Corrie Sanders: Greatest potential ever?

[hollister]

Oh yeah, just wanted to point out that in my opinion, probably the only reason Sanders never went down with all the shots he took, is because almost none of them landed on his chin. If you watch the fight, he has his chin tucked pretty much the whole time, and almost all of VK's shots landed on his nose or forehead. Just my 2 cents.

[markosg19]

still think that he was so dangerous in the early rounds that he would have been a problem for any heavyweight in any era(the tyson of 88 that is)

[The Troll]

i think he just got exposed. Back in 89/89 they were arguing that he was in the top 3 heavyweights of all time! Lets not forget the ****ty era he fought in. Maybe he fullfilled his potential. Afterall on paper, the greatest fighters he ever fought were lewis and holyfield (aside form an old holmes) and he was a 2 round fighter by then.

Frank Bruno was a pretty damn good fighter (former wbc champion) 38 KO's in 40 wins Tyson KO'd him twice
so was Donovan Razor Ruddock
Bruce Seldon (Former WBA champion)

First man ever to knock down Michael Spinx, (let alone KO him)
Michal Spinx former Lt heavyweight champion and heavyweight champion

Alex Stewart
Henry Tillman
Toney Tubbs
Tyrell Briggs
Toney Tucker (Former IBF Champion)
Pinklon Thomas (former WBC champion)
All extremely solid fighers
Trever Berbick (former WBC champion)
James Bonecrusher smith (former WBA champion)
Larry Holmes (former undisputed champion)

pretty solid list of heavyweights

[hollister]

Frank Bruno was a pretty damn good fighter (former wbc champion) 38 KO's in 40 wins Tyson KO'd him twice
so was Donovan Razor Ruddock
Bruce Seldon (Former WBA champion)

First man ever to knock down Michael Spinx, (let alone KO him)
Michal Spinx former Lt heavyweight champion and heavyweight champion

Alex Stewart
Henry Tillman
Toney Tubbs
Tyrell Briggs
Toney Tucker (Former IBF Champion)
Pinklon Thomas (former WBC champion)
All extremely solid fighers
Trever Berbick (former WBC champion)
James Bonecrusher smith (former WBA champion)
Larry Holmes (former undisputed champion)

pretty solid list of heavyweights

I agree, he fought who was there, and won for a long time. He may not have fought in the golden age of Heavyweights, but his opponents ween't all bums either.

[number6]

I've only seen a few of his fights(tua+byrd).but what
about IKE IBEABUCHI.

[markosg19]

Frank Bruno was a pretty damn good fighter (former wbc champion) 38 KO's in 40 wins Tyson KO'd him twice
so was Donovan Razor Ruddock
Bruce Seldon (Former WBA champion)

First man ever to knock down Michael Spinx, (let alone KO him)
Michal Spinx former Lt heavyweight champion and heavyweight champion

Alex Stewart
Henry Tillman
Toney Tubbs
Tyrell Briggs
Toney Tucker (Former IBF Champion)
Pinklon Thomas (former WBC champion)
All extremely solid fighers
Trever Berbick (former WBC champion)
James Bonecrusher smith (former WBA champion)
Larry Holmes (former undisputed champion)

pretty solid list of heavyweights

Sorry but no, i aint agreeing with that. There were champions, but were all equally bad. A few of them had drug problems. If they were so good then how come we never heard of any of them again. Don't be so naive, just because he had a good record it does not mean he was a good fighter, by your logic peter mcneely was a good fighter before he fought tyson!

And knocking out a light heavy don't mean ****.

[markosg19]

Also, he put spinks down with a body shot the first time...... When do you ever see a heavweight go down from a bodyshot?? He had no resistance to a truly big hitter and he **** his pants before the fight!

[The Troll]

Sorry but no, i aint agreeing with that. There were champions, but were all equally bad. A few of them had drug problems. If they were so good then how come we never heard of any of them again. Don't be so naive, just because he had a good record it does not mean he was a good fighter, by your logic peter mcneely was a good fighter before he fought tyson!

And knocking out a light heavy don't mean ****.

AFter Tyson beat Bruno the first time and went to prison, while Tyson was in prison Bruno gained the WBC title. So I guess Bruno was heard from Again, and Holmes, he went on to fight contenders for 15 more years.

[The Troll]

Also, he put spinks down with a body shot the first time...... When do you ever see a heavweight go down from a bodyshot?? He had no resistance to a truly big hitter and he **** his pants before the fight!

I see quite alot of fighters go down on body shots, have you seen the De La Hoya vs Hopkins fight, or Gatti vs Dorin.
half of Foreman's knockouts were on body shots.

[markosg19]

i said HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHTERS!!!!! tell me a good fighter that foreman knocked out with a body shot????

Bruno beat oliver Mcall for the heavyweight title.......lets put that into context!!! Have you seen that fight....cause i have (i bet you haven't) go and watch it and tell me why you think Bruno is a good fighter!!!! He was a bum.

And Larry Holmes fought for another 15 years, true but was well past his prime even when he fought tyson and its not like he won any significant fights aftet that (apart from ray mercer)!!!