Prime Sanders vs 2010 Wlad

**carlos slim** · 10-01-2010, 02:47 AM

fat out of shape sanders smoked the **** outta that **** what fight were you watching???

**Motofan** · 10-01-2010, 02:48 AM

The losses made Wlad who he is today. He is too smart and too good to lose to a guy like Sanders again. Even on Sanders best day.

**starkiller** · 10-01-2010, 02:51 AM

Wlad would destroy him now. Why didn't you make this a public poll so we can laugh at all the ******ed posters who voted for Sanders?

**carlos slim** · 10-01-2010, 02:55 AM

because polls are fact....stfu!!!

**Spray_resistant** · 10-01-2010, 02:56 AM

Originally posted by Motofan

The losses made Wlad who he is today. He is too smart and too good to lose to a guy like Sanders again. Even on Sanders best day.

Yeah he would box very cautiously keeping Sanders on the end of that jab occasionally scraping him with right hands winning either by a wide UD or late TKO.

The guy is a true champion having some stumbling blocks early in his career, then compensating for and fixing flaws to come back and be the best in the world today.

**Silencers** · 10-01-2010, 02:58 AM

Sanders would've still had a puncher's chance, he was a tall southpaw with quick and heavy hands who could have caught Wlad from a distance. The logical choice is probably Wlad by decision or late knockout but Sanders would've always been dangerous, not only against Wlad but basically most heavyweights in the last 20 years IMO. Guy had a lot of potential, he just didn't dedicate himself to the sport very often.

**starkiller** · 10-01-2010, 03:03 AM

Originally posted by Silencers

Sanders would've still had a puncher's chance, he was a tall southpaw with quick and heavy hands who could have caught Wlad from a distance. The logical choice is probably Wlad by decision or late knockout but Sanders would've always been dangerous, not only against Wlad but basically most heavyweights in the last 20 years IMO. Guy had a lot of potential, he just didn't dedicate himself to the sport very often.

It showed in his physique alot of his fights. What did Sanders do on a side-job? Like how else was he making a living other then boxing? I'm sure his physique isn't just genetics because when he was younger he looked in better shape but the older he got the less tone his body looked as if he wasn't always staying in the greatest shape.

**Silencers** · 10-01-2010, 03:05 AM

Originally posted by starkiller

It showed in his physique alot of his fights. What did Sanders do on a side-job? Like how else was he making a living other then boxing? I'm sure his physique isn't just genetics because when he was younger he looked in better shape but the older he got the less tone his body looked as if he wasn't always staying in the greatest shape.

I don't know if he had any other businesses but he always preferred playing golf over training to fight. I think he said sometime during his career that he even wanted to join the PGA tour or something after his career was over.

**nomadman** · 10-01-2010, 03:38 AM

Wlad today would most likely stop or UD Sanders, though it's by no means a done deal. Forget all the tubby golfer nonsense, Sanders was an extremely dangerous contender in his prime with a unique series of attributes that would have made him an extremely live underdog in any fight. His problems were never lack of skill or athleticism, but of motivation: for long stretches of his later career boxing was very much a sideline, almost a hobby for him. His main passions were golfing, hunting and ranching. But I can count the number of heavyweights on one hand who possessed more natural ability and power than he did. A fully trained, motivated and prime (the Corrie than stopped Wlad was a little past prime) Sanders would have easily been one of Wlad's toughest fights. Unlike a lot of his opponents, Sanders had the right combination of height, speed, power, toughness, aggression and unorthodoxness to really trouble the current Wlad. I can foresee him catching him on the backfoot with that fast straight left, snapping his head back and catching him with short overhands and uppercuts when Wlad tries to clinch. I also see that same aggression that he brings to bear making him walk onto Wlad's jab time and again, getting his face mashed up and making him miss his shots wildly in the same way Vitali did to him. Unlike Vitali, however, Wlad wouldn't be unloading on him with a constant barrage of punches, and would most likely give him opportunities for quick counter shots when he goes in to clinch. If Wlad weathers the early storm and establishes his jab then I can't see Sanders winning, but if Wlad gets caught cold or takes his eye off the target for a split second then Sanders could nail him and take him out big time again.

Prime Sanders vs 2010 Wlad