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How does this one unwind?

Uh oh... Corrie Sanders again. This could get ugly.

I would confidently bet on Moorer by KO - albeit in the wild fashion he was forced to engage Bert Cooper in.

Also - two southpaws! Weird for both men.

loaded_gloves wrote:Uh oh... Corrie Sanders again. This could get ugly.

I would confidently bet on Moorer by KO - albeit in the wild fashion he was forced to engage Bert Cooper in.

Also - two southpaws! Weird for both men.

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Moorer gets dropped early like Rahman did but guts it out and stops a fading Sanders in the middle rounds.

Honest to God, Moorer gets smoked in one!

I think Rover's instinct is right; likely slugfest early with both guys getting dropped but Moorer ultimately prevailing. Moorer was technically more skilled and better conditioned.

Agree, Moorer should win...but wouldn't bet a penny on the outcome.

I can see the fight playing out like Rover suggests

both can punch, both can be hurt; in southpaw vs southpaw I'll go with the guy with the better right hand/hook, Moorer in 8.

Moorer by stoppage.

Surely the LHW Moorer CAN accomplish what I understand would be impossible for the likes of Floyd Patterson.

The early numbers are coming in lopsided against Corrie, which are going to be suspect in some folks minds.

Let's just hope it isn't influenced by latitude/longitudinal aspects as was the suspicion in an earlier thread.

If Corrie can eat and booze his way into have a flaccid, jiggling 250lb body that might make him the superior fighter.

If he comes in at his ideal 205-210lb or so weight he's a dead man. He must be obese to be at his best.

Well, since Moorer came after Liston, I'd say he has a chance against the Sniper.

Isn't Moorer a "pumped up LHW" though?

Doesn't that make him, by definition, "pathetic" and "fly like"?

Hmmm, now I can't make my mind up.

loaded_gloves wrote:Isn't Moorer a "pumped up LHW" though?

Doesn't that make him, by definition, "pathetic" and "fly like"?

Hmmm, now I can't make my mind up.

dempseyfire wrote:I think Rover's instinct is right; likely slugfest early with both guys getting dropped but Moorer ultimately prevailing. Moorer was technically more skilled and better conditioned.

loaded_gloves wrote:Isn't Moorer a "pumped up LHW" though?

Doesn't that make him, by definition, "pathetic" and "fly like"?

Hmmm, now I can't make my mind up.

i love how we all like to turn the tables

loaded_gloves wrote:If Corrie can eat and booze his way into have a flaccid, jiggling 250lb body that might make him the superior fighter.

If he comes in at his ideal 205-210lb or so weight he's a dead man. He must be obese to be at his best.

And don't forget the golf course as well. But for me Sanders is the quicker and more accurate puncher of the two so I reckon Sander's accuracy and faster hands sees him grind down Moorer and stops him late.

At one point in 1994 Corrie Sanders was lined up to fight Michael Moorer
for the WBO/IBF titles
Two Southpaws,I would have gone with Sanders because of his speed and power.
and Moorers chin for an early KO.
I cant remember why that fight fell through,
maybe because of Sander's KO loss to Nate Tubbs.
(which that punch reminded me of someone turning around while talking on the phone and
getting hit with a blackjack in a phone booth).

Brutu wrote:At one point in 1994 Corrie Sanders was lined up to fight Michael Moorer
for the WBO/IBF titles
Two Southpaws,I would have gone with Sanders because of his speed and power.
and Moorers chin for an early KO.
I cant remember why that fight fell through,
maybe because of Sander's KO loss to Nate Tubbs.
(which that punch reminded me of someone turning around while talking on the phone and
getting hit with a blackjack in a phone booth).

You mean the WBA/IBF titles?
It surprises me that Moorer and Sanders agreed to fight so soon after Moorer's win over Holyfield, as Sanders lost to Tubbs about a month later.

IRLangmaid25 wrote:

loaded_gloves wrote:If Corrie can eat and booze his way into have a flaccid, jiggling 250lb body that might make him the superior fighter.

If he comes in at his ideal 205-210lb or so weight he's a dead man. He must be obese to be at his best.

And don't forget the golf course as well. But for me Sanders is the quicker and more accurate puncher of the two so I reckon Sander's accuracy and faster hands sees him grind down Moorer and stops him late.

Were anyone to achieve a late stoppage, I think it'd be Moorer. Sanders's chances would be much better earlier in the fight.

I find it bizarre people are picking Moorer by stoppage. For starters nearly all his big heavy weight fights went the distance. He took 12 rounds to wear Botha down. He had a weak chin and could have been made for Sanders.

polecateddy wrote:I find it bizarre people are picking Moorer by stoppage. For starters nearly all his big heavy weight fights went the distance. He took 12 rounds to wear Botha down. He had a weak chin and could have been made for Sanders.

Moorer had sufficient power to stop Sanders. Most of us seem to think it'd go along the lines of the Cooper fight.

Moorer was a genuine puncher. That he didn't force stoppages and became more defensive after the Bert Cooper fright doesn't detract from his power. Breaking Frans Botha is breaking a much more durable and confident man than Corrie Sanders. Sanders had to undergo hypnotherapy to try and instill self-belief in him. Can you imagine Botha needing help in that department?

Moorer could go long and still KO chins in the last rounds. I can't see Sanders closing the show early and he certainly won't outlast Moorer.

As for 1994 - Moorer was initially supposed to defend against Joe Hipp, but the George Foreman fight was a more lucrative option. I don't believe he was every seriously entertaining a Corrie Sanders fight, who wasn't mandated like Hipp was and was even less famous than Hipp.

loaded_gloves wrote:Moorer was a genuine puncher. That he didn't force stoppages and became more defensive after the Bert Cooper fright doesn't detract from his power. Breaking Frans Botha is breaking a much more durable and confident man than Corrie Sanders. Sanders had to undergo hypnotherapy to try and instill self-belief in him. Can you imagine Botha needing help in that department?

Moorer could go long and still KO chins in the last rounds. I can't see Sanders closing the show early and he certainly won't outlast Moorer.

As for 1994 - Moorer was initially supposed to defend against Joe Hipp, but the George Foreman fight was a more lucrative option. I don't believe he was every seriously entertaining a Corrie Sanders fight, who wasn't mandated like Hipp was and was even less famous than Hipp.

Who are these chins Moorer is chinning late exactly? And sorry, but my memory is that Moorer had a life and death struggle with a well past it Bert Cooper, who I believe Sanders beat fairly effortlessly in 3 rounds.

Polecateddy, honestly, are these serious posts you're making? It's like as soon as one troll disappears, a brand new one pops up to replace him.

Cooper came to fight Evander Holyfield, knocked him down and gave him hell - does that mean Corrie Sanders beats Evander Holyfield? Using your logic, apparently so.

Cooper gave Holyfield, Mercer and Moorer great fights - but on other nights he didn't even try. Drug addicts are unpredictable that way. Prior to losing to Sanders with no effort he lost to a shot 40 year old Mike Weaver with no effort. I wouldn't give Sanders too much credit for that Cooper win.

Bottom line is Moorer was mixing it with the A class in the 90s whilst Sanders way out on the fringes. For Moorer to grind down Frans Botha late is the perfect example of him breaking down a much more durable man than Corrie Sanders late.