Who are your top 5 southpaws? Current and/or past

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Loma is the greatest southpaw in the sport today but who are the other four in today`s game or who were the top 5 of all-time?
     
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  2. tee_birch

    tee_birch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pacquiao
    Whittaker
    Hagler

    Then the rest. My opinion anyway.
    Those 3 are colossals
     
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  3. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Loma
    Hagler
    Camacho
    Moorer
    Graham
     
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  4. Jackman65

    Jackman65 FJB Full Member

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    Loma
    Hagler
    Usyk
    Whitaker
    Manny
     
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  5. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    PAC
    Byrd
    Calzaghe
    Sergio Martinez
    Loma

    Immediately jump to mind from recent years..
     
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  6. RealDeal

    RealDeal Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    This just got me thinking, I wonder why there are so few heavyweight southpaws. Other than Luis Ortiz and Usyk, who are some prominent heavyweight southpaws? I know I am forgetting some guys.
     
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  7. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Whitaker
    Byrd
    Hagler (ambidextrous)
    Usyk
    Calzaghe

    Very honorable mentions to Lomachenko, and Sultan Ibragimov
     
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  8. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Whitaker
    Vicente Saldivar
    Pacquiao
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  9. Boxing Prospect

    Boxing Prospect Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Historically
    Moorer, Byrd, Sanders, Ibragimov and Chagaev, Tony Thompson

    Would assume it wad hard to get bouts for SPs in the division and they were taught to fight rightie. As Cuban style and EE/Central Asian fighters have been making a mark they've crafted more SP's.

    As for current heavyweight southpaws Charles Martin, Zhan Kossobutskiy, Otto Wallin, Bakhodir Jalolov, Zhang Zhilei ... It's not as many as I'd have guessed...
     
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  10. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Sanders.
     
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  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Graham never even won a world title though.
     
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  12. Pakkuman

    Pakkuman I'm not hot. I'm just BIG. banned Full Member

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    Pac would destroy Lomachenko. Total domination.

    :lol:
     
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  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I think there have only been three southpaw heavyweight champs, Moorer, Sanders and Bryd.
     
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  14. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Loma is more skilled and a better P4P fighter, but is more vulnerable at 135 where Manny was stronger than Loma, at lighter weights Loma would probably out-point Manny.
     
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  15. heerko koois

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    He was ahead on points against Julian Jackson though.....( just watch the first 4 rounds )
     
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