By Mark Vester
This past weekend, former WBO heavyweight champ Corrie Sanders, 41, suffered a bad hand injury during the second win of his comeback. Sanders badly hurt his left hand in the first round of a ten-round contest held last weekend against Brazilian Daniel Bispo at the Emperors Palace in South Africa. He was forced to go the distance, winning every round on the judges scorecards with 100-90 verdicts across the board.
Sanders had a June 23 bout scheduled in the United States, which has now been cancelled. The opponent was never finalized for the June date. Sanders' trainer, Harold Volbrecht told Mail&Guardian that his fighter is broke and has to continue fighting in order to support himself.
"That bout is definitely off because Corrie will be forced to lay off training for a couple of weeks," said Volbrecht. Other fighters would have quit, but he wanted to fight on and he did not disgrace himself. Corrie is broke, so he has to fight again at his age. Corrie went to that fight without having a sparring session. Although hurting his hand was bad, on the flip side it helped him get real action because he had not fought for two years."
