The Myth Of Corrie Sanders

Sanders obviously had good power and speed, he was an underachiever though.

Outside of Wlad he never beat any top heavyweights but he beat a lot of solid ones. Guys like Cooper, Sprott, Cole, DeLeon, Nelson, Czyz, etc

Those weren't great but they were decent engough wins and outside of Nelson, Sanders got rid of them all in 3 rounds or less. The guy could definitely hit and had the speed to match.

He does seem to get made into more than what he was by some but he was a good heavyweight though.

 

Corrie Sanders has been overrated since exposing Wlad's glass chin to the boxing world back in 03. Before that he was an on again, off again boxer. He was basically the last fighter they had to call on a long list, to come out to Germany and fight Wlad on short notice. The lottery ticket shot paid off, as Wlad walked into single counter punches that made him levitate off his feet everytime they landed. When the smoke cleared, Sanders was crowned champ. While Wlad was left to ponder his career as a fighter.

Sanders had great counter punching ability, with power to boot. I don't think his passion for the sport was great enough sustain any long-term greatness. He mustered up good showings against the Klitschko brothers, but outside of that he achieved nothing before or afterward. Against Rahman years before, he did well early in the fight. Though, his lack stamina would fail him in the end. Overall, he was pretty good. Far from great.

 

The talentless bum Sanders destroyed wladimir klitschko.
Nate Tubbs the great IRON MIKE TYSON's bum sparring partner destroyed
Sanders easily. This says all about Sanders zero talent.
Some interesting Sanders' fights:
- He couldn't knock a 30-17 bum Zouski.
(-The 19 years old Tyson knocked a better,younger Zouski out by one
punch ko.
-The 201 pounds Marvis Frazier knocked a better younger Zouski out)
- True, Corrie beat Nelson. But before their fight the 14-4-1 Ekassi knocked
Nelson out.Before the Ekassi fight Warring beat Nelson.
(By other words Nelson had 3 fights in 1992 (Warring,Ekassi,Sanders)
3 fights=3 losses ) Otherwise the incredible power-puncher Sanders
couldn't knock the 1992 version **** Nelson out
What does it mean ? Sanders' Nelson win is a BIG NOTHING.
- In 1997 our Corrie was down against the bum 22-10-1 Weathers.
- In 2000 the glass-chinned Rahman knocked Sanders out.
- Between 2000-05-20 and 2003-03-08 Corrie had only 2(Two fights)
Sanders was a nobody nearly an unknown fighter.
And 2003-03-08 Sanders the 37 years old clumsy out of shape GOD HAS ARRIVED he destroyed the glass-chinned Puritty victim wladimir klitschko.
And now some pathetic klitschko fans like a hysterical ***** create
again and again these stupid excuses about the super power-puncher Sanders.
**** you !

 

This means nothing.
1. Lewis was incredible out of shape and overweight against
klitschko.
But he won at least.
2. The bum Bert Cooper could knock Holyfield down.
Or the total featherfisted Young knocked the young Foreman down.
Everybody has chance for some good punches.This means nothing.
3. The klitschko case proves only one thing vitali's chin isn't so
good like the Pelé Reid kickboxing fight showed.
4. You're total unfair **** because you use only one bad
fight in Lewis' carrier. What about the Lewis-Rahman 2 one punch
ko win, or Lewis' Golota performance. Lewis has much more
remarkable ko wins than Sanders has.(Sanders has only one "good" ko win".)
Lewis was much more harder puncher than sanders a bad Lewis
fight can't change this.

 

Explain how Cooper could drop a young Clay, but Foreman couldnt drop a shop worn Ali. Fact is knockout punches have more to do with placement and not being seen than raw power.

 

Or Evander Holyfield being more hurt by a single John Ruiz right hand, in round 11 of the 2nd fight, than in 2 fights with Tyson, 2 with Lewis, 1 with Foreman, 3 with Bowe (Holyfield was exhausted and took a bad beating til he ran into that right hand in the 8th of the 3rd fight), Rahman, 2 with Moorer, etc...

Sanders was a pretty good fighter but he really gets overrated. He was dangerous in the early rounds, good left hand power and quick hands, but what about his technical skills? Combos, defense, footwork, balance, ring IQ, etc....? When did he ever prove much against a contender of note until 2003? He caught lightning in a bottle against Wlad.

 

Fringe contender with fast hands and a punch. Tricky also as he is southpaw. Definitely overrated by done though.

 

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Lewis admitted ducking Sanders...............Sanders was awesome, one of my favorite fighters. He could have won the gold medal, but he was not allowed to fight in the Olympics and was usually banned from fighting outside of South Africa. Sanders, at his best was awesome.............

 

Sanders was never overrated. He was a fast and dangerous puncher. Lewis indeed ducked him.

 

Just like Thread Stealer pointed out....overrated.

 

Can you explain how this world beater, this fighter who was "never overrated" managed to beat only one top ten fighter and lost to several 2nd tier fighters?

 

Which is why after getting knocked out by Nate Tubbs in 1994, a whopping 5 of his next 20 fights took place in South Africa.

It must be hard to be "usually banned" from fighting outside of your country, when you are only allowed to fight out of the country 75% of the time.

After all these years trolling, you should at least have some accuracy and humor in your posts to troll better.

 

He was a good contender. His punch isn't one of the strongest of all time, but that hook could trouble anyone. He had charateristics that make him a complicated opponent (size, stance, punch speed). I would have not called him for a voluntary defense.

 

When was Lewis offered a Sanders fight? I never heard about any offers or real negotiations between the two.

Lewis held a title from late 92' (after the Bowe stripping) until late 94', and then from 97' to 03', except for that 7 month period after the first Rahman fight.

When during this time was Sanders ever considered a real contender, or put himself in a position where people were clamoring for a Lewis-Sanders fight? The only time was after beating Wlad, in a huge upset, 3 months before Lewis's last fight. And after Lewis's last fight, there was more demand for a Lewis-V. Klitschko rematch than a Lewis-Sanders fight.

Perhaps Sanders could have gotten a shot at Lewis if he beat Rahman, but he didn't. Rahman beat Sanders, and then beat Lewis a few months later in South Africa.