Prime Ali ,against the Corrie who kod Wlad? Ali was susceptible to left hookers,eg, Banks,Cooper,Frazier. Sanders wasn't much ,but he had fast hands ,good foot speed and an undeniably hard left hook,can he deliver it and make things interesting? Or,is he comprehensively outclassed?
Anyone who took Corrie lightly would be susceptible to getting stopped or hurt. However Ali had a good chin and should recover. I used to keep an eye on Corrie because he had fast hands, southpaw style and could really crack....a dangerous 3 assets...Corries problem that he was not dedicated and not managed right. Imagine a Big white heavyweight with power,speed, if marketed right he may have gotten a large $$$ fight. Sanders was no light hitting Chuck Wepner, Ruddi Lubbers or Richard Dunn. Nor was he small and powerless like Jurgen Blin or Ruddi Lubbers, nor did he bleed like Cooper Sanders may not have had the work ethic but He was certainly a more dangerous Southpaw opponent than Karl Mildenburger who was able to land on Ali Joe Bugner had no real power of the big men Ali fought. Ali would have promoted the White South African thing into a big payday and cash in but I would bet those big odds and put a wager on Sanders....the wasted talent
Sanders is dangerous for 1-2 rounds, fast with power. And his left hand may give Ali some problems, just as Alis straight right wold likely find a home on Sanders chin, ali will control the fight with his footwork, probably get tagged by the left once or twice though. As the fight progresses Sanders will slow and Ali will turn u the tempo stopping Sanders around 6-8rounds
Actually I do ,I think he is undeniably the stand out heavyweight around,though I prefer to watch his bigger ,less talented brother. What pisses me off is all the chat about how overwhelming his victories are ,yet there is remarkably little said about how excruciatingly boring they are too. The division stinks,Haye is still relatively unproven ,but at least he should make a fight between either of the Bros Grimm interesting, if brief.
It seems like the general consensus that Vitali is less talented but I've never felt that way since really paying attention to the two of them (My first impression of Vitali was very poor). I prefer to watch Vitali more too. But mostly because I like his temperament better. Wlad's style bores me often enough like it does you but so did a lot of Ali fights. Like the Wepner fight, which was excruciating for me. Anyway, I assumed pitting Sanders VS Ali was a crack at Wlad. Don't see much chance for Sanders. Even the walloping punch he packs has little or no significance to a guy with Ali's chin and recuperative powers. But I bet Sanders kicks his ass at golf any day. Which might be a slight consolation after getting embarrassed in the ring.
