Corrie Sanders
Corrie Sanders | |
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Data | |
Birth Name | Cornelius Johannes Sanders |
Fight name | The sniper |
Weight class | Heavyweight |
nationality | South African |
birthday | 7th January 1966 |
place of birth | Pretoria |
Date of death | 23rd September 2012 |
Place of death | Pretoria |
style | Legal display |
size | 1.93 m |
Combat Statistics | |
Struggles | 46 |
Victories | 42 |
Knockout victories | 31 |
Defeats | 4th |
Profile in the BoxRec database |
Cornelius Johannes "Corrie" Sanders (born January 7, 1966 in Pretoria , South Africa ; † September 23, 2012 ibid) was a South African boxer and world heavyweight champion according to the WBO version .
Sanders was considered a very aggressive boxer with immense punch and strong taker qualities. Due to the fact that he was not very diligent in training, he had problems with stamina throughout his career if he could not decide his fights within the first rounds.
Boxing career
Sander's record as an amateur boxer was 180-11 with four wins over Francois Botha . His first fight as a pro denied the southpaw on 4 February 1989 against his compatriot Dyubele he by technical o. K. won in the first round. In the following years he won victories over Johnny DuPloy and Bert Cooper .
He suffered his first defeat on May 21, 1994 against Nate Tubbs , then sparring partner of Mike Tyson , when he lost to knockout in round two.
He then won 13 fights in a row, including against Carlos De León , Ross Puritty and Bobby Czyz . On May 20, 2000, he met Hasim Rahman . In the third round he managed a knockdown, but he could not win the fight at this point. Instead, he had to go down several times and finally lost the fight to technical knockout.
After two short victories against Michael Sprott and Otis Tisdale, he got talking to a fight against Wladimir Klitschko , who was looking for an opponent to defend the WBO World Championship after allegedly eleven other boxers had previously refused to play against Klitschko. Sanders finally agreed.
WBO title win
On March 8, 2003, there was an encounter with Wladimir Klitschko in Hanover . Klitschko went into this dispute with the already 37-year-old Sanders, who was considered untrained, as a high favorite. However, Sanders quickly got four knockdowns, which caused the referee to stop the fight in the second round and to declare Sanders the winner by a technical knockout.
The WBO then demanded a compulsory defense of his title against Lamon Brewster . But since he, now 38 years old, wanted to make only a few, financially lucrative fights at the end of his career, he resigned this title in order to be able to fight against Vitali Klitschko for the vacant WBC world title .
WBC title fight
On April 24, 2004, he arrived in Los Angeles on Vitali Klitschko and lost the fight by technical knockout. In the eighth round. Although he managed to land some good hits in the first rounds that impressed Klitschko, the fight nevertheless developed in Klitschko's favor, also helped by Sanders' well-known physical condition problems. After many hard hits by Klitschko, the fight was finally stopped sixteen seconds before the end of the eighth round.
Attempts at comeback
On April 27, 2004, he initially announced his retirement from professional boxing. But his retirement did not last long, on December 14, 2004 he was back in the ring and defeated Alexei Warakin by knockout in the second round.
On November 24, 2006, Sanders returned to the ring after nearly two years of inactivity, defeating Australian national heavyweight champion Colin Wilson early in the second round. On May 12, 2007 Sanders won the fight against Daniel Bispo clearly on points. On February 2, 2008, however, he went surprisingly against Osborne Machimana (balance 14-5) in the first round by a body hit knockout, which his plans for a new fight against Wladimir Klitschko had done.
List of professional fights
42 wins (31 knockout wins), 4 losses (4 knockout losses), 0 draws | |||||
year | Day | place | opponent | Result for Sanders | |
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1989 | 2nd of April | Good Hope Center, Cape Town, South Africa | King Kong Dyubele | Victory / TKO 1st round | |
April 24th | Goodwood Showgrounds, Cape Town, South Africa | Prince toucans | Points win / 4 rounds | ||
May 27th | Superbowl, Sun City, South Africa | David Malatsi | Victory / TKO 1st round | ||
5th of August | Superbowl, Sun City, South Africa | Gideon Hlongwa | Victory / TKO 3rd round | ||
the 9th of September | Morula Sun Casino, Mabopane, South Africa | Samson Mahlangu | Victory / TKO 3rd round | ||
1990 | March 29 | Portuguese Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa | Weaver Qwabe | Victory / TKO 1st round | |
23. May | First National Bank Arena, Durban, South Africa | Jorge Vilchis | Victory / KO 1st round | ||
4th of August | Superbowl, Sun City, South Africa | Moses Mthama | Victory / TKO 1st round | ||
November 8th | Biloxi, Mississippi, USA | Steve Zouski | Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds | ||
1991 | April 6th | Dolphin Center, Darlington, UK | Steve Gee | Victory / TKO 4th round | |
July 27th | Superbowl, Sun City, South Africa | Johnny Du Plooy | Victory / KO 1st round | ||
September 28th | Superbowl, Sun City, South Africa | Mike Rouse | Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | ||
November 23 | Superbowl, Sun City, South Africa | Art Card | Victory / TKO 1st round | ||
1992 | February 22 | Superbowl, Sun City, South Africa | Anthony Wade | Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | |
May 9 | Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, USA | Mike Dixon | Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds | ||
August 22nd | Superbowl, Sun City, South Africa | Mike Evans | Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | ||
October 24th | Morula Sun Casino, Mabopane, South Africa | Johnny Nelson | Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | ||
1993 | 17th April | Arco Arena , Sacramento (California), USA | Matthew Brooks | Victory / TKO 1st round | |
June 26th | Resorts International, Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA | Bert Cooper | Victory / TKO 3rd round | ||
September 4th | Aladdin Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, USA | George Stephens | Victory / TKO 1st round | ||
November 6th | Superbowl, Sun City, South Africa | Levi Billups | Victory / KO 1st round | ||
1994 | February 5th | Aladdin Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, USA | Marshall Tillman | Victory / TKO 6th round | |
19th March | Carousel Casino, Gauteng, South Africa | Mike Williams | Victory / KO 1st round | ||
May 21 | Carousel Casino, Gauteng, South Africa | Nate Tubbs | Defeat / KO 2nd round | ||
13 August | Convention Hall, Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA | Carlos De León | Victory / TKO 1st round | ||
September 24th | Wembley Arena , London, UK | Garing Lane | Points win / 8 rounds | ||
1995 | April 1st | Superbowl, Sun City, South Africa | Nikolay Kulpin | Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | |
5th of August | Lujan Building, Albuquerque, USA | James Pritchard | Victory / TKO 1st round | ||
1996 | January 26th | Metropole Hotel, Brighton, UK | Keith Fletcher | Victory / KO 2nd round | |
20th of July | Morula Sun, Mabopane, South Africa | Curtis Shepard | Victory / KO 1st round | ||
20th of August | Madison Square Garden Theater, New York City, USA | Sean Hart | Victory / TKO 2nd round | ||
12th September | Huntington Hotel Casino, Melville, USA | Olian Alexander | Victory / TKO 2nd round | ||
1997 | February 7th | Hilton Hotel , Las Vegas, USA | Arthur Weathers | Victory / TKO 1st round | |
15th of November | Carousel Casino, Gauteng, South Africa |
Ross Puritty vacant WBU championship |
Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
1998 | June 12 | Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut, USA |
Bobby Czyz WBU championship defense |
Victory / KO 2nd round | |
1999 | 2nd July | Whitchurch Sports Center, Bristol, UK |
Jorge Valdes WBU championship defense |
Victory / TKO 1st round | |
2000 | 19th of February | Carnival City, Brakpan, South Africa |
Alfred Cole WBU championship defense |
Victory / TKO 1st round | |
May 20th | Ballys Park Place Hotel Casino, Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA |
Hasim Rahman WBU championship defense |
Loss / TKO 7th round | ||
2001 | November 3rd | Carnival City, Brakpan, South Africa | Michael Sprott | Victory / KO 1st round | |
2002 | November 9th | Cola-Cola Center, Oklahoma City, USA | Otis Tisdale | Victory / TKO 2nd round | |
2003 | 8th of March | Preussag Arena , Hanover, Germany |
Wladimir Klitschko WBO World Championship |
Victory / TKO 2nd round | |
2004 | April 24th | Staples Center , Los Angeles, USA |
Vitali Klitschko vacant WBC world championship |
Loss / TKO 8th round | |
December 14th | Freizeit Arena, Sölden (Ötztal), Austria | Alexey Varakin | Victory / KO 2nd round | ||
2006 | November 24th | Convention Center, Mafikeng, South Africa | Colin Wilson | Victory / TKO 2nd round | |
2007 | 12th of May | Emperors Palace, Gauteng, South Africa | Daniel Bispo | Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | |
2008 | February 2nd | Emperors Palace, Gauteng, South Africa | Osborne Machimana | Loss / KO 1st round |
Life after boxing
In July 2010, Sanders was interviewed by a journalist from Sport Bild . He'd worked at Absa Bank, South Africa, since his boxing career ended , towing customers' cars that couldn't repay their loans.
On September 22, 2012, Corrie Sanders was shot in a fast food restaurant in Brits , northwest of Pretoria. He died as a result of the gunshot wounds on September 23, 2012 in Kalafong Hospital in Pretoria.
Web links
- Corrie Sanders in the BoxRec database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Corrie Sanders dies
- ↑ Boxing heavyweight Corrie Sanders murdered ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Obituary on sueddeutsche.de (two-part)
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Wladimir Klitschko | Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( WBO ) March 8, 2003–9. October 2003 |
Lamon Brewster |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sanders, Corrie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sanders, Cornelius Johannes (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African boxer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 7th January 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pretoria , South Africa |
DATE OF DEATH | 23rd September 2012 |
Place of death | Pretoria , South Africa |