Jess Willard vs corrie sanders

Beating Wlad does not automatically make Sanders some world beater.

Sanders was given a gameplan and he very easily went out and executed it, getting the job done in the first round.

This is why Wlad would not of been dominant in past eras. His predictability and lack of adjustments would of lost him the fight before he stepped in the ring.

Sanders showed how easy it could be done.

 

Lets also add to Sanders resume an utter destruction of a dangerous Bert Cooper who had recently come within a hair of the title, the first guy to ever KD, let alone KO Al Cole (finishing him in the first), and annihilating a Czyz who had given Holyfield trouble until his back went out. Are these FOTC results? No, but they showed the great promise many saw in Sanders.

Janitor, I will concede one of the problems with Willard's performance on film against Moran is that Willard can get away with doing very little.

 

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Sanders would take care of Willard with little doubt in my mind. He was about as heavy, with far, far faster and more accurate hands. Sanders would dance rings around him, frankly. I just re-watched Willard against Johnson, to make sure that I remembered him correctly. Seeing Willard standing around with his hands by his waist, flailing around was even worse than I remembered. A telegraphed, lunging right hand does not a crisp jab make. Seriously, watch a younger, in-shape Sanders against say, Purrity or Cooper or Billups and then watch Willard ... and make the argument that Willard would win with a straight face. Forgets the records - just look at the fighters. That will tell you all you need to know.

Somebody said it earlier - the argument isn't really about Sanders vs Willard, it is about Dempsey vs Klitschko. Can we leave the Klitschko's alone, for a moment?