Dictionary entry
Southpaw
Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊθpɔː/
Pronunciation
/ˈsaʊθpɔː/
Myanmar Meaning
ဘယ်သန်။ ဘယ်ကျော်။
Definition
southpaw /'saƱθpↄ:/ n ( infml ) ဘယ္သန္။ ဘယ္ေက်ာ္။
Examples
- ‘In the second round
- Simms switched to a southpaw stance
- which paid quick dividends.’
- ‘Bendigo is credited with inventing the southpaw stance in boxing.’
- ‘The Galway southpaw
- a classy boxer
- matched him in every department and came out a convincing points winner.’
- ‘He was a converted southpaw; thus he favoured the left hand heavily.’
- ‘Fighting from the left-handed southpaw stance
- Magee's slashing left hands and jabs kept Hatton off balance for the majority of the opening stages.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘Although Vabaza clearly retained his crown
- Matumla never stopped trying and at times managed to land with his left hooks as he was also fighting from a southpaw stance.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘Marvin Hagler was a great fighter who fought mainly as a southpaw
- but was very effective switching to fighting right handed.’
- ‘I have sparred with a bunch of different pure
- elusive
- fast little southpaws from super middleweight all the way down to a super lightweight in preparation for this fight.’
- ‘Spinks is going to cause problems for any fighter he faces because of his southpaw stance and elusive style.’
- ‘Hernandez
- a southpaw from El Salvador is perhaps the better technical boxer.’
- ‘The 17-year-old struggled at first against his southpaw foe from Bulgaria and was a point ahead after round one.’
- ‘The southpaw boxer revealed that after carefully looking at his career following the defeat
- he decided to hang up his gloves as he regarded it a mammoth task to relaunch his career without a steadfast promoter.’
- ‘They always thought I was a converted southpaw
- because I was left handed.’
- ‘He was a southpaw from the Bronx who had his first professional fight in 1964.’
- ‘He was a southpaw and left handed so I couldn't hit him with good shots.’
- ‘His Sicilian opponent had never previously been stopped but one vicious uppercut unleashed from a southpaw stance had him seeing stars early on.’
- ‘He was taller than a lot of heavyweights and a southpaw to boot.’
- ‘For the first four rounds
- he fought from an orthodox stance as much as his more familiar southpaw stances.’