Dictionary entry

Southpaw

Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊθpɔː/

Pronunciation

/ˈsaʊθpɔː/

Myanmar Meaning

ဘယ်သန်။ ဘယ်ကျော်။

Definition

southpaw /'saƱθpↄ:/ n ( infml ) ဘယ္သန္။ ဘယ္ေက်ာ္။

Examples

  1. ‘In the second round
  2. Simms switched to a southpaw stance
  3. which paid quick dividends.’
  4. ‘Bendigo is credited with inventing the southpaw stance in boxing.’
  5. ‘The Galway southpaw
  6. a classy boxer
  7. matched him in every department and came out a convincing points winner.’
  8. ‘He was a converted southpaw; thus he favoured the left hand heavily.’
  9. ‘Fighting from the left-handed southpaw stance
  10. Magee's slashing left hands and jabs kept Hatton off balance for the majority of the opening stages.’
  11. ‘It was a rare boxing pairing of southpaws and perhaps an even rarer scenario in that Judah won a 12-round split decision after fighting nine rounds with a fractured left hand.’
  12. ‘Although Vabaza clearly retained his crown
  13. Matumla never stopped trying and at times managed to land with his left hooks as he was also fighting from a southpaw stance.’
  14. ‘The southpaw challenger then began to find his range and landed a solid straight left and right hook as Harrison soaked it up and tried to counter with a right.’
  15. ‘Marvin Hagler was a great fighter who fought mainly as a southpaw
  16. but was very effective switching to fighting right handed.’
  17. ‘I have sparred with a bunch of different pure
  18. elusive
  19. fast little southpaws from super middleweight all the way down to a super lightweight in preparation for this fight.’
  20. ‘Spinks is going to cause problems for any fighter he faces because of his southpaw stance and elusive style.’
  21. ‘Hernandez
  22. a southpaw from El Salvador is perhaps the better technical boxer.’
  23. ‘The 17-year-old struggled at first against his southpaw foe from Bulgaria and was a point ahead after round one.’
  24. ‘The southpaw boxer revealed that after carefully looking at his career following the defeat
  25. he decided to hang up his gloves as he regarded it a mammoth task to relaunch his career without a steadfast promoter.’
  26. ‘They always thought I was a converted southpaw
  27. because I was left handed.’
  28. ‘He was a southpaw from the Bronx who had his first professional fight in 1964.’
  29. ‘He was a southpaw and left handed so I couldn't hit him with good shots.’
  30. ‘His Sicilian opponent had never previously been stopped but one vicious uppercut unleashed from a southpaw stance had him seeing stars early on.’
  31. ‘He was taller than a lot of heavyweights and a southpaw to boot.’
  32. ‘For the first four rounds
  33. he fought from an orthodox stance as much as his more familiar southpaw stances.’