Sanders had an iron chin himself but that left hand... it was godly how goddamn fast, hard and accurate that nuke was. Both are undisciplined so that shouldn't be much of a factor for either. I fancy Sanders to go to war and take him out. I'm totally biased though, he might be my favourite character in boxing simply because he fought for his family, didn't even like boxing much but he fought like he loved it. Also died an absolute hero by taking bullets to save his daughter from some scummy robbers. That's what you call a man. Might not have trained like a champ but he certainly thought and fought like one.
I think Sanders is overrated by some based on the Wlad win but even I would pick Sanders over Ruiz Jr. Both are at their most dangerous counter punching, both try to draw a lead and counter with vicious shots and I give the edge to Sanders due to his size, reach and movement. In many ways I think Ruiz will kind of be remembered like Sanders, he had that one amazing performance to win the title, but rest of their career will be underwhelming and many will say they wasted their talent by not being dedicated enough.
Ruiz has an iron chin, he'll withstand the Sanders onslaught in the first 3 rounds after which Sanders will begin to lose that pop in his left hand and tire out. Ruiz TKO round 10. It will be similar to the Rahman fight.
Sanders was faster and hit harder than AJ which Serge has already scientifically proven beyond doubt in a post in a previous thread on here, a post I'll add Serge won numerous awards for. He'd box the ears off that Oliver Hardy lookalike and he was more than capable of getting him out of there with that lightening speed and savage power of his. ''Corrie Sanders is easily the hardest puncher I've fought'' “Man, he could punch,” Sprott recalled. “He was definitely the hardest puncher I’ve faced. I don’t know where he got that power from. As soon as he hit me, I said to myself, ‘I’m in trouble here’.” “The punches didn’t even land on my jaw. If they had, I’d have been asleep for days.” --Michael Sprott ''Sanders probably had the fastest hands I'd ever seen'' --Al Cole ''Corrie Sanders was the most rounded fighter I’ve ever got in the ring with; the most skilled. You go to throw a jab, he slips and throws a southpaw left hand and you think, ‘Where the hell did that come from?’ Because I was fast and a defensive fighter, I didn’t really get hurt. He was hard to pin down as a heavyweight. ''Overall Sanders was very good. He was fast and he was sharp. Remember, I got in there with a heavyweight who was up-and-coming. You didn’t appreciate how fast he was for a heavyweight until you were there in front of him. He looked so easy to hit and that’s the mistake [Wladimir] Klitschko made. -- Johnny Nelson Bobby Czyz: Best I've Faced BEST OVERALL Technically, the best fighter I fought was Corrie Sanders. He was a big man, 6-foot-4, 240 pounds who had speed like a lightweight. It was unbelievable how fast he was. You couldn’t get away from, no matter where you walked, and he threw a lot of punches. ^^^ When CWs are praising a HW's speed that tells you everything you need to know about how fast they were. ''He was very fast and he had really powerful hands. I’ve been in boxing for 25 years and I never fought anybody in this game that punched like Corrie Sanders.'' --Wladimir Klitschko “Corrie Sanders was my most difficult opponent I ever fought. Corrie was fast, could give and take a punch. His style was dangerous and did not suit me. I was very pleased to be able to win this fight.” -- Vitali Klitschko ''I've never been hit like that in my life'' --Hasim Rahman
