Left-handed stance - combat stance in martial sports such as boxing , Thai boxing , kickboxing , karate , combat sambo , pankration , kudo , taekwondo , army hand-to-hand combat , mixed martial arts , etc. With a left-handed stance, the left leg is in front. The right leg is one step behind and half a step to the right. The feet are parallel, the legs are slightly bent at the knees. Body weight is evenly distributed on both legs, but the right leg is slightly more loaded. The body is slightly tilted back. The left arm, bent at the elbow, is extended in front of the body, while the elbow is lowered, the left fist is approximately at the level of the shoulder joint. The right arm, bent at the elbow, is located in front of the chest. The elbow is lowered, the right fist is on the right near the chin and turned inward. This is the most common rack in boxing, because this rack is for right-handed people . However, some left-handed boxers, such as Oscar De La Hoya and Miguel ΠΠΎΡngel Cotto , took up a left-handed stance to strengthen the front-arm punches: jabs and hooks .
Many boxing world champions such as Mike Tyson , Jack Johnson , Marco Antonio Barrera , Rocky Marciano , Ingemar Johansson , Roberto Duran , Floyd Mayweather , Mohammed Ali , Amir Khan , John Ruiz , Johnny Tapia , Larry Holmes , Vladimir Lennox Lewis , Konstantin Tszyu , Gennady Golovkin , Evander Holyfield , Joe Fraser , Karl Frampton , Sugar Ray Robinson , Roy Jones , Anthony Joshua , Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury boxed in the left-side rack.