Corrie Sanders: Greatest potential ever?

[GranTorino]

wladimir klitchko and and rid**** bowe are the 2 that come to mind as the greatest potential........wlad was suppose to be the better of the brothers and bowe was suppose to be a heavyweight great but he lacked the motivation

Well, dont count Wlad out yet. I dont think his potential will be wasted. In fact he has already acheived champion status. Someone who wastes their potential is someone who does not have the desire to achieve all that they can. Indeed, Wlad does want to be champion again, so there is no way you could say his potential is wasted.

As far as Sanders goes, he also, has not wasted his potential. His record is full of KO victories, and he also achieved championship status by taking the belt from the afore mentioned Klitschko.

Sanders will retire, as he should. He is a business man, after all. And Wlad will go on to become champion again, and the recent losses will only serve to make him a wiser champion.

My two cents, anyway.

[Kid Achilles]

Corrie Sanders had great potential just considering his handspeed and power, but I would vote Max Baer as the all time biggest waste of physical potential. The guy had it all, and I mean everything. Power, reach, incredible strength, athleticism, an iron chin, and loads of stamina. In terms of raw ability and physicality, I think Baer beats out even the greats.

What was missing? One of the key components of a boxer's makeup: a fighter's brain. Baer was an entertainer at heart. The guy wanted to make people laugh, and to be loved by everyone. He didn't like to fight really. He was just so damn good at boxing that he went on doing it for the money, and especially the fame. If you could go back in time and somehow transplant Rocky Marciano or Jack Dempsey or Muhammad Ali's brain into Baer's body you would have the greatest heavyweight of all time.

But that's a big friggin if.

[TheFairPole]

we got ourselves a ahter or a rahman nut hugger here

Not at all, I like them both about the same, but Sanders was not that good. I also think Vitali ko's The Rock in about 4 rounds!

[PBDS]

Having great petential is one thing, using it is the other. Yeah, he had potential but there is so much more that goes into the equation of being a great fighter. Being able to motivate your self for training and such would be the first thing that is needed. Stepping into the ring unprepared is the worst thing that a fighter can do to himself...........Rockin'

....Yeah, but he was a scary heavy for anyone who got in the ring with him and could end it with one shot like no other, and the guy was never in any kind of shape. It's kind of like thinking about Babe Ruth and taking into consideration that the guy ate and drank in the dugout, sometimes played on zero sleep after partying like a rock star, and then vaulted dead balls out of the park like nobody else. A naturally gifted individual is something to behold and Sanders has a god given talent that is something to admire indeed.