Corrie Sanders power

He never knocked out or beat anybody else worth mentioned. Him knocking out Wladimir Klitschko showed how bad his chin was not how hard Sanders punched. The same Steve Zouski a old fat come backing Foreman stopped went the distance with Sanders. Sanders best wins besides stopping Wlad was beating up a old beat up Bert Cooper, glass chin Johnny Du Ploy. Did it mean Corrie Sanders couldn't punch? No it does not. But knocking out a few old men and a few glass chin fighters doesn't equate to being a all time great puncher.

 

Dunno. He was a bit inconsistent at top level and rarely got a chance to fully showcase his power. He was wicked fast though, and seemed to have natural explosiveness, and in his prime he could throw together some blistering combinations that looked like shoe shining but would snap fighters' heads back and drop them hard.

He wasn't perhaps as heavy handed as some, but that speed was a killer.

 

Putting Rahman on his ass, getting Vitali Klitschko in trouble, and taking out Al Cole in two minutes doesn't mean much, right Mr. Boxrec?

 

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I'd take that with a grain of salt. Sprott had just been stopped when they were talking to him.

And Michael Sprott staggered Corrie Sanders and Sprott beat the count and shoved the ref for stopping it. I've seen Sprott knocked out cold. The South African commentators, on the replay, couldn't even find a punch that put him down.

If you watched all of Sprott's fights, I think you'd fine many occasions where it looked like he'd been hit harder and couldn't get up. He's been stopped 18 times.

Regardless, Sanders only stopped roughly six of every 10 guys he fought. He was a good puncher. Not among the best ever, IMO.

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Well, let's be honest, that stoppage was total bull**** and I say that as a Sanders fan. Sprott could have gone on.

I think what impressed Sprott was that Sanders fed his power right through the guard and shook him up regardless. Sprott has always said Sanders was the guy that hit him the hardest. IIRC so did Vitali and so did Rahman.

Vitali has stopped 9/10 guys he's fought, he clearly hits harder than featherfists such as Shavers, Tyson and other similar noodle-wristed punchers. By your logic, of course.

 

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I was actually watching a couple of his fights today. As far as just sheer power/impact when he really sat on his shots… Top 20 for me. But as far as just DANGER, being a dangerous puncher when he was locked in and focused on a fight… Top 3 or 4 all time.

That southpaw stance, the elite hand speed and his clever countering ability… Corrie was definitely top shelf. Add the heaviness of his straight left and right uppercut… DANGEROUS puncher. Top 3-4.

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Say what you want about Bobby but he was extremely tough and prime Holyfield couldn’t quite do that to him after hitting him plenty in the early going. Corrie absolutely blitzed him. Bobby said Sanders (And Holyfield in fairness) was the best overall fighter he stepped in with. He was definitely the fastest.

The Sanders that fought Wlad was NASTY. Locked in and laser focused.

 

I didn't know that he fought Czyz! That changes a lot about how we can scale Sanders' punch, as Bobby himself said the hardest he'd ever been hit was in a sparring session with Ray Mercer, meaning that Sanders is less at the top of the litter when it comes to power punchers, but is more around a roided out Holyfield's level.

 

I think he hit very hard. A lot of it had to do with timing and accuracy. If he hit you with a perfectly timed and well placed left hook it was going to cause some damage. Sometimes he opted to box rather than punch. His abilities are underrated in my opinion. He looked sharper and more skilled in his prospect days than he did for some of his bigger fights later in my opinion

 

Im a fan of Corrie sanders. But Czyz had absolutely NO business in there with him. He was too old, too small, too inactive and had too much wear and tear. This was an anticipated mismatch.

 

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Also not many could get rid of Cole like that back then.