The myth of Corrie Sanders

Sanders grade B-, that's generous.

 

The guy was talented. Shame he never took his career seriously.

 

I think he prefered golf. I'm sure if he had been dedicted to boxing, he'd had much more success

 

slugger with a chin. B level fighter

 

Sanders is nothing special but he was a little underrated, he really did **** up wlad bad though, I recently watched that fight before wlad vs haye, imagine how humiliating it is for wladimir tto see that fight nowadays. Luckily for him vitali took care of business and saved the family honour at that point.

 

You mean "slugger without a chin."

 

No, its not a myth- he had awesome offensive skills. You can go to youtube and check out the fast hands.

The problem with Corrie is that he was always a fat unmotivated **** who basically did not give a **** about the sport that was his bread and butter. His actual passion is golf, and I think he was a rubgy player.

Some claim he had a good chin- I sure don't see it.

But man, check out those fast hands.

 

Corrie had a lot of raw physical talent. Fast hands, great left handed power, and a sturdy chin (the Vitali fight proved that) .....the Klitschko fights also proved he was prety fearless in the ring. Like someone already said, too bad he never took his career seriously otherwise he may have accumulated a much better career than he did.

 

You forgot to mention Michael Sprott, Al Cole, Johnny Nelson, Ross Puritty, Mike Williams and Otis Tisdale.

 

Against Tubbs, "Stormy" Weathers, and Rahman

 

He was the most avoided guy out there for a long time. The Klitschko camp should've done the same thing as other management and fought a face first guy instead.

But Sanders had tools nobody likes putting their guy in with for the amount of $$$ they get paid, so they select the path of least resistance for their guys. And Corrie Sanders was never a guy on the least resistance column.

He was a known commodity as an amateur and had those Botha wins and he sure starched Duplooy when his weight was real low. And minimal experience to get that kind of result. Too bad there isn't a pedigree like that on the scene now.

 

Sanders was gifted with speed and power but he simply never dedicated himself to ever be a top contender. He was basically a journeymen/fringe contender level type fighter. He never had a top level win apart from Wlad and really over achieved because he was a nobody before beating him. He belongs among the level of the Obed Sullivans and Monte Barretts of that era.

He was basically a 3 round fighter, he was dangerous in the early rounds but if you could survive those early rounds it became obvious that he was a very predictable fighter who only came at you one way and would tire very quickly. His fight against the only other good opponent in Rahman proves this. Drops Rahman in the third but Rahman survives and inevitably came back to win.

 

he rocked vitali. nuff said. the guy had a punch.