southpaw
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Fighting from the left-handed southpaw stance, Magee's slashing left hands and jabs kept Hatton off balance for the majority of the opening stages.
a left-handed person, especially a boxer who leads with the right hand or a baseball pitcher.
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Hernandez, a 'southpaw' from El Salvador is perhaps the better technical boxer.
The Galway 'southpaw' , a classy boxer, matched him in every department and came out a convincing points winner.
His Sicilian opponent had never previously been stopped but one vicious uppercut unleashed from a 'southpaw' stance had him seeing stars early on.
The 'southpaw' boxer revealed that after carefully looking at his career following the defeat, he decided to hang up his gloves as he regarded it a mammoth task to relaunch his career without a steadfast promoter.
Penalosa's lack of mobility is counterbalanced by his 'southpaw' stance
He was a 'southpaw' from the Bronx who had his first professional fight in 1964.
Bendigo is credited with inventing the 'southpaw' stance in boxing.
Fighting from the left-handed 'southpaw' stance, Magee's slashing left hands and jabs kept Hatton off balance for the majority of the opening stages.
he needed three rounds to work out the Mexican 'southpaw' before taking over
In the second round, Simms switched to a 'southpaw' stance, which paid quick dividends.
For the first four rounds, he fought from an orthodox stance as much as his more familiar 'southpaw' stances.
He was taller than a lot of heavyweights and a 'southpaw' to boot.
Spinks is going to cause problems for any fighter he faces because of his 'southpaw' stance and elusive style.
The 17-year-old struggled at first against his 'southpaw' foe from Bulgaria and was a point ahead after round one.
Marvin Hagler was a great fighter who fought mainly as a 'southpaw' , but was very effective switching to fighting right handed.
He was a 'southpaw' and left handed so I couldn't hit him with good shots.
The 'southpaw' challenger then began to find his range and landed a solid straight left and right hook as Harrison soaked it up and tried to counter with a right.
Although Vabaza clearly retained his crown, Matumla never stopped trying and at times managed to land with his left hooks as he was also fighting from a 'southpaw' stance.
He was a converted 'southpaw' ; thus he favoured the left hand heavily.
They always thought I was a converted 'southpaw' , because I was left handed.
I have sparred with a bunch of different pure, elusive, fast little 'southpaws' from super middleweight all the way down to a super lightweight in preparation for this fight.
It was a rare boxing pairing of 'southpaws' and perhaps an even rarer scenario in that Judah won a 12-round split decision after fighting nine rounds with a fractured left hand.
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