Who are your best Southpaw Counterpunchers?

Recent guys. Whitaker, Martinez, JCG, Nunn, Moreno, Payakaroon, Nazarov, Sanders, Byrd, Bute, Chagaev. Some of them are more aggressive like Nazarov, Sanders, Bute and aren't always doing it off the back foot like Nunn but they're very good counter punchers too.

Oh and Lomachenko and Usyk :good

 

Whitaker, Pianeta and Pacquiao are my top three of the past 30 years. And it's not terribly close.

 

Same could be said for Martinez, Moreno, Payakaroon due to athleticism and/or unorthodox tactics like the way Sergio leans in excessively to draw punches or how bent over and herky jerky Moreno is.

 

Winky Wright deserves a mention.

 

Hagler then! :twisted:

 

You can also use film of what righties are doing against southpaws with Tszyu being a great example. Guy ate southpaws Rodriguez, Pineda, Chaves, Sanchez, Mitchell, Judah and was awesome at stalking, controlling distance and countering while coming forward.

 

Hilario Zapata, who, when not being lazy/mashed was sublime to watch from a defensive perspective
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Samart Payakaroon was not great in boxing terms, but is as devastating a lefty as you'll find...well, he was a switch hitter but exclusively boxed southpaw. Oh, and he was one of the most reflexively gifted defensive specialists of all time. This round shows you all you need to see.
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Here are two great southpaw counter punchers fighting each other!
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Absolutely beautiful this lefty was, and his feet and upper boy movement saw him a perfect counter puncher.
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Stevie "Lil' But Bad" Johnston. Terrible nickname aside, I'd say he's one of the better choices.

 

Very good fighter. Agreed though, abysmal moniker, not nearly as bad as Mike 'Mile High' Alvarado though.

Tyrone Everett ain't a bad shout either.

 

Plenty of lefties from the Orient have shown good basic counterpunching ability amongst their attributes, though several of them didn't always fight that way exclusively and had their own individualistic traits developed in various ways and to various levels of ability eg. Ebihara, Seki, Gushiken, Watanabe, Elorde, Borkhorsor, Aoki, Penalosa, Chuvatana, Khaosai etc. Penalosa of the recent fighters is someone I might encourage a young fighter to watch in terms of fundamental, unflashy, poised countering on the back foot (if not the front). Borkhorsor-Herrera would be a good fight to show with the simple but very effective way he kept half-stepping back and to the side just out of range of Herrera's right and countering with the overhand left. As far as aggressive, front-footed textbook counterpunchers go, I don't think you can go too far wrong with someone like Gushiken.

Kenny Lane was an excellent, tricky (non-Oriental) counterpuncher. I'd might say he was a great fighter too, and very underappreciated.