Who was the best southpaw box/puncher of all-time?

He beat Holy. That's good enough for me and many here.

 

Or maybe the Foreman that faced Holyfield was superior to the one that faced Morrison and Moorer.

 

Stevie Johnston

 

Jiro Watanabe deserves mention. One of the best southpaws ever H2H IMO.

 

He was also only heavyweight Champion.

 

He very well might have been. Certainly that George was a big step up from the 80s version.

I think George underestimated Morrison in light of the Mercer fight, and I can't entirely blame him for that.

However, that Morrison loss was quite the bummer for his fans (though not quite as much as the Qawi, Stewart, and Schulz fights).

 

That's a shame because he was a beast at 175. But I believe he doesn't get noticed there because of a lack of big names on his 175 resume.

 

Some great choices here Lads

 

Pac, Marv and Saldivar are all in the same bracket, much of a muchness really. I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Flash tbh. He was lazy and inconsistent but h2h at his best around feather he's a giant imo. I think he's probably only in the next bracket down in terms of greatness too.

Watanabe, Ebihara and Gushiken I rate highly h2h, Khaokor and Borkhorsor too. Khaosai a bit less so. Kenny Lane is badly underrated today, he was some fighter and very unlucky. Payakaroon for a short time was one of the most brilliant talents I've ever seen. If he'd converted earlier and maintained his discipline and drive it's frightening to think how good he could've been.

 

It's interesting that I've been asked that three times since first mentioning it. All respect, but maybe folks might want to watch that fight again? Foreman looked BAD taking all those unnecessary punches. Real bad. Even the ko was really just Qawi giving up, in no way was it the most consummate win Foreman ever had.

Qawi, a blown-up light-heavy (when it comes down to it), didn't have style a completely dissimilar to Mike's (though of course Mike was ten times the fighter). Imagine George doing against Mike as he did in that fight, letting his hands fall low again and again, taking unnecessary shot after shot...and, really, not looking even as good as he did against Cooper (later).

It was a poor performance, and Mike would have been all over him.

I realize my logic might seem skewed, but that's jut how I see it. The Foreman who beat Moorer was a marked improvement from his 80s comeback beginnings.

Of course, that's not taking into account the possibility that George underestimated the former light-heavy...he wouldn't have done that against Mike. No way.

 

Bump.

My nominee goes to either Pacquiao, his refined aggression between the Morales rematch and the Cotto fight was amazing, excellent movement, lineally and laterally, very good offensive footwork, good head-movement, crazy physical specimen, good lead, great rear hand, awesome combos and counters. He was an excellent offensive fighter in his prime.

I would also like to drop Usyk in the mix, not because he's an aggressive southpaw or anything, but because he is an amazing boxer-puncher, which is what the title reads.

Oh and an HM to Marvin Johnson, coz why not.

 

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