Corrie Sanders v Wlad Klitschko - watch and discuss

His match up with Vitali was equally credit worthy. Gave him a torrid opening and imo is the only man to have dropped the great Dr Ironfist in the ring, although no official count was given.true. a prime Sanders would have been the brother's kryptonite. In shape, anyway. lol

His match up with Vitali was equally credit worthy. Gave him a torrid opening and imo is the only man to have dropped the great Dr Ironfist in the ring, although no official count was given.

he deserves more credit for that fight.Believe me, I give him plenty of credit for it. I had huge doubts that Wlad was going to handle him easily and when he caught him I was jumping up and down like a junkie on meth.

It's not that Corrie was the only guy willing to step up to Wlad and if this were 30 years ago, blah, blah, blah. It's that Corrie was pretty much the only guy ever who was capable of doing what he'd do in the ring. There aren't any heavyweight southpaws with first rate power and speed who can ambush fighters. And there never really have been. That's what Sanders did and nobody else did. He would be a problem for any version of Wlad and maybe beat any version.

people forget that both those klit fights were sanders passed prime and in pretty shoddy shape - A younger, motivated sanders that applied himself could well have beaten vitali as well as wlad. A nearly 40 yearold yearold sanders pushed vitali pretty hard after all, shook him up early on and took his best punches too, it was age and lack of conditioning that lost him the fight to vitali not being outclassed - not by a long shot.

Corrie just took it to him. Most heavyweights didn't have the balls to step to Wlad. Corrie walked right through him. Right. Corrie wasn't intimidated by Wlad. Very few heavy contenders fight with such confidence.

Its a shame Sanders gets absolutely no credit for this fight, everyone just dumps on Wladimir for it. First of all, being the better younger fighter does not guarantee you a win. While Wlad doesn't have a good chin, I don't think its as bad as everyone says. Also, Sanders hit awfully hard and had good hand speed. Only thing is, he was only really dangerous for the first two or three rounds because of his poor conditioning. The fight was more or less a knockout for grabs. Once Wlad felt his power and saw that Sanders was going for a fast KO, he did the same, and got caught. Watch at 2:33 but also the replay at 3:31: He threw an overhand right that missed, and his whole body got thrown into Sander's left hand that he never saw. So, two things: a huge punch that he never saw and that he threw his whole body into. That would have knocked out a lot of fighters. If Wlad had just calmed down and boxed/held on, he would have won. Or, if he landed that overhand right and Sanders missed with the left, Sanders would be the one sleeping. it's a win that looks better and better every day, considering the heights wladimir was eventually able to reach.

Wow, I was just rewatching this fight and now I read the news of the killing. I'll always remember this fight. Props to Sanders who was a champ, both in the ring and, judging by his actions, in life.

he deserves more credit for that fight.

This fight brings back so many memories for me when seeing it live. I jumped out my chair for Corrie…

wald has a weak chin he would get knocked out all the time if there was any decent heavy weights around. Even peter wasn't that good.

Sanders was quick and had power ..... and Wlad didn't know how to defend.

He also hurt Vitali more than I have ever seen Vitali hurt also in the second round of their fight. Vitali unlike his brother had a very hard chin. Sanders had some serious natural heavy hands. His downfall was his training. I'm not sure what it is, but thick rib cage and square shoulder guys can punch. If you look at other fighters with compatible physical dynamics, you will also see very high KO percentages among their wins.

Its a shame Sanders gets absolutely no credit for this fight, everyone just dumps on Wladimir for it. First of all, being the better younger fighter does not guarantee you a win. While Wlad doesn't have a good chin, I don't think its as bad as everyone says. Also, Sanders hit awfully hard and had good hand speed. Only thing is, he was only really dangerous for the first two or three rounds because of his poor conditioning. The fight was more or less a knockout for grabs. Once Wlad felt his power and saw that Sanders was going for a fast KO, he did the same, and got caught. Watch at 2:33 but also the replay at 3:31: He threw an overhand right that missed, and his whole body got thrown into Sander's left hand that he never saw. So, two things: a huge punch that he never saw and that he threw his whole body into. That would have knocked out a lot of fighters. If Wlad had just calmed down and boxed/held on, he would have won. Or, if he landed that overhand right and Sanders missed with the left, Sanders would be the one sleeping. Sanders was mad talented, had a questionable work ethic, and was looked upon as a gimmick. 40/1 outsider and beat Wlad viciously. As far as I'm concerned he will be remembered as a better heavyweight than Haye (thus far). For the fact he rocked shocked and stopped Wlad while Haye danced around like a fairy. Sanders was awkward you could see Wlad was very unsure how to handle his style. mad quick for someone who loooked like a golfer.

Beautiful fight from Sanders, 38 Years young here. Very significant win considering he temporarily derailed Wladimir's path to the Heavyweight Championship, funny because if Wladimir won they were setting him up to fight Lennox Lewis. Deadly power in power hands and great hand speed. He totally shocked Vitali in the first round of their fight and solider on till the end. RIP Sanders. :(

interesting how all the wladimir klitschko nuthuggers dont talk about this fight

Its a shame Sanders gets absolutely no credit for this fight, everyone just dumps on Wladimir for it. First of all, being the better younger fighter does not guarantee you a win. While Wlad doesn't have a good chin, I don't think its as bad as everyone says. Also, Sanders hit awfully hard and had good hand speed. Only thing is, he was only really dangerous for the first two or three rounds because of his poor conditioning. The fight was more or less a knockout for grabs. Once Wlad felt his power and saw that Sanders was going for a fast KO, he did the same, and got caught. He threw an overhand right that missed, and his whole body got thrown into Sander's left hand that he never saw. So, two things: a huge punch that he never saw and that he threw his whole body into. That would have knocked out a lot of fighters. If Wlad had just calmed down and boxed/held on, he would have won. Or, if he landed that overhand right and Sanders missed with the left, Sanders would be the one sleeping.yep. Wlad straight panicked after getting hit flush with that first left. That was the beginning of the end for him because he didn't know how to adjust...i actually put that on Manny Steward because Wlad should have been at least attempting to pop a lead right once in a while to keep Sanders honest and off balance. But he kept going right back to the left jab, backing straight up. He just couldn't get out of the way.