Corrie Sanders vs Nikolai Valuev

Sanders KO early.

 

I know this is a necro, but, for posterity's sake:

"Valuev briefly trained with Brian Mitchell – South Africa’s former junior-lightweight star – in Johannesburg in the mid-1990s, and while there he apparently sparred with Corrie Sanders. The word is that he was taken to school by Sanders. "

http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/longdr...the-poorer-state-of-heavyweight-boxing-today/

 

Valuev mid round stoppage....

Sanders had very poor conditioning, and fighting someone thats nearly a foot taller, and about 70 lbs heavier, will take it's toll on someone that's in prime physical condition, let alone someone that was a part time fighter with a bag for a belly...

You people on here that say Valuev gets KOD are comical Valuev has never been on the floor let alone stopped..

I suppose some on this board believe Sanders beats. prime Lennox Lewis too:nut

 

If the big sasquatch survives Sanders' early onslaught Corrie will no doubt gas and be stopped.

Sasquatch by 8th round knockout

 

Sanders very dangerous early, hard punching southpaw, quick hands and power but has shown up to big fights without training properly, I think he could batter Valuev early with speed and power but should the durable Giant survive a tired Sanders would then get battered, lean on and broken down.....an in condition Sanders should win but Valuev a durable 300lber

 

Does anyone know Sanders' back story as to why he fought so infrequently, why he seems to have let his prime years lag fighting nobodies or not fighting at all, why he was so inconsistent.

Looking at his whole body of work, the win over Wlad seems like a fluke. If that was his true potential of what he could have been, what a waste.

 

Sanders showed a lot of talent with his quick Ko'd of Bert Cooper and Levi Billups (who went full distance with Lennox Lewis) he also KO'd Cyz quick after Bobby was stopped on his feet vs Evander.

I have heard Lennox Lewis promotion company had the rights to Sanders but his blew his opportunity vs Rahman (having Rahman hurt bad 2X but running out of steam and getting stopped standing up covering. I was told he had a leg injury and could not jog or run before fight.

I do believe that Sanders was a poor choice vs Vlad (I felt it then) Southpaw,fast power, Dangerous risk for value of win. I think Sanders could have beaten many top guys at the time and would or could have had a chance to stop anyone and would have loved to see him fight Lewis,Tyson,Holyfield, Grant, Golota, Byrd, Ike,Tua for some interesting fireworks and chin testing .....He was carefully avoided and rightfully so.

His negative work ethic would eventually come into play but he would indeed have some KO's added to his resume

 

Replying to Saint Pat -

Sanders stuck with basically a second rate promoter who did not have the muscle to get him the fights that mattered. Through the years there were talks of Sanders vs Tyson, Holyfield and Jones Jr, none of which ever came about. He was also difficult to train, going by what I've read around the net, and didn't have the inclination to spend long hours in the gym. Roadwork was his particular pet hate, it seems.

His loss to Nate Tubbs came at a particularly awkward time, and lost him the "unbeaten" aura. As a result boxers with a bit of a name were inclined to dodge him. Frankly I can't blame them - Sanders was a dangerous prospect for anybody, with the added downside that there was little pulling power to his name. High risk, low reward.

The WBU championship that he held went some way to getting him better fights - Al Cole, Czyz, for example. But again, at a critical point, Sanders blew it in the Rahman fight. Actually, to be fair, it wasn't all Sanders' doing. Rahman looked to be in terrific shape, and he showed a lot of guts to come back from an uppercut from hell that nearly knocked him out of the ring. I believe that had he won that, he may have been the one on a collision course with the big guns like Lewis.

Sanders was (and I say this as a Corrie nutrider, taking into account his win over Wlad) a waste of talent. I believe he is one of the could-have-been-greats of the ring, if he had truly applied himself as you said. I feel that he had the talent and the basic tools to take on anybody in his era, but the call of the golf course was too strong. Instead of sweating in the gym, he coasted along on his prodigious talent and laser left hand, fighting every now and then. I was seriously disappointed when he rocked up looking like a beached whale against Vitali, who, in my opinion, is much the more dangerous of the two Klitschkos. I really feel that he could have been one of the best, instead of being dismissed as a flash in the pan, as he so often is. But I guess he enjoyed his life, and if that enjoyment was to be found with his family, friends, and the golf course, who am I to disagree? My 2c.

 

I think Valuev could win. He was very hard to knock out and if Sanders can't get him out early then he will succumb to exhaustion and lose.