experienced guys being around, but one thing is that your conditioning might play a better part. A lot of guys are good, but can't go rounds or put in the long work. That's why horses like Jesse Feliciano, Jimmy Strohl, Ishe Smith, Lonnie Smith, and my boy Diego when he was still at it continuously got offers, because they can go as many rounds as needed and are made out of iron. Often out-classed skill-wise, but often make their more skillful opponents work twice as hard as they're used to.

Hmm, a bleeder eh? I'll shoot you a PM about that. I do cut work on the side and recently fixed a bleeder at Tocco's. Kid hits the fuckin' heavybag and his nose starts to spew. You get that under control, utilize your conditioning, and it should make for better opportunities.

What sucks for me is I go through bouts of being either in too high demand, or too low. It's either "WE NEED YOUR MAN NOW!"...or "NAH WE DON'T WANT NO DAMN SOUTHPAW."
 
i actually tried switching stances, but after a year it still felt pretty awkward.
 
Yeah. Last time I boxed Orthodox was to help out a buddy who had an Amateur Fight coming up and no one wanted to work with him because he's one of those tanks who walks forward, has a chin of titanium, and never stops throwing. I agree to switch stances and put in the work (because I'm stupid like that), turned out to be really fun because we just sort of bombed each other for 4 rounds for 3 days. I get hit a ton in the opposite stance, punch fine, just get hit tenfold more.
 
exactly. my footwork consists almost entirely of 'forward' and 'back.' i just walk in and throw a lot of uppercuts.
 
Yeah, that's one of the reasons I don't encourage people to try and fight from both stances, footwork will suffer. Whatever side you can move laterally with the best, stick with that. Otherwise you're a sitting duck.
 
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