The only thing worse than lefties are the two of them. Watch them fight for space, step on each other’s toes, and try angles and punches they would normally ignore. Watch them overthink. Watch them forget to throw things away. Looking at the people beside the ring, they started to yawn.
Mickey, at Rocky IIsaid they should be outlawed, lefties. They were too embarrassing, too unusual, too troublesome for a relatively straight-laced man like his man Rocky Balboa. Most of the time, Rocky, like any boxer, spends most of his time sparring with other orthodox boxers simply because there are more of them than southpaws, which makes every time a southpaw boxer stands in the ring, he It’s easy to be surprised what fight night gets from him. Suddenly everything comes back to the front; a right is a left; a jab is a cross. Suddenly, he had to rethink the moves and punches he would instinctively make when he was in the ring with someone his size.
If you think this is bad, though, try watching two southpaws in the ring. To fans, this is as irritating as fighting as a legit boxer feels, and is often something people endure rather than enjoy. In fact, it’s rare that we see a thrilling fight between several southpaws, especially if the southpaw in question is a southpaw with a tendency to box and move. In this case, a fight between two people is usually a boring spectacle, like what you might see in a sport that encourages two people to beat each other until one of them is unconscious.
Then again, saying they’re all bad is not only a sweeping generalization, it’s unfair. After all, there have been many memorable, even thrilling, fights between southpaws over the years. For example, in 1997, Naseem “The Prince” Hamed and Kevin Kelley had a fantastic four-round fight that resulted in a total of six knockouts, three each. , and finally Hamid scored a dramatic KO.
Long before that, there were other epic matches like Cornelius Boza Edwards vs. Rafael Limon in 1981, which featured such action-packed So stunning that the stances of both fighters became largely irrelevant. Right-handed or left-handed, both left-handed, it really doesn’t matter in the end. Together they become a blur.
The next decade brought us John David Jackson vs. Reggie Johnson in a 1993 middleweight bout, and even the likes of A notoriously elusive lefty like Pernell Whitaker isn’t averse to putting himself in harm’s way when facing another lefty. Against Jose Luis Ramirez and Julio Cesar Vazquez, he took advantage of opportunities, stayed in the pocket, and both games were the better for it.
There have been two memorable fights recently between Sergio Martinez and Paul Williams, the second of which, in 2010, was the most controversial in boxing history. It ended with a brutal one-punch knockout. We also witnessed several high-profile matches between Zab Judah and Corey Spinks in 2004 and 2005, with Spinks winning the first fight by decision and then Judah winning the rematch. Revenge via ninth-round stoppage. That same year, Spinks defeated Judah (2004) heavyweight contender Michael Moorer, a fading former world champion, with a ninth-round comeback victory over Vasiliy Jirov. ), proving that strength is the last thing.
Meanwhile, in 2014, Vasiliy Lomachenko defeated Gary Russell Jnr in his third professional fight, also a featherweight southpaw clash. Great fight. Five years later, Josh Taylor and Regis Prograis, two attack-loving southpaws, put on a pretty good show at London’s O2 Arena.
Regardless, these are just a few examples of how lefties get along. There are others, and if the lightweight division hopes to claim a true No. 1, there may be a good one coming soon. To do that, the top two in the division, Jai Opetaia and Gilberto Ramirez, will be encouraged to share a ring and put their titles on the line, you Know what this means: a Quannanquan battle.
As far as these two people are concerned, if they don’t want to curse, there is no need to worry about them joining forces. After all, Oppetaya is one of the most aggressive and versatile fighters in the world right now, while Ramirez is equally busy and is now taking advantage of all the opportunities that have landed him in the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions against the bigger guys. Attributes of your opponent’s success. Lightweight. Like Opetaia, he enjoys testing the resolve of his opponents before breaking their hearts and outlasting them. He walked and walked until told to stop.
Put two fighters with this kind of mentality together and there’s a good chance a fight could break out. Neither Opetaia nor Ramirez wanted to give in or give up an advantage, nor did they want to be seen as someone who had changed their natural behavior. Sure, both men can box, but they’re usually at their best when pushing forward, biting their opponent, and punching when their opponent would rather rest.
In fact, given all of this, it’s surprising that Oppetaya vs. Ramirez wasn’t on the “Fight 2025” shopping list that went viral at the end of December. Aside from taking first place in the division, a potential fight between Opetaia and Ramirez seems like a solid bet in terms of action and would undoubtedly tell us a lot about both. The bottom line is that, if that happens, Opetaia vs. Ramirez will go some way to helping all those guys who were hurt by Shakur Stevenson vs. Edwin de los Santos over a year ago. People who suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) through Jeonnam Quan.
