Comments Thread For: Long-Reigning Lefties - Pacquiao, Hagler, Martinez, Winky, More

[BennyST]

The one issue I have with this is that you forgot one of the very greatest southpaws the sport has ever seen in Vincente Saldivar.

[Hype job]

the stat they used int eh article, is that for america or worldwide????


why is there such few left handed people????

i always found it weird. i mean you are either left or right handed? why is there such a wide chasm in terms of sheer numbers between southpaws and orthodox????


i know a lot of it has to do with teacher correcting southpaws in grade school and turning them into force righties....

scumbags....

Are you left handed?

[Peterliminator]

Pacquiao is right handed

author claims manny is naturally right handed but fights southpaw

I don't buy it.

manny has too much pop in his left

Manny confirmed he is right handed when I asked him about it at the post-fight press conference at the Alamodome in San Antonio after his fight with Barrera in 2003. Look at footage of him signing autographs, playing guitar and throwing darts with Ricky Hatton - all right handed.

[Peterliminator]

Pacquiao is in fact naturally right handed

Although his killer punch is the overhand left, Pacquiao is actually right handed. He confirmed it after the first Barrera fight in San Antonio in 2003 when I asked him about it. Look at footage of him signing autographs, playing guitar and throwing darts; he's doing it all right handed.

[soul_survivor]

Excellent read.

[SterlingStained]

Well, i know many trainers like southpaws a lot, so they put a lot of time on them teaching tactics and some more time spent on them than in the other fighters.
Also, it's confusing fight a southpaw if you have never faced one before, i have never faced a southpaw for example.
In my gym we were practicing the 1-2-left to the body, but being a southpaw myself i had to throw 1-2-1-left to the body, so that confused the guy i was sparring.

it is.

im a southpaw myself and the first time i fought a southpaw never having face one before, first real punch he threw at me was an overhand left,stunned me right off the bat....

author claims manny is naturally right handed but fights southpaw

I don't buy it.

manny has too much pop in his left

i dont buy it either....

his right hand was so horrible for the most part of his career i find it hard to believe he's a natural righty...


he should have had a much better right hand (very very deadly for a southpaw) right off the bat....

The one issue I have with this is that you forgot one of the very greatest southpaws the sport has ever seen in Vincente Saldivar.

no hamed either... didnt like the guy but he was a star.....

Are you left handed?

yes.

why?

are you?

Manny confirmed he is right handed when I asked him about it at the post-fight press conference at the Alamodome in San Antonio after his fight with Barrera in 2003. Look at footage of him signing autographs, playing guitar and throwing darts with Ricky Hatton - all right handed.

Although his killer punch is the overhand left, Pacquiao is actually right handed. He confirmed it after the first Barrera fight in San Antonio in 2003 when I asked him about it. Look at footage of him signing autographs, playing guitar and throwing darts; he's doing it all right handed.

but he shoots jumpshots with his left hand doe:






you know what, maybe he is right handed. that might be the only explanation for his ****** looking jump shot.

yes offense.

Excellent read.

it is....

sad it only got two pages...


i guess that only 8-10% of the adult population are southpaws stats is right...

nobody gave a damn about this article....


as if there's so much news in boxing going on.....

[IronDanHamza]

Reggie Johnson was one of the top southpaws of the 90's. High skilled fighter.

Jose Luis Ramirez, quality southpaw.

[SouthPawHitman]

i love this article.

damn shame this hasnt gotten more replies....


where all my fella southpaws at?!?!?!?!?!??????

What up fam?

[SterlingStained]

What up fam?

sigh...

smdh....


how you gonna be named SOUTHPAWhitman and just now post in a thread about southpaws?????





why i oughta red k you for being late......

[SterlingStained]

Reggie Johnson was one of the top southpaws of the 90's. High skilled fighter.

Jose Luis Ramirez, quality southpaw.

8-10% of adults are lefty stat, is that in america only or worldwide????

what do you attribute the wide discrepancy to the total amount of lefties vs righties????

isnt there some historical taboo culture wise in many parts of the world if you are lefthanded?