First Southpaw Champion In Boxing’s History!

By Ken Hissner: That is all about these southpaws that nobody needed to battle. It was tough getting southpaw sparring companions to organize towards opponents.

Heavyweight champion Michael “Double M” Moorer, 52-4-1 with 40 stoppages out of Monessen, Pennsylvania, gained the title in April of 1994. He gained a majority resolution over Evander “The Actual Deal” Holyfield, 30-1, at Caesars Palace, in Las Vegas.

It was short-lived in his first protection in November, shedding to 45-year-old former champion “Huge” George Foreman. I might nonetheless see Teddy Atlas placing a cellphone in his face in a battle, saying it was a member of the family calling him. He was a former WBO gentle heavyweight champion.

As a member of the Flathead tribe Marvin Camel of Missoula, Montana, turned the primary cruiserweight champion defeating Mate Parlov, 24-2-2, of Croatia, in March of 1980 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

George “Johnny” Nichols, 82-32-11, gained the NBA World title profitable a break up resolution over David Maier, 21-2-1, on the Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL, in March of 1932.

Italy’s Graciano “Rocky” Rocchigiani, 41-6-1, gained the IBF Tremendous Middleweight title defeating Vincent Boulware, 19-1, in March of 1988. He would go on to win the sunshine heavyweight title.

Al McCoy of Brooklyn, New York, gained the middleweight title knocking out George Chip, 43-23-9, in April of 1914 in Brooklyn, New York.

Maurice Hope of the UK gained the WBC Tremendous welterweight title, stopping Italy’s Rocky Mattioli, 53-4-2, at San Remo, Italy. In a rematch within the UK, he stopped Mattioli once more.

Italy’s Younger Corbett III gained the welterweight title defeating Fred Apostoli, 29-2, in February of 1938, in San Francisco. In November, he misplaced the rematch.

Italy’s 1960 Olympic Silver Medalist Sandro Lopopolo, 58-10-7, gained the sunshine welterweight title by majority resolution over Carlos Hernandez, 39-5, in Roma, Italy.

Mexico’s Juan Zurita, 131-23-1, gained the light-weight title in March of 1944, defeating Sammy Angott, 73-18-6, in L.A.

Flash Elorde, 89-27-2, of the Philippines, gained the tremendous featherweight title knocking out Harold Gomes, 48-5, in March of 1960 within the first spherical on the Cow Palace in California. In 1966 he was stopped within the fourteenth spherical by my all-time favourite boxer, world light-weight champion Carlos Ortiz.

Freddie Miller, 184-29-5, gained the featherweight title stopping Abbie Israel, 54-11-5, in July of 1933, on the Ice Area in Seattle.

Puerto Rico’s Wilfredo “Bazooka” Gomez, 44-3-1, gained the tremendous bantamweight title by stopping Dong Kyun Yum, 50-2-6, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in Might of 1977. He would go on to win the featherweight and tremendous featherweight titles.

Australia’s Jimmy Carruthers, 21-4, gained the bantamweight title knocking out Vic Toweel, 26-1-1, in March of 1953 in South Africa.
Japan’s Jiro Watanabe, 26-2, gained the world tremendous flyweight title defeating Panama’s Rafael Pedroza, 19-7-1, in Osaka, Japan.

Japan’s Hiroyuki Eibihara, 62-5-1, gained the flyweight title knocking out Thailand’s Pone Kingpetch, 26-4, within the first spherical, in Tokyo, Japan, in September 1963.

Japan’s Yoko Gushikin gained the sunshine flyweight title knocking out South Korea’s Sang Il Jung, 8-2-2, in October of 1978 in Tokyo, Japan.