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I talk about this all the time on here. I just think that its much easier for a Southpaw to have success in boxing. You either cant see there punches coming or you can see them, play your D perfect like you do against righties and you still get hit clean. The punch hurts way more that way also and most of the time you get hit square in the nose. I also think it makes you much harder to hit. Ive even heard Calzaghe say that being a Southpaw gives guys hell.
Sweet Pea is one of my favorite boxers ever and would be great either way but I dont think he wins all those tought bouts or atleast not as easy if he wasnt a Southpaw. It made him 10x harder to hit and chase down. Guys fight totally different against Southpaws. Most of the time they are so scared and show them so much respect because its like your staring dead at there left hand and if you make any mistake then your finished. Thats why Floyd never overcommited against Zab. Thats why Chop is the only guy to really rock Floyd. Pac Man is a very good fighter and a monsted but dont tell me that he would still be that dominant if he was an orthodox fighter. He's much too raw to dominate guys like that. No way he probably even beats JMM if he's a righty.
Look at Tarver-RJ and the KO. Tarver swung and RJ does what he's done in every fight in his career. Dont give me that garbage about reflexes. RJ knew Tarver was swinging, he stepped back and put his right hand on the side of his jaw just like he does in every fight and just like your supposed to. He wouldve never got hit if that was a righty but not only does Tarver land but he lands flush on RJ's nose. Those are the shots that kill you and only a lefty can do that. The 1st Pac-MAB fight was the exact same way. MAB was kind of like Hopkins. He's one of the few guys who have always done well against Southpaws. Right before his KD Pac threw the same straight left and MAB stepped to the side and put his hand up. A few seconds later the exact same thing happends but Pac catches him square in the nose and you could tell he was really hurt. It hurts you bad. Any other time if MAB had stepped to the side then he's out of range but youre basically never out of range against a Southpaw. Foreman use to say it all the time.
Its also no coincedence when a Southpaw shocks another Southpaw. Spinks was killing cats but I told everyone that Zab would give him trouble because Spinks normal moves wont work against Zab because he too is a slick Southpaw with speed. You could see it in both fights. That **** Spinks kills cats with never really worked against Zab and Zab was the 1st guy to ever hit Spinks clean and Knocked him out. Thats why I told people that Zab could give Williams hell. I actually believe that Williams may be able to beat a guy like Margarito & Cotto nearly every time but would have hell against Zab & Quintana because there southpaw style will throw him off just like his **** throws everyone else off and thats why Quintana owned him in that 1st fight. I think Williams would be pretty average if he was a righty. No way he would give Margarito any problems then. Then on the same night a couple weeks ago there were 2 huge fights. Lefty against Lefty. Both end in shocking 1st round KO's. Why? Because of blind punches again. Quintana walks straight into a left hand square in his nose and Ponce walks straight into a blind right that he never saw coming.
On the Iron Ring finale a lefty was fighting a cat that you could tell was way better then him and the other cat still won but it was much harder then it shouldve been only because this guy was a lefty which made the other guy so nervous about rushing in. Look at Wlad vs Sanders. Would anyone be shocked to see Wlad kill every HW and still get KO again by a old Sanders. Wlad was so shook in that fight he didnt know what to do. He knew Sanders was throwing the left and just couldnt see it or he could see it clearly and still couldnt stop it. It was sad. It got so bad that at the end, Wlad was pushing both hands out like a girl to try to block Sanders punch when he was ****ing his hand back. Thats why I say that if 2 guys are even then the righty should be ranked higher because it is just much easier for a lefty in this sport. Guys like Floyd, RJ, Hopkins, and so on wouldve been unbeatable if they were Southpaws while some of these other guys like Pac, Calzaghe, and Sweet Pea still wouldve been good but not as great if they were an orthoxdox fighter. Floyd wouldve been so deadly with his accurate punchers as a lefty. Imagine Sugar Shane as a Southpaw in his prime? Deadly. Kosta Tsyzu? It wouldve been murder every fight.
I talk about this all the time on here. I just think that its much easier for a Southpaw to have success in boxing. You either cant see there punches coming or you can see them, play your D perfect like you do against righties and you still get hit clean. The punch hurts way more that way also and most of the time you get hit square in the nose. I also think it makes you much harder to hit. Ive even heard Calzaghe say that being a Southpaw gives guys hell.
Sweet Pea is one of my favorite boxers ever and would be great either way but I dont think he wins all those tought bouts or atleast not as easy if he wasnt a Southpaw. It made him 10x harder to hit and chase down. Guys fight totally different against Southpaws. Most of the time they are so scared and show them so much respect because its like your staring dead at there left hand and if you make any mistake then your finished. Thats why Floyd never overcommited against Zab. Thats why Chop is the only guy to really rock Floyd. Pac Man is a very good fighter and a monsted but dont tell me that he would still be that dominant if he was an orthodox fighter. He's much too raw to dominate guys like that. No way he probably even beats JMM if he's a righty.
Look at Tarver-RJ and the KO. Tarver swung and RJ does what he's done in every fight in his career. Dont give me that garbage about reflexes. RJ knew Tarver was swinging, he stepped back and put his right hand on the side of his jaw just like he does in every fight and just like your supposed to. He wouldve never got hit if that was a righty but not only does Tarver land but he lands flush on RJ's nose. Those are the shots that kill you and only a lefty can do that. The 1st Pac-MAB fight was the exact same way. MAB was kind of like Hopkins. He's one of the few guys who have always done well against Southpaws. Right before his KD Pac threw the same straight left and MAB stepped to the side and put his hand up. A few seconds later the exact same thing happends but Pac catches him square in the nose and you could tell he was really hurt. It hurts you bad. Any other time if MAB had stepped to the side then he's out of range but youre basically never out of range against a Southpaw. Foreman use to say it all the time.
Its also no coincedence when a Southpaw shocks another Southpaw. Spinks was killing cats but I told everyone that Zab would give him trouble because Spinks normal moves wont work against Zab because he too is a slick Southpaw with speed. You could see it in both fights. That **** Spinks kills cats with never really worked against Zab and Zab was the 1st guy to ever hit Spinks clean and Knocked him out. Thats why I told people that Zab could give Williams hell. I actually believe that Williams may be able to beat a guy like Margarito & Cotto nearly every time but would have hell against Zab & Quintana because there southpaw style will throw him off just like his **** throws everyone else off and thats why Quintana owned him in that 1st fight. I think Williams would be pretty average if he was a righty. No way he would give Margarito any problems then. Then on the same night a couple weeks ago there were 2 huge fights. Lefty against Lefty. Both end in shocking 1st round KO's. Why? Because of blind punches again. Quintana walks straight into a left hand square in his nose and Ponce walks straight into a blind right that he never saw coming.
On the Iron Ring finale a lefty was fighting a cat that you could tell was way better then him and the other cat still won but it was much harder then it shouldve been only because this guy was a lefty which made the other guy so nervous about rushing in. Look at Wlad vs Sanders. Would anyone be shocked to see Wlad kill every HW and still get KO again by a old Sanders. Wlad was so shook in that fight he didnt know what to do. He knew Sanders was throwing the left and just couldnt see it or he could see it clearly and still couldnt stop it. It was sad. It got so bad that at the end, Wlad was pushing both hands out like a girl to try to block Sanders punch when he was ****ing his hand back. Thats why I say that if 2 guys are even then the righty should be ranked higher because it is just much easier for a lefty in this sport. Guys like Floyd, RJ, Hopkins, and so on wouldve been unbeatable if they were Southpaws while some of these other guys like Pac, Calzaghe, and Sweet Pea still wouldve been good but not as great if they were an orthoxdox fighter. Floyd wouldve been so deadly with his accurate punchers as a lefty. Imagine Sugar Shane as a Southpaw in his prime? Deadly. Kosta Tsyzu? It wouldve been murder every fight.
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