List of southpaw stance boxers

This is a list of southpaw stance boxers. Southpaw is a boxing term that designates the stance where the boxer has his right hand and right foot forward, leading with right jabs, and following with a left cross right hook. Southpaw is the normal stance for a left-handed boxer. The corresponding designation for a right-handed boxer is orthodox, and is generally a mirror-image of the southpaw stance.

Name	Year of birth	Year of death	Country of birth	Weight class	References
William Abelyan	1978		Armenia	featherweight	[1]
Ilyas Abbadi	1992		Algeria	welterweight, middleweight
Khariton Agrba	1995		Russia	light welterweight, welterweight
Murodjon Akhmadaliev	1994		Uzbekistan	super bantamweight	[2]
Aarón Alameda	1993		Mexico	super bantamweight	[3]
Wilson Alcorro	1974		Colombia	light welterweight, lightweight, super featherweight, featherweight	[4]
Mourad Aliev	1995		Russia	super heavyweight	[5]
Lennox Allen	1985		Guyana	super middleweight	[6]
Mikhail Aloyan	1988		Russia	super flyweight, bantamweight	[7]
Czar Amonsot	1985		Philippines	light welterweight, lightweight, super featherweight, featherweight	[8]
Demetrius Andrade	1988		United States	light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight	[9]
Dave Apolinario	1999		Philippines	flyweight	[10]
Chad Aquino	1982		United States	welterweight	[11]
Nihito Arakawa	1981		Japan	lightweight	[12]
Christian Araneta	1995		Philippines	light flyweight	[13]
Bruno Arcari	1942		Italy	light welterweight	[14]
Mike Arnaoutis	1979		Greece	light welterweight, welterweight	[15]
McJoe Arroyo	1985		Puerto Rico	super flyweight	[16]
Firat Arslan	1970		Germany	cruiserweight	[17]
Karriss Artingstall	1994		United Kingdom	featherweight	[18]
Rommel Asenjo	1988		Philippines	mini flyweight, light flyweight, flyweight	[19]
Alicia Ashley	1967		United States	super flyweight, bantamweight, super bantamweight, featherweight, super featherweight	[20]
Brahim Asloum [a]	1979		France	light flyweight, flyweight	[21]
Emily Asquith	2003		England	light heavyweight	[22]
Tim Austin	1971		United States	bantamweight	[23]
Paulie Ayala	1970		United States	bantamweight, super bantamweight, featherweight	[24]
Carl Baker	1982		United Kingdom	heavyweight	[25]
Károly Balzsay	1979		Hungary	super middleweight	[26]
A. J. Banal	1988		Philippines	super flyweight, bantamweight, super bantamweight	[27]
Paul Banke	1964		United States	super bantamweight	[28]
Kelcie Banks	1965		United States	featherweight	[29]
Carlos Barreto	1976	1999	Venezuela	super bantamweight	[30]
Ismael Barroso	1983		Venezuela	lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight	[31]
Bert Batawang	1971		Philippines	light flyweight	[32]
Albert Batyrgaziev	1998		Russia	super featherweight, featherweight	[33]
Constantin Bejenaru	1984		Moldova	cruiserweight	[34]
Jesse Benavides	1963		United States of America	super bantamweight, featherweight	[35]
Gabriel Bernal	1956	2014	Mexico	flyweight	[36]
Markus Beyer	1971	2018	Germany	light middleweight, super middleweight	[37]
Leandro Blanc	1993		Argentina	light flyweight	[38]
Jack Bodell	1940	2016	UK	light heavyweight, heavyweight	[39]
Rolando Bohol	1965		Philippines	flyweight, super flyweight, bantamweight	[40]
Nestor Bolum	1986		Nigeria	bantamweight	[41]
Venice Borkhorsor	1950		Thailand	flyweight, bantamweight	[42]
Junaid Bostan	2002		England	light middleweight	[43]
Lisa Brown	1971		Trinidad and Tobago	bantamweight, super bantamweight, featherweight	[44]
Stefy Bull	1977		England	lightweight	[45]
Johnny Bumphus	1960	2020	United States of America	light welterweight, welterweight	[46]
Lucian Bute	1980		Romania	super middleweight, light heavyweight	[47]
Gideon Buthelezi	1986		South Africa	minimumweight, light flyweight, super flyweight	[48]
Chris Byrd	1970		United States	light heavyweight, heavyweight	[37]
Anthony Cacace	1989		Northern Ireland	super featherweight	[49]
Joe Calzaghe	1972		Wales	super middleweight, light heavyweight
Héctor Camacho	1962	2012	Puerto Rico	middleweight
Jono Carroll	1992		Ireland	lightweight, super featherweight	[50]
Michael Carruth	1967		Ireland	light middleweight
Jack Catterall	1993		England	light welterweight, welterweight	[51]
Ruslan Chagaev	1978		Uzbekistan	heavyweight
Rakhim Chakhkiyev	1983		Russia	cruiserweight
Mark Chamberlain	1999		England	middleweight	[52]
Luis Collazo	1981		United States	welterweight
Ollie Cooper	2000		England	super middleweight	[53]
Young Corbett III	1905	1993	United States	welterweight, middleweight	[54]
Brandon Daord	1997		England	flyweight, super flyweight	[55]
Gervonta Davis	1994		United States	super featherweight, lightweight, light welterweight
James Degale	1986		United Kingdom	super middleweight
Tyler Denny	1991		England	middleweight	[56]
Jazza Dickens	1991		England	super bantamweight, featherweight, super featherweight	[57]
Paddy Donovan	1999		Ireland	welterweight	[58]
Carl Fail	1997		England	light middleweight	[59]
Ginny Fuchs	1988		United States	flyweight, super flyweight	[60]
Jordan Gill	1994		England	featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight	[61]
Freddie Gilroy	1936	2016	Ireland	bantamweight
Robert Guerrero	1983		United States	welterweight
Marvin Hagler	1954	2021	United States	middleweight	[62]
Naseem Hamed	1974		England	bantamweight, super bantamweight, featherweight
Audley Harrison	1971		England	heavyweight
John Hedges	2002		England	cruiserweight	[63]
Joe Hipp	1962		United States	heavyweight
Mizuki Hiruta	1996		Japan	flyweight, super flyweight	[64]
Ani Hovsepyan	1998		Armenia	light middleweight, welterweight	[65]
Ryosuke Iwasa	1989		Japan	bantamweight, super bantamweight	[66]
Reggie Johnson	1966		United States	middleweight, light heavyweight	[62]
Zab Judah	1977		United States	light welterweight, welterweight, super welterweight
Deion Jumah	1989		England	cruiserweight	[67]
Ema Kozin	1998		Slovenia	light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight	[68]
Yuko Kuroki	1991		Japan	atomweight, mini flyweight	[69]
Daniel Lapin	1997		Ukraine	light heavyweight	[70]
Erislandy Lara	1983		Cuba	light middleweight, middleweight
Denis Lebedev	1979		Russia	cruiserweight
Andy Lee	1984		Ireland	light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight
Jennifer Lehane	1998		Ireland	bantamweight	[71]
Daniel Ponce de León	1980		Mexico	super bantamweight, featherweight, super featherweight
Rafael Limón	1954		Mexico	super featherweight	[62]
Vasyl Lomachenko	1988		Ukraine	featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight
Brian Magee	1975		Ireland	super middleweight
Callum Makin	2003		England	middleweight	[72]
Sergio Martínez	1975		Argentina	welterweight, light middleweight, middleweight
Henry Maske	1964		Germany	light heavyweight
Ryūsei Matsumoto	1998		Japan	mini flyweight	[73]
Seán McComb	1992		Ireland	light welterweight	[74]
Conor McGregor	1988		Ireland	light middleweight
Peter McGrail	1996		England	super bantamweight	[75]
Michael McKinson	1994		England	welterweight	[76]
Freddie Miller	1911	1962	United States	featherweight	[62]
Sharmba Mitchell	1970		United States	light welterweight
Michael Moorer	1967		United States	light heavyweight, heavyweight
Skye Nicolson	1995		Australia	featherweight	[77]
Ajose Olusegun	1979		British-Nigerian	light welterweight	[78]
Luis Ortiz	1979		Cuba	heavyweight
Victor Ortiz	1987		United States	welterweight, light welterweight
Manny Pacquiao	1978		Philippines	light flyweight, flyweight, super bantamweight, featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, light middleweight	[79]
László Papp	1926	2003	Hungary	middleweight
Liam Paro	1996		Australia	light welterweight, welterweight	[80]
Jackie Paterson	1920	1966	Scotland	flyweight, bantamweight	[62]
Juan Carlos Payano	1984		Dominican Republic	bantamweight	[81]
Victoire Piteau	1999		France	light welterweight	[82]
Robeisy Ramírez	1993		Cuba	featherweight	[83]
Lewis Richardson	1997		England	middleweight, light heavyweight	[84]
Jimmy Sains	2000		England	middleweight	[85]
Corrie Sanders	1966	2012	South Africa	heavyweight
Billy Joe Saunders	1989		United Kingdom	middleweight, super middleweight
Sam Sheedy	2000		England	middleweight	[86]
Errol Spence Jr.	1990		United States	welterweight
Adonis Stevenson	1977		Haiti	super middleweight, light heavyweight	[87]
Carly Skelly	1986		England	bantamweight, super bantamweight	[88]
Marlon Tapales	1992		Philippines	light flyweight, flyweight, super flyweight, bantamweight, super bantamweight, featherweight, super featherweight	[89]
Josh Taylor	1991		Scotland	light welterweight
Darren Tetley	1993		England	welterweight, light welterweight	[90]
Damar Thomas	2004		England	heavyweight, super heavyweight	[91]
Tammara Thibeault	1996		Canada	middleweight	[92]
Shakiel Thompson	1997		England	middleweight	[93]
Constantin Ursu	2000		Romania	welterweight	[94]
Oleksandr Usyk	1987		Ukraine	cruiserweight, heavyweight
Edwin Valero	1981	2010	Venezuela	super featherweight, lightweight
Ben Vaughan	1999		England	welterweight	[95]
Aira Villegas	1995		Philippines	light flyweight, bantamweight	[96]
Giorgio Visioli	2003		England	super featherweight, lightweight	[97]
Gerome Warburton	1995		Wales	middleweight	[98]
Pernell Whitaker	1964	2019	United States	lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, light middleweight	[62]
Sumire Yamanaka	2001		Japan	atomweight	[99]
Ivan Zucco	1995		Italy	super middleweight	[100]

Notes

1. Switch hitter, also boxes orthodox

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