Gerrie Coetzee vs. Corrie Sanders

It's also interesting you bring up Morrison: Tommy also only went twelve once, fighting completely outside of his normal style. Of course, that was against George Foreman for the vacant WBO, while Sanders did it against Ross Purrity for the WBU. Guess we should also characterize Tommy as being "comfortable doing twelve rounds". But then how can you say he had stamina problems? Is there anyone who's not comfortable doing twelve in your book?

 

Did Tommy look comfortable doing ten with Purrity?

 

Now it seems like you're simply relying on me to report the fight to you. Have you watched the fight recently?

Morrison, as you should know, won most of the rounds apart from the two knockdowns. He was battling on even terms to the closing seconds of the tenth even though he was dropped and hurt early in the round. It was Tommy's chin, not his stamina, that let him down.

And again, Purrity threw more punches in the bouts against Morrison and Klitschko, and both Morrison and Klitschko ended up punching more in retaliation compared to Sanders' own output, which typically slowed to a strolling pace after about the third round.

You said:

Implying there is a version of Corrie that this forum is unfamiliar with from that time period. In truth, there is very little basis for your original statement; there is all of one fight, where the opponent was described as sleepwalking through the entire evening.

 

If Corrie had the power to control Purrity in a way that Wlad and Tommy didn’t, I don’t see how that’s a negative. He also went ten with Nelson and basically knocked everyone else over in the 90s outside of Tubbs.

Foreman was 0-3 in 12 round distance fights until winning a robbery over Schultz fwiw.

 

I've seen the fight several times and Purrity was trying, but he was having trouble with Sanders' movement. When he eventually did get Sanders on the ropes on a few occasions he did let rip. Sanders was also moving well in the 12th. No stamina problems in sight. This idea that Sanders had no stamina is a bogus idea and based on a couple of performances by his older self.

 

I’ll go with Gerrie early, actually. Sanders rushes in and is greeted by Coetzee’s ‘bionic’ right hand and never recovers. Somewhere in the first three rounds.

I agree with the reasoning that should it go to the middle or late rounds, Corrie fades and starts thinking about an early tee time the next morning.

 

Sanders easily. Coetzee was good in blasting out Spinks not that Leon was very durable. The Dokes win, Michael was already a Coke addict. replay of what Frank Bruno did to Gerrie, it might take a round or 2 longer.