Talking Southpaws

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  1. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. Full Member

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    The first southpaw champions:

    Heavyweight: Michael Moorer

    Cruiserweight: Marvin Camel

    Light heavyweight: George Nichols

    Super Middleweight: Graciano Roccigiani

    Middleweight: Al McCoy

    Jr. Middleweight: Maurice Hope

    Welterweight: Young Corbett III

    Jr. Welterweight: Sandro Lopopolo

    Lightweight: Juan Zurita

    Jr. Lightweight: Flash Elorde

    Featherweight: Freddie Miller

    Jr. Featherweight: Sergio Palma

    Bantamweight: Jimmy Carruthers

    Jr. Bantamweight: Jiro Watanabe

    Flyweight: Hiroyuki Eibihara

    Jr. Flyweight: Yoko Gushiken

    Strawweight: Ratanapol Sowvoraphin


    Not a great list of champions from top to bottom, but it's a unique one. These days Southpaws are more common.

    Modern great southpaws include Clazaghe, P. Whitaker, W. Wright, Hagler, and Pacquaio. In my opinion a southpaw with good defensive skills can take away the jab and hook of an orthodox fighter who's not familiar with them.
     
  2. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Don't be silly. They're mindless creatures, virtually inanimate objects. Southpaws can't talk ...any more than can, say, chinchillas.
     
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    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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  4. doug.ie

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    Young Corbett III was alright.
     
  5. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    How common were southpaws in the bare knuckle era? (if they even were extant, period)
     
  6. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    and flash eldore.

    and jimmy crutthers.


    theres some good names there
     
  7. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    they even put a statue up of Yoko Gushiken....(best hair in boxing history too)
     
  8. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    its dawned on me that carutthers wasnt just first southpaw at his weight (as is pointed out)...also the only one, far as i know, to win a world title fight barefoot in the modern era.