Who is the better southpaw?

[JAB5239]

Who was/is the more awkward, effective and better southpaw, Naseem Hamed or Sergio Martinez?

[talip bin osman]

hey jab... so what do u mean? better as in legacy / body of work

or the way they are in the ring?

[Doctor_Tenma]

Awkward Hamed, better more effective I'd say Martinez.

[JAB5239]

hey jab... so what do u mean? better as in legacy / body of work

or the way they are in the ring?

How they are in the ring.

[dan_cov]

Most awkward I would say Naz though I don't think the highlight reel of Sergio shows just how awkward he can be with that jackhammer jab & his movement.

Most effective - Sergio.

[Pretty Boy32]

Hamed I think, Sergio gets hit much more then Naz did.

Naz packed ridiculous power in both hands, he could knock a man out from any angle with any punch.

Emmanuel Steward claimed Naz hit harder then Lennox Lewis.

[SplitSecond]

Most awkward I would say Naz though I don't think the highlight reel of Sergio shows just how awkward he can be with that jackhammer jab & his movement.

Most effective - Sergio.

word, it's like he has two dominant hands, probabley abidextrous

[JAB5239]

Hamed I think, Sergio gets hit much more then Naz did.

Naz packed ridiculous power in both hands, he could knock a man out from any angle with any punch.

Emmanuel Steward claimed Naz hit harder then Lennox Lewis.

I don't think Steward said Naz hit harder than Lennox, but I seem to recall him saying he was the hardest p4p puncher he'd ever worked with.

[dan_cov]

word, it's like he has two dominant hands, probabley abidextrous

Some guy told me he broke his left wrist whilst playing football & learned to fight as a southpaw.

But yh his jab is a rocket & the way he brings it up from knee-height is a thing of beauty.
I think it was at the end of round 8 vs Macklin when he stepped it up, damn he absolutely tortured him with the jab.

[talip bin osman]

How they are in the ring.

being awkward gotta go with the prince... the guy was more elusive, slipping punches and have been a combination punching machine (specially when he was still with ingle...)

sometimes you have this impression that he relies mostly on instincts as a fighter... not to say he aint a thinking fighter but still...

naseem's name isnt really a thing you associate with "fundamentals skills..." like whitaker and pacquiao, these guys are awkward as hell... any trainer can teach fundamentals and all but fighting like them just cant be taught IMO...