Let's discuss who in their "Prime" was the top Southpaw fighter of 00's

[Willy Waffle]

Let's be real, aside from Rigo, and Manny, there aren't many southpaws that are impressive anymore

When we look at the 00's there were alot of good southpaw fighters with skill and technique in their prime.

I know alot of people today would say Manny easy but, I tend to disagree. Whenever we look at southpaws

in general, we always get the notion that they're difficult to fight. My question is, in their "Prime", who on

their best night wasthe best,? Imagine if you were a trainer and had to come up with a gameplan for your

fighter, who do you think would bring the most problems for your fighter?



* I didn't put Juan Carlos Gomez , Vassily jirov, thought they were falling off before before mid 00's. Cory Spinks, Sharmba Mitchell, hard for me to put them up there with the other names. Didn't put Sergio either, his prime/peak was really after the 00's era.

 

[King P]

Paul Williams.

Tall as fukk with with an awkward, high output style. and some good power to go along with it. That's a nightmare to gameplan against.

Pacquiao is the best in terms of accomplishments/achievements, but I'd personally rather face Manny than P-Will

 

[H.I.M.]

Pak-yow and it ain't even close...none of those other dudes deserve to even mentioned in the same breath.

He was the most difficult matchup and the most dominant out of all those mentioned.

And Pac was more dominant @ Welterweight (his ceiling weightclass) than P-Will was in the same division...even with his physical advantages over everybody at that weight....and P-Will was basically a BIG Middleweight who starved himself down into a Welterweight frame...if he had've fought in his real weight class... who knows how good he REALLY was.

 

[H.I.M.]

Pacquiao is the best in terms of accomplishments/achievements, but I'd personally rather face Manny than P-Will

You think P-Will is more difficult to deal with from 147-160 than Pac is @ 130-140?

Even @ 147 Pac is a tougher matchup really.

 

[patscorpio]

Pak-yow and it ain't even close...none of those other dudes deserve to even mentioned in the same breath.

He was the most difficult matchup and the most dominant out of all those mentioned.

And Pac was more dominant @ Welterweight (his ceiling weightclass) than P-Will was in the same division...even with his physical advantages over everybody at that weight....and P-Will was basically a BIG Middleweight who starved himself down into a Welterweight frame...if he had've fought in his real weight class... who knows how good he REALLY was.

nah breh..everyone knew punisher was a natural welter...that dude's metabolism was legit ridiculous..not like some of these struggle ass nikkas in the division today

 

[MJ Truth]

If Zab had gotten a real trainer early in his career you're looking at this era's GOAT.

 

[TheNig]

If Zab had gotten a real trainer early in his career you're looking at this era's GOAT.

Everything with Zab was mental. Just couldn't take advantage of the big moments. Always came up small when it mattered most.

Same thing for Tarver outside of beating Roy.

Calzaghe ducked everyone worth a damn when 168 and 175 was poppin.

The best would be Manny and it's not close. 2nd would be Punisher. That reach and activity was something else at 147. No wonder Floyd ducked him .


The most talented would be Zab. Had great footwork, handspeed only second to Roy around that time. He was just mentally fragile and chinny as hell.

 

[patscorpio]

few fighters i hated watching more than ivan calderon

 

[Newzz]

Everything with Zab was mental. Just couldn't take advantage of the big moments. Always came up small when it mattered most.

Same thing for Tarver outside of beating Roy.

Calzaghe ducked everyone worth a damn when 168 and 175 was poppin.

The best would be Manny and it's not close. 2nd would be Punisher. That reach and activity was something else at 147. No wonder Floyd ducked him .


The most talented would be Zab. Had great footwork, handspeed only second to Roy around that time. He was just mentally fragile and chinny as hell.

Yep. I agree with this post word for word

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Winky wright should be at the top of the list

 

[NormanConnors]

Probally Paul or Manny

Casamayor was underrated imo. Lost a lot of ability when he got though. I almost went with him for my pick.

 

[CP3_da_OG]

Was hard to choose between Zab and Winky Wright.

I chose Zab. I remember going in to that Mayweather fight I thought he might take it. Only one with the speed/power combination to rock with him. First 4 rounds was probably the most comp Floyd had that decade.

 

[#SOG_soldier]

Manny by a landslide


Nikkas mentioning ZAB


Paul Williams

 

[Willy Waffle]

few fighters i hated watching more than ivan calderon

breh, calderon put on beautiful boxing performances. he beat damn near everyone ass at that division throughout that decade, it wasn't until he fought that big ass giant segura at the end of his career which ended his era.

Casamayor was underrated imo. Lost a lot of ability when he got though. I almost went with him for my pick.

Casaman

he was too underrated as a lefty and i don't think people realize how good he was in his prime. i had a argument with a friend about how he "could" have been undefeated going into the fight with marquez. i thought he got robbed against, popo, castillo, and the 2nd fight with chico. his style really relied off his speed and footwork. once he got older and slowed down, shyt hit the fan for him.


even though dawson had only 3 fights under floyd sr, i thought he looked his best with him. the he had speed, defense, jab, could throw combinations, had nice right hook. chad gets overlooked.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

I'm mad Chris Byrd isn't on the list