Name some southpaws more skilled than Michael Nunn

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  1. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hagler, Whitaker, Lomachenko, maybe Usyk, and Hector Camacho ? Manny Pacquiao is debatable
     
  2. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    All good mentions. For me, I’d top the list with Sweet Pea.

    I’ve never seen Tiger Flowers (does any exist) but he was very good, obviously.
     
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  3. Terror

    Terror free smoke Full Member

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    Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson
     
  4. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Hilario Zapata
    Vicente Saldivar
    Gerry Penalosa
    Guillermo Rigondeaux
    Terence Crawford
     
  5. Flo_Raiden

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    Khaosai Galaxy, Bazooka Limon, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Edwin Valero, Takashi Miura, Vic Darchinyan, James Kirkland and Frank Fletcher were far more skilled than that caveman Michael Nunn.
     
  6. Flo_Raiden

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    On a serious note the only other southpaws I can think of that are as skilled or slightly more who haven't been mentioned yet are guys like Flash Elorde, Joe Calzaghe, Winky Wright, Ivan Calderon, Joel Casamayor, Jiro Watanabe, Hiroyuki Ebihara, Shakur Stevenson.
     
  7. Greg Price99

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    The 5ft 5ins natural WW Young Corbett III must have been pretty skilled to beat ATGs Mickey Walker and Jackie Fields, as well the much bigger ATG Billy Conn and borderline ATGs Gus Lesnevich and Fred Apostoli.
     
  8. THE BLADE 2

    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    LOL way too many names thrown around here.I agree wih Hagler, Bud, Whitaker and Usyk. The rest is very much up for debate.
     
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  9. BCS8

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    Lomachenko obviously
     
  10. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Calzaghe wasn’t as skilled.
     
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  11. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    To name a few others : Khaosai and Khaokor Galaxy, Ratanapol Sor Vorapin, Jean-Baptiste Mendy, Yober Ortega, Yukonori Oguni (really inconsistent though), Toshiaki Nishioka, Juergen Braehmer, Salim Medjkoune, Ginjiro Shigeoka, Daniel Ponce De Leon, Cristian Mijares, Hilario Zapata.