yeah... fighter I happen to like and dropped in at fifth.
seriously though you act like I said someone completely out of left field.
Good call with Young Corbett III. He definitely makes my top 10 southpaws of all time with wins over Billy Conn, Mickey Walker, Ceferino Garcia, Gus Lesnevich, Fred Apostoli, Jackie Fields and Young Jack Thompson.
Duilio Loi was not a southpaw. At the time, in Italy thy converted every lefty in righty, just like DLH. Pure lefty were not accepted.
My mistake, don't know why I thought he was a southpaw.
Lew Tendler, Tiger Flowers, Flash Elorde, Dulio Loi, Freddie Miller deserve mentions.
Edit: Khaosai Galaxy as well.
Duilio Loi was not a southpaw. At the time, in Italy thy converted every lefty in righty, just like DLH. Pure lefty were not accepted.
Lew Tendler, Tiger Flowers, Flash Elorde, Dulio Loi, Freddie Miller deserve mentions.
Edit: Khaosai Galaxy as well.
Tiger Flowers is one of the most underrated southpaws in boxing history.
i notice nobody has said frazier yet. would you include smokin joe?
Well he was orthodox. If we start counting guys who's best hand was their left even though they didn't fight southpaw we'll be here all day.
Never really rated him that highly. Maybe because my two main memories are of him getting embarassed by Chavez and beating up an old Ray Leonard, who is one of my all time favs! :(
the lightweight version of camacho was something to behold brother.