Tyson vs a southpaw

[ross]

Who else really was there for him to fight that would stand more of a chance than all the title holders, Holmes and Spinks?

The reason Mike is so so fondly remembered and people always say "we need another Tyson" is because gor those few brief years in the eighties he went through practially a whole division leaving no wuestion as to who the best was. Before the Douglas fight, the only other possible marquee fight was with Holyfield who had moved up a weight but he wasnt a southpaw and at that point, not many would have given Holyfield much more of a chance than Spinks had.

[IamInuit]

Tyson was a converted southpaw. Hence the power in his left hook. He could square up in the pocket though and lead from either side. I think he would have been fine against southpaws but just never really had any to fight. Southpaws are rare in the hevs and have been throughout history compared to just about any weight class. Sanders never stated boxing until 1989 and as a result would have not even been on Tysons radar. I suppose he could have fought Moorer but he did not jump to hev until 1991. Tyson was fighting Razor at the time so Michael would have been off the screen as well. It probably could have been made in 1995 though after Moorer beat Holyfield. I’m not sure that the Moorer people would have wanted the fight though. Perhaps the Foreman late ko took the wheels off the apple cart.

[OMGWTF]

Who is the greatest HW southpaw of all time? You probably cant think of many can you. Chances are if he did face a southpaw they would be far below him on the genetic superiority ladder and he would have turned them into mince meat.

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

Who is the greatest HW southpaw of all time? .

Byrd.

[IamInuit]

Who is the greatest HW southpaw of all time? You probably cant think of many can you. Chances are if he did face a southpaw they would be far below him on the genetic superiority ladder and he would have turned them into mince meat.

Probably Jeffries but like most of his day along with those that followed in the early 20th century he was forced to fight right handed. Being left handed was thought to be a birth defect.

[Bobthepen]

Who is the greatest HW southpaw of all time? You probably cant think of many can you. Chances are if he did face a southpaw they would be far below him on the genetic superiority ladder and he would have turned them into mince meat.

Being left handed was thought to be a birth defect.

Whereas now we know that left handed people are Satan's children.

[IamInuit]

Who is the greatest HW southpaw of all time? You probably cant think of many can you. Chances are if he did face a southpaw they would be far below him on the genetic superiority ladder and he would have turned them into mince meat.

Being left handed was thought to be a birth defect.

Whereas now we know that left handed people are Satan's children.

Lol exactly and great pickup. Once a deficit philosophically now an asset physically. Tons and tons of converted southpaws through the weight classes today.

[greynotsoold]

Tyson's people didn't avoid southpaws. In 1985, there weren't any southpaw HWs. About that time I conned a friend of mine into taking up boxing, as a HW, and also convinced him to box southpaw. Since he didn't know anything anyway, he was learning from scratch, and my thought was that he'd do ok against more experienced guys because there were no leftie big guys around. He did ok for awhile and, fortunately, came to his senses before I got him killed.

[Vendettos]

Whereas now we know that left handed people are Satan's children.

I'm left handed.

So I think that it's no.........*Sorry, I have to cut that sentence short while I go eat a baby*

[Beanflicker]

Tyson was a converted southpaw.

Was Tyson left handed? If so he had the greatest "weaker hand" in boxing history.

[boyla]

You don't need to switch hit to fight a southpaw, so I do not see how this would be an issue.

With the rare exception, southpaws are weaker than orthodox fighters.

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

Cooney was a converted southpaw.

[IamInuit]

Cooney was a converted southpaw.

Yup. Corbett, Basilio, Oscar and Cotto are a dew others.

[Master]

Cooney was a converted southpaw.

Yup. Corbett, Basilio, Oscar and Cotto are a dew others.

Virgill Hill must have been one as well.

[IamInuit]

You don't need to switch hit to fight a southpaw, so I do not see how this would be an issue.

Who said you had to switch hit to fight a southpaw?

With the rare exception, southpaws are weaker than orthodox fighters

That statement has no basis in fact.