Corrie Sander's power among ATG punchers

[GoldenHulk]

Where do you rank him among the hardest hitters in the division.
One thing I've liked about Sander's is he doesnt look like a hard puncher, hell he doesn't even look like a boxer, but when that bell rings, LOOK OUT!

[kenmore]

Where do you rank him among the hardest hitters in the division.
One thing I've liked about Sander's is he doesnt look like a hard puncher, hell he doesn't even look like a boxer, but when that bell rings, LOOK OUT!

Sanders would have been a heavy hitter in any era in history. However I would not put him in the same category as the true all-time great heavyweight punchers, such as Louis, Foreman, Shavers, Tyson, Dempsey, Liston, etc. Not even close.

[Polymath]

#1

[fists of fury]

Need you ask? ;) It's measured in kilotons.

[Russell]

Not sure where I'd rank it. But even if his raw power wasn't the greatest ever, even respectable power coupled with his handspeed would end up being very respectable.

[Mendoza]

Sanders would have been a heavy hitter in any era in history. However I would not put him in the same category as the true all-time great heavyweight punchers, such as Louis, Foreman, Shavers, Tyson, Dempsey, Liston, etc. Not even close.

I have read guys who sparred with both Sanders and Tyson said Sanders hit harder.

[PowerPuncher]

I have read guys who sparred with both Sanders and Tyson said Sanders hit harder.

Yet he couldn't put away the chinny Rahman? Sources forthe harder than Tyson quotes? Sanders hits hard, but does he hit harder than other punchers from this era Maskeev? Tua? They put Rahman away

[Ramon Rojo]

Yet he couldn't put away the chinny Rahman? Sources forthe harder than Tyson quotes? Sanders hits hard, but does he hit harder than other punchers from this era Maskeev? Tua? They put Rahman away

Rahman himself said Corrie is the hardest puncher he fought.

[ChrisPontius]

Yet he couldn't put away the chinny Rahman? Sources forthe harder than Tyson quotes? Sanders hits hard, but does he hit harder than other punchers from this era Maskeev? Tua? They put Rahman away

I wouldn't say he hits as hard as, say Tyson or Tua, but he hits pretty damn hard for sure. He had Rahman down twice before running out of his gas. Tua needed stopped him controversially after more rounds and couldn't put him away over 12 rounds in the rematch. Maskaev did knock him out twice, but also needed more rounds if i remember correct.

[mr. magoo]

The guy looked like he cracked pretty hard to me.....

[fists of fury]

Where's SuzieQ?

[Mega Lamps]

One thing I've liked about Sander's is he doesnt look like a hard puncher, hell he doesn't even look like a boxer,

I'd say he hits like a golfer, a big and hard hitting golfer of course.

[mr. magoo]

I'd say he hits like a golfer, a big and hard hitting golfer of course.

I'd like to see what he can do on a drive.

[Polymath]

I have read guys who sparred with both Sanders and Tyson said Sanders hit harder.

Definitely! Sanders was the better fighter as well! :good

[Polymath]

Look guys, seriously, Toney couldnt put a dent in Rahman, and Sanders had him down, so if we say a fight is a test of chins, this means SAnders has a better chin than Toney, and Toney has a better chin than Holyfield, who he beat, so Sanders had a better chin than Holyfield. Wlad is probably int he middle of the field somewhere.

[tylerrcurtis]

he could bang with any HW in any era imo him foreman would be a treat

[SuperSouthpaw]

I have read guys who sparred with both Sanders and Tyson said Sanders hit harder.

Agreed! :good Sanders hit much harder than klitschkos, foreman, tua, liston too!! Sanders left was unequal in history! thrown from a supersouthpaw stance!

[Marciano Frazier]

I wouldn't rank Sanders' power with elite great punchers'. His only knockout over a heavyweight of serious merit was the Wlad Klitschko fight, which really doesn't qualify him as a legendary puncher, especially considering Wlad's subpar chin by elite standards, and his knockout record is good, but not great, particularly given the heavily-padded nature of most of his career fight record. Undoubtedly he could crack, and formidably so, but I don't think he would have a place in the highest echelon.

[SuperSouthpaw]

Corrie Sanders rates # 1 puncher of all time. He had handspeed of a featherweight to go along with lightning like electrifying power, Sanders was untouchable in his prime. Too much speed power and super southpaw for any fighter in history to handle. A freak of Nature for 6'4 225lb with his style and tools. no one touches corrie head to head

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[SuperSouthpaw]

I wouldn't rank Sanders' power with elite great punchers'. His only knockout over a heavyweight of serious merit was the Wlad Klitschko fight, which really doesn't qualify him as a legendary puncher, particularly given Wlad's subpar chin by elite standards, and his knockout record is good, but not great, particularly given the heavily-padded nature of his record. Undoubtedly he could crack, and formidably so, but I don't think he would have a place in the highest echelon.

Come on! who is gonna beat sanders? no one can touch a super southpaw h2h!

[SuperSouthpaw]

The guy looked like he cracked pretty hard to me.....


The Hardest :good

[Polymath]

Corrie Sanders rates # 1 puncher of all time. He had handspeed of a featherweight to go along with lightning like electrifying power, Sanders was untouchable in his prime. Too much speed power and super southpaw for any fighter in history to handle. A freak of Nature for 6'4 225lb with his style and tools. no one touches corrie head to head

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I really wish I could disagree with this, but I can't :-(

[Seamus]

Come on! who is gonna beat sanders? no one can touch a super southpaw h2h!

We know who this is, don't we?

Sanders had speed and very good power, which combined with this stance and natural athleticism made him dangerous but certainly not reliably dangerous like multi-faceted fighters of the ilk of Lewis. prime Tyson or Holyfield.

[fists of fury]

Corrie Sanders rates # 1 puncher of all time. He had handspeed of a featherweight to go along with lightning like electrifying power, Sanders was untouchable in his prime. Too much speed power and super southpaw for any fighter in history to handle. A freak of Nature for 6'4 225lb with his style and tools. no one touches corrie head to head

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Ah, there you are.

[Ramon Rojo]

Corrie Sanders rates # 1 puncher of all time. He had handspeed of a featherweight to go along with lightning like electrifying power, Sanders was untouchable in his prime. Too much speed power and super southpaw for any fighter in history to handle. A freak of Nature for 6'4 225lb with his style and tools. no one touches corrie head to head

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Are you trying to be funny?

[DamonD]

I think it is quite funny :D

Super Southpaw Corrie Sanders!

Did you know Super Southpaw Corrie Sanders' tears cure cancer? And that he doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down?

[joe33]

Hard enough,and though his chin gets a lot of bad press check out these punches from vits here,pretty brutal and he never went down,i out it down to most of the time he just gassed out then when tagged prettyhard just had enough and went dead

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[fists of fury]

I think it is quite funny :D

Super Southpaw Corrie Sanders!



It's great. :good

I've had much amusement from this latest 'phenomenon.'

[Betty Swollocks]

:rofl some of you clowns are hilarious.

Notice how all the Klitsschko fans to a man say he's right up there, and with murderous power. All because he smoked Wlad and hurt and KD'd Vitali in the first.

Look down his record. Sanders had very good hand speed which helped to make his power deceptively good for a funny looking boxer, but no way was he close to the really big heavyweught punchers for power.

in short, his power got way overrated off the back of 1 night in Germany when he spanked Wladmir, whose chin is hardly good.

[fists of fury]

Germany when he spanked Wladmir, whose chin is hardly good.

His chin is cast iron. Sanders just hits that hard. ;)

[mr. magoo]

:rofl some of you clowns are hilarious.

Notice how all the Klitsschko fans to a man say he's right up there, and with murderous power. All because he smoked Wlad and hurt and KD'd Vitali in the first.
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You don't come around the classic forum often enough to see the ongoing joke that some posters here are sporting friend......It's not to be taken seriously....

[mrbassie]

Yet he couldn't put away the chinny Rahman? Sources forthe harder than Tyson quotes? Sanders hits hard, but does he hit harder than other punchers from this era Maskeev? Tua? They put Rahman away
Tua did not put Rahman away. That was a terrible stoppage.

[abraq]

Tua did not put Rahman away. That was a terrible stoppage.

Agreed. Tua could not do it in the second fight too and was lucky to escape with a draw. Maskaev's first ko of Rahman was helped by Hasim being knocked out of the ring and hitting a typewriter or something with his head. Rahman's eye swelled unnaturally against Holyfield. The only bonafide stoppages of Rahman was by Maskaev in the second fight and by Lennox Lewis also in their second fight.

So much for the casually dismissed "chinny" Hasim Rahman. Poor chap.

[The Kurgan]

He could certainly punch very hard. He never cracked any great chins, and his finishing ability was mediocre in the early part of his career (which is why the Klitschko win was such a shock for me) but his combination of speed and power was pretty fearsome.

Not an ATG puncher, but one of the better punchers of his era.

[SuzieQ49]

but his combination of speed and power was pretty fearsome.


It was godly, sanders doesnt lose head to head

[punchy]

Super Sanders, fun fighter to watch.

[The Kurgan]

It was godly, sanders doesnt lose head to head

He never lost anywhere near his prime. He's in my top 1 head to head.