Best southpaw pressure fighters per weight?

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  1. KeedCubano

    KeedCubano Read my posts in a Jamaican accent Full Member

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    Simple enough right?I I'llstart with the obvious onesl

    130 Manny Pacqiuao
     
  2. George forearm

    George forearm The forearm of George Full Member

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    I'd go with
    Hagler 160 calzagee 168
     
  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Strange topic tbh but it's right up my alley so I'll give it a go.

    HW - Ruslan Chagaev?
    CW - Vassily Jirov
    LHW - Marvin Johnson
    SMW - Joe Calzaghe
    MW - Bert Lytell
    JMW - Ayub Kalule?
    WW - Paul Williams
    JWW - Josh Taylor*
    LW - Jose Luis Ramirez*
    SFW - Vasyl Lomachenko*
    FW - Vicente Saldivar
    SBW - Manny Pacquiao
    BW - David Kui Kong Young?
    SFly - Jiro Watanabe
    Fly - Venice Borkhorsor*
    LFly - Giovanni Segura?

    Some of my picks, I'm unsure about. CW, LFly, JMW and any others with a little mark. Jirov was the natural pick, but someone like Lebedev was clearly the better fighter, it just comes down to what you'd classify these guys as. I went with Jirov.

    I went with Segura at 108. Something's telling me that he shouldn't be there, but I can't think of anyone I'd put above him without looking. And I hate looking. Same again at 147.

    Was David Kui Kong Young a pressure fighter?

    I could have gone with Ebihara or Wongjongkam at flyweight, but nah, Bus Stop Bork took it for me. That guy was a monster.

    Manny Pacquiao could, and if I wasn't keeping it to one guy per weight, would have, took everything from 130 to 147. 122 too.

    Heavyweight is enormously thin in this aspect. I could literally only think of one 'world-class' fighter who I would describe as a southpaw pressure fighter.