Ibragimov retires

[BIG H]

I like the phrase at the end of the article about him being one of only five ever southpaws to become world champions.

"Ibragimov was one of only five southpaw heavyweight champions in history, the others being Michael Moorer, Corrie Sanders, Chris Byrd and Ruslan Chagaev."

Not exactly a who's who of the heavyweight greats...which leads to the question why are there no ATG heavyweight champions that are lefties?

Weird aint it!! I really don't know why. I mean Michael Moorer is the only one that was evenly remotely decent

[El Kabong]

Hell it wasn't until 1966 when Karl Mildenberger fought Ali that a southpaw actually got to fight for a title in the heavyweight division!

[rjj tszyu]

I like the phrase at the end of the article about him being one of only five ever southpaws to become world champions.

"Ibragimov was one of only five southpaw heavyweight champions in history, the others being Michael Moorer, Corrie Sanders, Chris Byrd and Ruslan Chagaev."

Not exactly a who's who of the heavyweight greats...which leads to the question why are there no ATG heavyweight champions that are lefties?

Weird aint it!! I really don't know why. I mean Michael Moorer is the only one that was evenly remotely decent

Problem is the likes of Tyson and Frazier were natural lefties that were converted to fight orthodox so their lead hands had freak power!