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Best Southpaws?

STILL_DETOX623216y ago

what do u guys think? hagler,whitaker,calzaghe,pacquiao...

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STILL_DETOX6232

You forgot Tarver. Is Chad Dawson a southpaw? didnt consider them to be among the others :biggthump

16y ago

I had to go with Hagler, but Whitaker comes in a very close second.

16y ago

If I had to choose I would say Whitaker. Next to him would either be Hagler or Pacquiao.

16y ago

You forgot Tarver. Is Chad Dawson a southpaw? Yes................

16y ago

wow there have been some great lefties over the years!

16y ago

Pacquiao Whittaker Narvaez

16y ago

Pernell Whitaker...

16y ago

Whitaker, only because Hagler wasn't really a southpaw, he was able to fight both southpaw and orthodox depending on what was most effective.

16y ago

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16y ago

whitaker. been some great lefties over the years!

16y ago

it depends on what the point of this thread is, if its who best used their stance from a technique viewpoint then you would have to say that its sweet pea followed by hagler, pac and calzaghe. if it the point of the thread is who is the greatest southpaw of all time (incliding style, achievements, comp faced and comp beaten) then imo its hagler followed closely by sweet pea and then pac.

16y ago

Without a doubt in my mind it's Whitaker. De La Hoya should basically be considered southpaw. Even though his stance is officiall called orthodox, he is basically standing southpaw because he is left handed.

16y ago

.Tiger Flowers .Melio Bettina .Lou Brouillard .Vicente Saldivar .Pernell Whitaker .Marvin Hagler .Manny Pacquiao .Khaosai Galaxy .Flash Elorde .Jose Luiz Ramirez .Hector Camacho .Ronald ''Winky'' Wright .Joe Calzaghe .Antonio Tarver .Joel Casaymor .Michael Moorer .Chris Byrd .Michael Nunn .Paul Williams .Zab Judah .Cory Spinks .Tim Austin .Paulie Ayala .Stevie Johnston .Paul Spadafora .Vassiliy Jirov Not in order, but some great and good southpaw fighters on this list.

16y ago

Pacquiao's winning the poll already. Really? Over Hagler and Whitaker? Really? :lol1: yep lol, about 1/5 of this whole website is die hard pacfans lol, so whattya expect lol :rofl:

16y ago

Pacquiao's winning the poll already. Really? Over Hagler and Whitaker? Really? :lol1:

16y ago

its hagler, hands down, he could box, counterpunch, brawl, everything

16y ago

Vote Winky, just coz I like him. I also think he is the hardest to beat on that list. Honorable mention to Pacquaio and Whitaker (though I think he's slightly overrated) I havent watched that much of Hagler so I didnt even consider him

16y ago

Pacquiao, Whitaker and Bute

16y ago

Whitaker by a landslide. After that, Pac takes the #2 spot, with Hagler taking #3, Wright taking #4, and everybody else battling it out for the rest of the spots.

16y ago

Sweet Pea.

16y ago