When you're competing at the highest level of boxing, every piece of kit matters. The canvas beneath your feet. The boots you lace up. And — more than most fighters admit — the socks underneath.
Over the past three years, something has happened quietly at the top of the sport: some of the biggest names in boxing have started wearing the same socks. Not because of a sponsorship deal. Because they tried them, felt the difference, and kept coming back.
Those socks are Southpaw.
The World Champions Who Wear Southpaw
This isn't a list built from paid partnerships. These are fighters who chose Southpaw:
- Daniel Dubois — World Champion, Heavyweight
- Joseph Parker — World Champion, Heavyweight
- Joe Cordina — IBF World Champion, Super-Featherweight
- Anthony Cacace — World Champion, Super-Featherweight
- Jazza Dickens — World Champion, Super-Bantamweight
- Ruby White — World Champion
- Hasanboy Dusmatov — 2x Olympic Gold Medallist, 2016 & 2024
- Erislandy Alvarez — Paris 2024 Olympic Gold Medallist
- Kid Austin (Floyd Schofield) — World Champion, Lightweight
Nine world champions. One brand.
The Olympic Roster
The reach of Southpaw goes beyond the professional game. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Southpaw socks were on the feet of fighters across multiple nations:
- Hasanboy Dusmatov (Uzbekistan) — 2x Olympic Gold
- Erislandy Alvarez (Cuba) — Olympic Gold, Paris 2024
- Ayoub Ghadfa (Spain) — Olympic Silver & European Champion 2024
- Djamal Aboudou Moindze (France) — Olympic Bronze 2024
- Lasha Guruli (Georgia) — Olympic Bronze & European Champion 2024
- Junior Alcantara Reyes (Dominican Republic) — Olympic Bronze & Pan American Games Champion
- Davit Chaloyan (Armenia) — World Championship Silver Medallist
- Vasille Usturoi (Belgium) — European Champion 2024
Plus Team GB internationals including Garan Croft, Ioan Croft, Owain Harris, Reese Lynch, and Alfie Lewis (3x Welsh National Champion).
That is 16 Olympians. 100+ world-ranked fighters. 35 countries.
Why Do Elite Fighters Choose These Socks?
The answers are consistent: grip, comfort, no blisters, no movement inside the boot.
"The best grip socks I've worn. Probably the comfiest socks I've ever worn."
— Nathaniel Collins, WBC #1
"My foot doesn't move inside my boot and there is no blisters."
— Jayden Price, Multi-National Champion
"The best boxing socks. I'll never fight in any other sock again."
— Josh Campbell, 8-0 Undefeated Professional
The technical reason is Southpaw's non-slip grip sole — pads positioned to maximise traction during pivots and lateral movement — combined with a compression arch and anti-blister cushioning on the highest-impact zones. It is the same performance rationale found in elite running footwear, applied specifically to boxing.
Three Years. Three Awards. One Brand.
Southpaw has won the Fit2Box Award for World's Best Boxing Socks in 2023, 2024, and 2025 — three consecutive years. Vasyl Boxing, one of the most respected independent boxing gear reviewers, called them the best boxing socks in the world.
Available to Every Fighter
The same socks Daniel Dubois trains in. The same socks worn at the Olympic Games. Available now, from the UK, with free delivery.
Single pairs from £14.49. 3-pair bundle: £30. 5-pair bundle: £49.99.
If you are serious about boxing, you deserve to know what the world champions are wearing. Now you do.