Which fighters have excelled against southpaws?

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  1. Machine

    Machine Active Member Full Member

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    I was thinking that one of Pacs biggest edges is that he's a southpaw. Most people would agree they're difficult to fight. It's hard to get your head used to puches coming from different areas. It's just awkward. Who actually seemed to do as well or better against southpaws? Off the top of my head Kostya Tszyu comes to mind.
     
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  2. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    Bernard Hopkins by far
     
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  3. Devintea

    Devintea Active Member Full Member

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    Floyd Mayweather, Roy Jones, Bernard Hopkins and Kostya Tszyu
     
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  4. unclepaulie

    unclepaulie Run like an antelope! Full Member

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    LOL, Wlad...

    EDIT--For that matter, Vitali too, LOL...
     
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  5. SugarShane_24

    SugarShane_24 ESB good-looking member Full Member

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    Ricardo Lopez stopped all the southpaw he faced.
     
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  6. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Delahoya beat a few southpaws.
     
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  7. watsinango

    watsinango Active Member Full Member

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    JMM comes immediately to my mind since he give a lot of trouble to the fastest southpaw i've known.
     
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  8. fenoc1

    fenoc1 Active Member Full Member

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    edwin valero knocked out any soutpaw he ever fought :):)
     
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  9. Mendoza

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    Wlad Klitschko. He easily beat Ibragimov, Chagaev, Byrd, and Thompson....all four were top ten ring magazine ranked guys, and in three cases alpha bet world title holders.
     
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  10. Henke67

    Henke67 One of the 45% Full Member

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    Tszyu, Hopkins and Lopez all come to mind. Three technically superb fighters who didn't seem to be bothered by southpaws at all.
     
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  11. KayEpps

    KayEpps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins was the first to come to mind - other than losing to Calzaghe - he beat every other Southpaw he's faces. And the Calzaghe fight was pretty close.
     
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  12. Vanihm

    Vanihm Active Member Full Member

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    He absolutely detested fighting southpaws. Nacho even went on to blame that for the Pac defeat.
     
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  13. matt_maxx

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    Wlad had an significant reach advantage over Chagaev, Bird and Ibragimov (who wasnt fighting anyway) which negates the advantage being an southpaw. I dont want to belittle his accomplishments but defeating southpaws which have the same reach than oneself is a completely different story. And if I remind you of the Sanders fight. Sanders caught the Klitschkos both with the standard counter punch of all southpaws the left cross over their straight right. After that it was a matter of chin.
     
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  14. evalistinho

    evalistinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hopkins.
     
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  15. link2296

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    No one dominated southpaws more resoundingly than Kostya Tzsyu. His straight right hand and his ability to put southpaws on their heels is what made him super effective.
     
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