Sanders vs Tyson in1996!!

[King Koyle]

I would still favor a 1996 Tyson over Sanders.But it could easily go either way.

[Evil_Meat]

Tyson would destroy sanders during that time, Holyfield only won because he boxed beautifully while tyson just kept throwing one huge haymaker at a time. No way in hell Sanders could outbox Tyson like holyfield did, he just isn't good enough technically.

[werewolf]

Sanders would have really messed Tyson up at that period of his career. Too much power, speed, and a southpaw stance that would have given a slower Tyson a lot of trouble.

Sanders could have been the best heavyweight in the world. Here's a thread on another forum that I posted about this, video links attached:

http://forum.klitschko.com/en/viewtopic.php?t=1905&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

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[beez721]

Tyson would destroy sanders during that time, Holyfield only won because he boxed beautifully while tyson just kept throwing one huge haymaker at a time. No way in hell Sanders could outbox Tyson like holyfield did, he just isn't good enough technically.

he would have smeared the tyson that holyfield beat. tyson had absolutely no defense and sanders throws those accurate quick combos from the southpaw stance it would have befuddled tyson and made him quit if it didnt knock him out first

[ejk22]

Corrie Sanders was not much of a sparrer. He sparred but not that much. This is why he was a 5 round fighter. The guy had terrible in ring stamina due to his lack of boxing conditioning. He was athletic and ran a ton of miles in his native South Africa however that does not always apply to boxing condition.

[werewolf]

In his peak he was a runner, but then he came to hate training, plus he was plagued by injuries. Wlad had the misfortune to encounter him one of the very few times in his latter career that he bothered to get himself into top shape. He was totally out of shape when he fought Rahman. An ankle injury prevented him from running at all. I still cannot believe the way he showed up in the ring to face Vitali, the biggest fight of his life, fat and out of shape. And still he was missing a prime and peak Vitali, who was beautiful to behold, by mere inches all night long, with bombs. if he had shown up in the same condition he did against Wlad, and much as I like them, i'm afraid it would have been another sad night for the Klitschko brothers.

Incidentally, there was a news story in South Africa that Sanders was thinking of coming back, but that goes back to April or May, and i haven't heard anything since.



Werewolf

[Hitman932]

Wlad had the misfortune to encounter him one of the very few times in his latter career that he bothered to get himself into top shape.


I still cannot believe the way he showed up in the ring to face Vitali, the biggest fight of his life, fat and out of shape.

this is something that people who hate on wlad absolutely refuse to acknowledge. in fact most of them make it out as if the sanders who beat wlad was actually fatter and more out of shape than the sanders who fought vitali

[werewolf]

this is something that people who hate on wlad absolutely refuse to acknowledge. in fact most of them make it out as if the sanders who beat wlad was actually fatter and more out of shape than the sanders who fought vitali

Say what? Sanders got himself into peak shape for the Wlad fight. He was using all sorts of intensive and innovative training methods. But when I saw him training for Vitali I noticed that he was wearing a loose sweatshirt. That made me nervous, and as it turned out my su****ions were well founded. WTF could he have been possibly thinking showing up for the Vitali fight the way he did!?




Werewolf

[ejk22]

If Sanders cared about his boxing career. He would have hired a real trainer to train him not that little weasel he had in his corner. I can just picture a Teddy Atlas or Manny Steward training him. The guy would have been a monster.

[werewolf]

If Sanders trained well and fought Tyson. Sanders would have destroyed Tyson worse than Holyfield did in their first fight. With the exception of Sanders loss to Nate Tubbs where he was stopped cold early on in their fight, Sanders was able to take punches well. Rahman hit him with bombs and Sanders stood there taking them, the same against Vitali. Sanders was a poor conditioned boxer that is why once he got past the 5th round he would be exhausted.

Sanders was smacking Rahman around like a rag doll - until he totally ran out of gas. He was in bad shape again for that fight because he was unable to run at all in training due to an ankle injury, but his natural talent was so awesome!




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