Best Southpaw Ever?

Whitaker is the best left handed boxer ever

 

Here is an old, old forum post I have saved about Elorde's shifting technique:

'The way it was described to me was that from an orthodox stance, a fighter leads with his right, slides his right foot forward, thereby shifting fluidly to a southpaw stance then delivering a left to the body, with so much power put behind the punch coming all the way from the pivoting left foot and leg, which spring and push the body weight forward and behind the punch.

Cely Villanueva, a Filipino who won an Olympic bronze, taught the move --with slight variations-- to Gabriel Flash Elorde, who had so much success with it, the variant was sometimes referred to as the "Elorde Shift". It required great footwork. So, with age, Elorde used it less and less later in his career.

The adjustments were necessary as Elorde fought out of a southpaw stance. Elorde was actually a converted orthodox fighter and put to sleep many of his opponents with his right. He was most effective using the shift when he had his back to the ropes. He begun by slipping a punch, countered with the left, shifted stance and delivered a blow with his right. Elorde, unlike, Fitz, looked for the head, not the plexus.'

 

Interestingly, at-least 3 of the fighters mentioned here were natural right handers.

 

Pea was the best.
Camacho in his prime was something.
Michael Nunn was up there with Pea- so slick and quick. Check out his beating of Tate.
Manning Galloway could box.
Gary Hinton was a nice slick tough southpaw.
Same with another Philly boxer - Robert Hinton.
Winky had one of the best southpaw jabs of alltime.
Jessie Benevides nad some moves.
Kevin Kelly was a good southpaw but traded too much.
Boza Edwards was a tough southpaw slugger.
Dana Roston before he ran into Paz was a tidy southpaw.
I' d say Pea was tbe best but Nunn had it all and could hsve really been something if he had Peas discipline.
Speaking of slick Heorl Graham deserves mention as well as Kalue.

 

Surely Pacquiao must be accepted as the greatest. Whitaker and Hagler just after, with each holding a strong argument over Pac for best overall.

 

Hagler and sweat pea too me are the only two exeptibal choices

 

Maske too was a good southpaw who used the southpaw stance to his advantage.
Kenny Gould in the amateurs was pretty good.

 

Pea is the finest but Calzaghe wasn't too far behind. Pac probably squeaks out 2nd, tho.

 

Saldivar for me

 

In my opinion...Marvin Hagler is not a southpaw... he’s naturally right handed ...and his ability to switch hit is such a huge part of his game . It’s why he scored all those knockouts .....He didn’t switch to confuse you... He was looking for an angle to decapitate you

 

Marvin Hagler can’t the best southpaw of all time ...if he never spent an entire fight in a southpaw stance

 

I just checked. He was southpaw the whole way with Caveman Lee.

 

Hagler for me

 

Hector Camacho would be the best

 

He spent multiple.