Who was the best southpaw box/puncher of all-time?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Which southpaw combined these two elements best? For me it`s Hagler, he had so much to his game, was there any southpaw that could be put above him on this score?
     
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    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  3. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Manny Pac? Lew Tendler? Marvin's probably as good as anyone.
     
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  4. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Marvin Hagler, Manny Pacquiao, and Vicente Saldivar. I guess you can add Mark Too Sharp Johnson as far as southpaw boxer / puncher goes.
     
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  5. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Can't really say who was the best but Hagler, Manny and probably Lomo when all is said and done with his career. Sweet Pea was hands down the best pure boxer but he was not the puncher that Hagler or Manny were.
     
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  6. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Beat me to it. Definitely watch Saldivar @mark ant
     
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  7. thanosone

    thanosone Love Your Brother Man Full Member

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    Hagler. Saldivar always looks ahead of his time in all the videos you guys post of him.
     
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  8. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Watch his bouts with Winstone.

    Also, if Saldivar was ahead of his time then Jofre came in a time machine.
     
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  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Loma is awesome I just don`t consider him a puncher as much as Hagler was in his weight clas even though he can put more juice in some of his shots he often throws pitty pat shots so`s to increase the speed of his punches and draw fighters out, amazing fighter, says he wants to retire after becoming the undisputed champ though.
     
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  10. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I seen this tribute before, and a while ago I posted Saldivar on a thread on a list of the ring magazine`s greatest fighters of the last 50 years, 1996 edition Saldivar came in at No.50 with a record of 38-3 (27), Hagler was the highest rated southpaw in the list at No.20 with a record of 62-3-2 (52) making him a genuine box/puncher.
     
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  11. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Michael Moorer was a vicious puncher especially at light heavyweight and was an underrated boxer at heavyweight.
     
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  12. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Marvin Hagler. No one else is close. Pac , a distant 2nd.
     
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  13. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    My vote goes to Galaxy for this.
     
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  14. DJN16

    DJN16 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You beat me to it, Moorer was regarded as as fantastic light heavy which often goes unnoticed
     
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  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He didn`t have much skill as a light heavy though.
     
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