Is this the era in which you have seen the most southpaw champions at one time...???

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  1. NALLEGE

    NALLEGE Loyal Member banned

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    I'm only naming recent fighters, but there haven't been that many southpaw champions I don't believe at one time like this ever. Maybe I'm mistaken. Correct me/jog my memory if I'm wrong.

    We all know about Sweetpea, Camacho, Moorer, Khaosia Galaxy, and others. Now if you think about today's fighters, you had Cal, and at one time Casamayor...who was recently beaten because he was old, and now you have Pac, Williams, Darchinian, Winky, Juan Ma Lopez, Valero, John, Dawson, Chagaev, Calderon, Martinez, Quintana, Ponce Deleon, Penalosa, Judah, Collazo, Tarver Urango, and Mijares. All of these guys are/were at one time champions.

    If I'm missing anyone, list them. On the horizon you have Joe Greene, and Kirkland. If you can name more name them. Fighters are even starting to box southpaw to give their opponent a different look too. Wow! Can you think of a time/era when we had so many good southpaws?
     
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  2. Karapuz

    Karapuz Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    [url]http://www.boxrec.com/ratings.php?sex=m&division=Light%20Middleweight[/url]
    Only Light Middleweight is full of talanted southpaws. Other weights have mediocre amount of southpaws.
     
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  3. NALLEGE

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    Many fighters are also electing to fight southpaw at times like Floyd, Cotto, Dirrell, and others.
     
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  4. NALLEGE

    NALLEGE Loyal Member banned

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    Yeah, but I'm talking about how many champions we have had recently.
     
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  5. buckdacious

    buckdacious Sin~City punks!!! Full Member

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    never seen so many southpaws, Ortiz is gonna be another one and the ghost Gurreo
     
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  6. Jeff M

    Jeff M Future ESB HOF Full Member

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    No, there are a **** load. It could be because that in past times, a lot of natural left-handers were converted to orthodox instead. This happened in other sports as well.
     
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  7. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    Interesting point.
     
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  8. NALLEGE

    NALLEGE Loyal Member banned

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    Yes, indeed. Williams, Winky are just two to name.
     
    NALLEGE, Apr 14, 2009
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