20 Greatest Southpaws of All-Time (SURVEY) FINISHED AND UPLOADED!

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  1. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    Dont give up.
     
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  2. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1. Tiger Flowers (cause he needs more love)
    2. Manny Pacquaio
    3. Pernell Whitaker
    4. Marvin Hagler
    5. Vincente Salvador
    6. Joe Calzaghe
    7. Hector Camacho
    8. Olexander Uysk (might be a little over excited putting him this high but he won me money recently)
    9. Khaosai Galaxy
    10. Vassily Lomachenko
    11. Michael Nunn
    12. Young Corbett III
    13. Michael Moorer
    14. Winky Wright
    15. Cornelius Boza Edwards

    Not my best list wanted to include Wanatabe, Bazooka Limon, Miller, Martinez and Flash Elorde but some had to miss out.
     
    Minotauro, Jan 16, 2022
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  3. HDmexiqtioner

    HDmexiqtioner Member Full Member

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    Thank you @Minotauro for the list.
    A great turnout thus far and already have some great names added to the survey.

    Looks like little a month until the survey is complete, I may extend it, but I am not sure.

    Keep it up everyone!
     
    HDmexiqtioner, Jan 18, 2022
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  4. HDmexiqtioner

    HDmexiqtioner Member Full Member

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    BUMP. 1 MONTH REMAINING FOR SURVEY. The more responses the better the results. Thank you to everyone who has participated thus far. I am excited to see where this goes from here, it is looking very interesting to say the least.

    But yeah, keep it up, submit your picks, help present a great list of Southpaws for people to get to know. Southpaws are rare and convey a special style that is often difficult to compete against. So who are the greatest southpaw enigmas?

    Also for any help I will include all the mentioned boxers thus far mentioned by those who submitted a survey in addition to me requoting another list I pulled up at the beginning in an unranked manner. Hope this helps.

    Have a good weekend fight fans.



    PRINCE NASEEM HAMAD

    OLEXANDR UZYK

    VASYL LOMACHENKO

    KHAOSAI GALAXY

    MARVIN HAGLER

    HECTOR CAMACHO

    EDWIN VALERO

    MICHAEL MOORER

    JOE CALZAGHE

    SERGIO MARTINEZ

    CORNELIUS BOZA-EDWARDS

    YOUNG CORBETT III

    CHRIS BYRD

    TIGER FLOWERS

    LEW TENDLER

    WINKY WRIGHT

    ORZUBEK NAZAROV

    AYUBE KALUE

    REGGIE JOHNSON


    PERNELL WHITAKER


    VICENTE SALDIVAR


    MICHAEL NUNN
    STEVIE JOHNSON

    BAZOOKA LIMON

    GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX

    TERRENCE CRAWFORD

    ERROL SPENCE JR

    ADONIS STEVENSON

    FREDDIE MILLER

    FLASH ELORDE

    LOU BROUILLARD

    JIRO WANTANABE

    HIROUKI EBIHARA

    FRANK FLETCHER


    MANNY PACQUIAO


    DANIEL ZARAGOZA

    SHOJI OGUMA

    JOSE LUIS RAMIREZ





     
    HDmexiqtioner, Jan 22, 2022
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  5. Eddie Ezzard

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    There was a Russian heavyweight in the mid 90s, Alexander Zolkin, who was a southpaw. He was 6'5" tall - back in the days before that was considered short for a heavyweight - and cagey. He had had an operation to remove his charisma - which appeared to be very successful - and he brought little to the table in terms of selling the fight. Truly the #1 all time 'Who needs him?' High(ish) risk to no reward.

    Luckily for Alexander, our 'Enery saw potential in a match up and signed to fight him. Unfortunately for everyone else, the 'Enery in question was Akinwande and the fight between the two octopuses was a bore and a half. Although I think it had the distinction at the time of being the fight with the largest combined height of the two combatants, an honour it held until Nikolay Valuev fought, well, anyone.

    You'd feel bad for the fans who attended the event. The card featured an expected slaughter between champion Mike Tyson and huge underdog Evander Holyfield so they'd been relying on Akinwande-Zolkin for a reasonably competitive bout before the massacre.

    In point of fact, they got that in the next of the three heavyweight fights that night - Michael Moorer v Frans Botha. And so, the card also had the distinction of being the first to ever feature two southpaws in heavyweight title fights.

    Not exactly a list @HDmexiqtioner but a bit of southpaw trivia to keep the thread near the top of page 1, ahead of the umpteen dream Thai match ups (did someone say dream Thai match ups? No wonder we haven't seen much of Morlocks or McVey lately) and the latest Twin Peaks offering of @cross_trainer (no offence, cross. I like your leftfield style).
     
    Eddie Ezzard, Jan 22, 2022
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  6. HDmexiqtioner

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    Bump for other people to submit their lists.
     
    HDmexiqtioner, Jan 28, 2022
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  7. HDmexiqtioner

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    Hello fight fans, it's ya boy. Sorry for being AFK for as long as I have been, just been on a tech break for a wee bit, but the boxing game continues!

    Thank you to those of you who submitted your rankings for your greatest Southpaw boxers. Respect to yall. :)

    The survey is still open to yall who are interested. I am very excited to be refreshed and research these great power left handers. The more participants entered, the "truer" the ranking feels in my belief.



    PS: Just curious for my own sake, (since I can't really find a good source showing me so) I know Michael Moorer was the first Heavyweight Southpaw Champion, but what about the other weight divisions? Does that factor in your process?
     
    HDmexiqtioner, Feb 8, 2022
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  8. HDmexiqtioner

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    Hello survey friends. Just figure I would give yall the update on the Survey. Things are going great. Just been getting into research once again about some of these great southpaws and I appreciate the participation that yall have contributed thus far. Should be a fun result for this survey. Also for those interested... I am EXTENDING THE SURVEY TO MARCH 5TH 2022! Just to help get more eyes on this and help ease researching.

    And then, here is an update video for the channel which will have the survey results. Follow for more. Or just other random content about boxing, MMA, or random cool things that I think are interesting.
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    HDmexiqtioner, Feb 9, 2022
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  9. Mike Cannon

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    Good shout on Charnley, should have been world champ. stay safe.
     
    Mike Cannon, Feb 9, 2022
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  10. HDmexiqtioner

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    I don't think Pongsaklek Wonjongkam has been mentioned yet.

    If he has, my bad, but I'll throw out the name for some highlight.

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    HDmexiqtioner, Feb 15, 2022
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  11. Kell Macabe

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    1.Pernell Whitaker
    2.Marvin Haggler
    3.Manny pacquiao
    4.Joe Calzaghe
    5.Vincent Salvador
    6.Oleksander Usyk
    7.Vasly Lomachenko
    8.Tiger Flowers
    9.Michael Nun
    10.Winky Wright
    11.Naseem Hamed
    12.Young Corbett III
    13.Hector Camacho
    14.Chris Byrd
    15.Michael Moorer
     
    Kell Macabe, Feb 15, 2022
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  12. HDmexiqtioner

    HDmexiqtioner Member Full Member

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    Excellent. Thank you for your submission, I will log and account it into the survey.
     
    HDmexiqtioner, Feb 16, 2022
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  13. Kell Macabe

    Kell Macabe I don’t know s*** about boxing Full Member

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    No problem mate keep up the good work
     
    Kell Macabe, Feb 16, 2022
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  14. Saintpat

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    1. Pernell Whitaker
    2. Marvin Haggler
    3. Manny pacquiao
    4. Tiger Flowers
    5. Vincent Salvador
    6. Joe Calzaghe
    7. Michael Nun
    8. Hector Camacho
    9. Lew Tendler
    10. Winky Wright
    11. Jose Luis Ramirez
    12. Freddie Miller
    13. Naseem Hamed
    14. Flash Elorde
    15. Daniel Zaragoza
     
    Saintpat, Feb 16, 2022
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  15. Mark Dunham

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    Hagler first

    Camacho is probably second

    below that you can group the whitakers, and the Calzaghes of the world. Order does not matter in that case.
     
    Mark Dunham, Feb 16, 2022
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