Corrie Sanders vs Tommy Morrison

I don't know why you think Donald was past prime in 1998. He still had quite a ways to go before his career was over and was certainly far more experienced than the 16 fight version who fought Bowe a few years earlier. Chris Byrd was a rising contender and before long would end up as one of the top three best heavy's in the division. Rahman and Grant were both hot prospects. Purity went the distance and gave a good account of himself against all four.

That depends on WHEN you fought him. In 1997 he was coming off a streak of winning 15 of 17 fights and had stopped all 15 of those victims. Gonzalez and Hipp were two of them. If you think Purity was so terrible then you have to concede that Morrison was better than Sanders, given that an 8-8 Purity decked Tommy twice enroute to a draw where as a far more seasoned Purity was soundly outboxed by Sanders.

To be fair Wladimir improved greatly as time went on and through working with Steward. And Sanders was a formidable opponent who's style and strengths were all wrong for the earlier version of Wlad. Klitschko has fought a lot of big punchers, big men, former olympians and unbeaten opponents yet has triumphed the vast majority of the time. He's even risen off the canvas to win a few fights. And how many men can you think of who would rebound from three devastating defeats to become a dominant unified champion? I think it says a lot for the man.

Be that as it may, he hasn't lost in more than 10 years and never fails to meet the best available opposition...So actually that IS was great fighters are made of :good

 

Way faster? Um, No. Morrison had good speed for sure, but Sanders had perhaps the fastest hands in the division. HBO, who saw plenty of heavyweight action made this comment for those not able to tell with their own eyes, and they are correct.

We get it, you'll pick against anyone who Wlad fought in a lame attempt to make him look bad.

 

I don't have a problem with everyone having their own opinions. But there's a lot of empty sh-t being thrown around here and a lot of it sounds made up. I mean Morrison having faster hands than Sanders? Wlad crumbling whenever he gets he hit? Purity being a total bum?

 

Joe frazier's left hook was pretty Goddamn fast.

 

I hate these neverending EXCUSES.Every boxing fan knows
Puritty's "quality".

 

No Puritty wasn't a total bum he was an unbeatable,undefeated,
undisputed champion with 100% ko percentage he was
much more explosive than Tyson,he had better chin than McCall's,
he was tougher than Marciano or Holyfield and he was much
more skilled than Ali or Lewis maybe in a klit****'s dream.

 

I love how almost every post in this thread bashing Sanders has the word "Klitschko" in it. :roll:

Damn, some folks must go to bed with acid reflux every night :yep

Needless to say, I pick Sanders, mainly due to his faster hands and straighter punching ... but Morrison was no pushover, and the outcome isn't exactly a done deal.

 

Two fast handed powerful guys with questionable chins. This could be Armagedon. Sanders has a big height and reach advantage in this one. I think Tommy may have trouble landing the left hook. I can envision Sanders penetrating Morrison's guard with quick and powerful one two combinations and stopping Tommy.

 

I think thats a made up statement to be perfectly honest. Nobody back then would have said Sanders was faster then Morrison.

This has nothing to do with trying to discredit Wlad and everything to do with trying to make Wlads record look better and excuse his loss.

I'd actually pick Brewster in some of these Sanders threads as I think he's a better fighter. But like I said before , he isn't made out to be a world beater because the nuthuggers have him covered with the drug excuse.

I pick against Sanders because he was very average and very beatable.
Pulev is a bum because he fought for the title like a bum.

And im still high on Povetkin , he's one of my favourite HW's , so what you say is nonsense.

 

Yea that BS, that Wlad was drugged before the Brewester fight was the biggest pile of Horsesh!t i ever heard off, Brewester beat the sh!t outta him period...

And if the Klitchko fanboys wanna nuthug their boy, I'll nuthug the American, if Brewester had been fighting with 2 eyes and not 1 he would have KOD Klit in the rematch also, kinda hard to fight with 1 eye...

Notice since Klit fought Williamson, and Brewester he never went back to Vegas to fight again, where he would be forced to actually fight, and not constantly grab, and hold, and lean on peoples backs, and pull their heads....

For what it's worth, I think Brewester was a better fighter than Sanders also...

 

I think this thread is leaving a certain poster's head on the verge of implosion:

1. This person claims Wlad's opponents were poor (i.e. Purrity and Sanders suck).
2. This person thinks Tommy Morrison was special
3. This thread is bringing to light that Morrison was dropped and fortunate to get a draw against an inexperienced, batting 0.500 version of Purrity.
4. This thread also shows that Sanders handily beat Purrity when he was at or near his best.

If (2) is true, how is (1) also true? If (2) is true, why did (3) and (4) happen?

 

Simple answer.. 20 years of revisionism can make a first round KO loss to a 10-1 nobody disappear..

 

Puritty and not Purrity. Just saying klit****.

 

Being from "back then" I will inform you that everyone in the know would have said Sanders had faster hands. That was the first thing people like Manny noted on him, that and then being a rangy southpaw with power.

AND I like Tommy… He just seemed so goddamned nervous and forced and gassed quickly trying to do a Tyson impersonation. Well, that and the pectoral implants.

Neither is Joe Louis but stylistically they would have been a highly entertaining fight. Rest in Peace to both.

 

Sanders had the quicker hand speed in my opinion. In fact, he had some of the quickest hands for someone his size and weight. It's a shame he wasn't as dedicated as he should have been.