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Corrie Sanders
(Cornelius Johannes Sanders)

BORN   January 7 1966; Pretoria, South Africa (Some sources report Benoni, South Africa)
HEIGHT.. 6-4
WEIGHT 208-258 3/4 lbs
MANAGER Vernon Smith
TRAINERS.. Harold Volbrecht, Johnny du Plooy

Sanders is a big, strong left-hander who throws very hard punches; He applies pressure and is quite tough and durable with a solid chin; During his career, he has won the WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World, the WBU Heavyweight Championship of the World and the Heavyweight Championship of South Africa
Corrie has defeated such men as Wladimir Klitschko, Bert Cooper, Bobby Czyz, Carlos DeLeon, Alfred Cole, Steve Zouski, Johnny du Plooy, Mike Rouse, Art Card, Mike Evans, Johnny Nelson, James Pritchard, Olian Alexaner, Ross Puritty, Anthony Wade, Otis Tisdale, Jorge Valdes, Levi Billups and Mike Williams

 
1989
Apr  2 King Kong Dyubele          Cape Town, WC, SAfrica             TK  1
Apr 24 Prince Tukane              Cape Town, WC, SAfrica              W  4
May 27 David Malatsi              Sun City, NWP, SAfrica             TK  1
Aug  5 Gideon Hlongwa             Sun City, NWP, SAfrica             TK  3
Sep  9 Samson Mahlangu            Mabopane, GT, SAfrica              TK  3

1990
Mar 29 Weaver Qwabe               Johannesburg, GT, SAfrica          TK  1
May 23 Jorge Vilchis              Durban, KZN, SAfrica               KO  1
Aug  4 Moses Mthama               Sun City, NWP, SAfrica             TK  1
Nov  8 Steve Zouski               Biloxi, Ms                          W  8

1991
Apr  6 Steve Gee                  Darlington, Eng                    TK  4
Jul 27 Johnny du Plooy            Sun City, NWP, SAfrica             KO  1
          -Heavyweight Championship of South Africa
Sep 28 Mike Rouse                 Sun City, NWP, SAfrica              W 10
Nov 23 Art Card                   Sun City, NWP, SAfrica             TK  1

1992
Feb 22 Anthony Wade               Sun City, NWP, SAfrica              W 10
May  9 Mike Dixon                 Las Vegas, Nv                       W  8
Aug 22 Mike Evans                 Sun City, NWP, SAfrica              W 10
Oct 24 Johnny Nelson              Mabopane, GT, SAfrica               W 10

1993
Apr 17 Matthew Brooks             Sacramento, Ca                     TK  1
Jun 26 Bert Cooper                Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  3
Sep  4 George Stephens            Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  1
Nov  6 Levi Billups               Sun City, NWP, SAfrica             KO  1

1994
Feb  5 Marshall Tillman           Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  6
Mar 19 Mike Williams              Temba, NWP, SAfrica                KO  1
May 21 Nate Tubbs                 Temba, NWP, SAfrica                LK  2
Aug 13 Carlos DeLeon              Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  1
Sep 24 Garing Lane                London, Eng                         W  8

1995
Apr  1 Nikolai Kulpin             Sun City, NWP, SAfrica              W 10
Aug  5 James Pritchard            Albuquerque, NM                    TK  1

1996
Jan 26 Keith Fletcher             Brighton, Eng                      KO  4
Jul 20 Curtis Shepard             Mabopane, GT, SAfrica              KO  1
Aug 20 Sean Hart                  New York, NY                       TK  2
Sep 12 Olian Alexander            Melville, NY                       TK  2 

1997
Feb  7 Arthur Weathers            Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  1
Nov 15 Ross Puritty               Temba, NWP, SAfrica                 W 12
          -WBU Heavyweight Championship of the World

1998
Jun 12 Bobby Czyz                 Uncasville, Ct                     TK  2
          -WBU Heavyweight Championship of the World

1999
Jul  2 Jorge Valdes               Bristol, Eng                       TK  1
          -WBU Heavyweight Championship of the World

2000
Feb 19 Alfred Cole                Brakpan, GT, SAfrica               TK  1
          -WBU Heavyweight Championship of the World
May 20 Hasim Rahman               Atlantic City, NJ                  LT  7
          -WBU Heavyweight Championship of the World

2001
Nov  3 Michael Sprott             Brakpan, GT, SAfrica               TK  1

2002
Nov  9 Otis Tisdale               Oklahoma City, Ok                  TK  2

2003
Mar  8 Wladimir Klitschko         Hannover, Germany                  TK  2
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World

          -Sanders relinquished the WBO Heavyweight Championship

2004
Apr 24 Vitali Klitschko           Los Angeles, Ca                    LT  8
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World
Dec 14 Alexei Varakin             Sölden, Austria                    KO  2

2006
Nov 24 Colin Wilson               Mafikeng, NWP, SAfrica             TK  2

2007
May 12 Daniel Bispo               Kempton Park, GT, SAfrica           W 10

2008
Feb  2 Osborne Machimana          Kempton Park, GT, SAfrica          LK  1
          -Heavyweight Championship of South Africa
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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