Corrie Sanders vs. Kali Meehan

Surprised this hasn't been done. (I checked, and it hasn't - on here or any forum)

Two very tall and rangy boxer-punchers from English-speaking countries in the southern hemisphere with square jaws and faces resembling the Marine from Doom, and reputations for being good enough to hang with elites at their best when properly motivated and trained but who never quite notched the right victories at the right times in order to entrench themselves as elites. Both averaged 230ish lbs in their careers and fought past the age of forty, and were regarded by most as fringe contenders who could have been more if they were more active, more committed to boxing, and luckier with opportunities & decisions.

Their records are eerily similar, even. Sanders finished 42-4 (31), all four losses by stoppage. Meehan is 42-6 (32), with four losses by stoppage but has fought on a couple of years deeper into his forties than did Sanders.

The Sniper was usually the longer man in the ring but would actually be disadvantaged with Meehan, giving up an inch of height and four in reach. Sanders is more athletic with greater hand speed and perhaps the bigger punch, but Meehan is a bit tougher.

:bbb

 

So nobody cares that Meehan should've been given the nod over Brewster (meaning he matches Sanders' single brief WBO title reign status) or that he was nearly as competitive with a much better version of Rahman, by whom both were stopped?

 

Actually just read there were some whisperings of them meeting about 8 years ago.

Sanders was probably far gone enough to give Meehan a decent chance.

 

How about in 2008?

 

Yeah, change the sprite to have black hair and he could be a digitized version of either of them.