It’s interesting to see how they did against them as there weren’t as many around, and it helps in picking how they’d do against other well known southpaws. I found this Billy Conn fight against one, how many can you find of olden day greats against southpaws? Let’s say Holmes era and earlier. This content is protected
This is definitely a bit of a wild card with some of the greats of the past. It is fair to say that some of them never learned to deal with a southpaw, because it was practical to steer clear of them. Obviously necessity is the mother of invention, and some of them would have risen to the challenge, if given no choice hut to do it.
Greb won & lost his MW title vs. Southpaws (Johnny Wilson & Tiger Flowers, respectively). Here's extended footage of Young Corbett III (vs. Jackie Fields), another of the great southpaws of yesteryear. This content is protected Southpaw Freddie Miller was thwarted in his 1st attempt to win the FW title from Battling Battalino, but later went on to be a long-reigning FW champ. This content is protected
Chuck Davey vs. a young Basilio: This content is protected Davey wins a couple of (likely fixed) fights vs. HoFers Ike Williams & Graziano: This content is protected This content is protected Davey unsuccessfully challenges Gavilan for the WW title: This content is protected
good thread. A number of guys who were left handed were told to fight right handed - Henry Cooper, Gerry Cooney and Razor Ruddock. I wonder if they would all have been better if they fought as southpaws.
