Corrie Sanders in the 70s

Nowhere lol

 

I think he would have been a more technical southpaw version of Shavers, he'd have similar success, maybe a little better.

 

Wasn't he a semi-retired journeyman when Klitschko's people dug him up for an "easy" title defense?

 

They underrestimated him, if he actually trained he could've been at least a hall of famer...

 

lol They obviously underestimated him but ko losses to Nate Tubbs and Rahman make me wonder whether he was actually hall of fame material.

 

He was out of shape and probably wasn't training properly but his fight vs Rahman was a great one to watch until he gassed out. He might've made a name similar to Ernie Shavers if he was more dedicated.

 

out of shape and kept gassing out after 2-3 rounds ... Lucky wlad was also innexperienced and gassed out ahah

If he had a good coach & management he could've at least gotten a couple big fights & titles.

 

To be honest, I think Sanders would be more of a factor in today's heavyweight scene than in the 70's. Especially with Vitali retired, he could be the undisputed champ.

 

The man is an overglorified journeyman. He did nothing before or after the Klitschko fights, and that's the cold reality. He bears knockout losses to 2 subpar opponents and hasn't KO'd anybody that made a major impact on the HW scene in any way. Except, you know....

 

He spent more time golfing than training.

Guys like Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson would have run him off the course.

And dedicated heavyweights would have run him out of the ring. When every supposition begins with the caveat "if he were dedicated and in shape ..." the argument is already over. Because there's no reason to think he would have trained better in an earlier era than he did when he actually lived and fought.

He's got one meaningful win on his record. Not a lot to recommend him otherwise.

 

And he would have been out of shape and not training properly in the 70's.

 

Given how overrated the 70's crop was as a whole, he'd do quite well for himself assuming he wasn't dodged for being a southpaw.

Or is this where we pretend that every name fighter that fought there was prime for the entire decade and the only mortals who could ever compete happened to have the unfortunate coincidence of being there at the exact same time?

 

Define "well".

He would be a contender at best, and not a top one. Might get a title shot at one point. That's the best you can go for really.

 

His career was actually quite similar to Ken Norton, his biggest claims to fame were a win over one ATG(Ali, Wlad) and a spirited performance against another (Holmes, Vitali).

H2H though, its not comparable. I'd entertain the slim possibility that Ali or Foreman could have beat him, because I think they match up fairly well. But the talent pool is much larger now, the size and power is much larger now. Sanders would most likely have cleaned out the division.