Your top 10 Greatest Southpaws ever.

[JuicyJuice]

No love for Bomber??

[Azteca]

good debate between runwithknives and oldgringo. i'll just add the point that whitaker always won on his terms - not anyone else's. that right there shows his greatness.

[Southpaw16]

Marvin Hagler
Pernell Whitaker
Hector Camacho
Kassim Ouma
Winky Wright
Nassem Hamed
Joel Casamayor
Manny Pacquio
Joe Calzaghe
Tarver


This is in my order

many will disagree but it more of an opoin

You cannot have Ouma ahead of Wright on your list, and this is not a matter of opinion, Wright is just flat out better.

[Azteca]

I know Pernell is your boy and all, but many people did not appreciate his fighting style. I personally don't like it...and I think it's a bit overbearing. When someone uses the entire ring....to simply run around and escape punches....while throwing a few nifty jab combos here and there, it sucks.

I respect his fighting style, and based simply on the guys he's beat alone, but it's not the same as actually fighting them like Hagler did.

i personally disagree.

an elusive speedster, such as whitaker, ends up getting lumped in with "boxers", although i agree, whitaker's foot work, was far more stationary than most boxers (the only true consistent movement I can remmber from him was 'sumah). Nothing was traditional or classic about him. he would stand in the pocket and dip and weave to block punches. he was not much of a runner.

[JuicyJuice]

Off the top of my head Hagler, Whitaker, Nunn, Graham, Calzaghe, Hamed. That's since 1980, atleast.

[MrSmith]

I've actually seen Elorde...

Geez, If you've seen Elorde, and don't mind me askin', just how old are you? I've heard of Elorde through the Filipinos on this site and just reading up on him via boxing books. Just how was Elorde ? Did he really live up to his monicker "FLASH"?

[MrSmith]

i personally disagree.

an elusive speedster, such as whitaker, ends up getting lumped in with "boxers", although i agree, whitaker's foot work, was far more stationary than most boxers (the only true consistent movement I can remmber from him was 'sumah). Nothing was traditional or classic about him. he would stand in the pocket and dip and weave to block punches. he was not much of a runner.

Yeah that RunW/Idi*ts character has no clue as to what he's talkin' 'bout as far as "Sweet Pea" is concerned. Whitaker was not a "scrambler" in the mold of Roy Jones Jr., Sugar Ray Leonard, and Ali. Whitaker was quite unique actually, similar to what we see in James Toney.