Record details

Corrie SANDERS

"The Sniper"

Heavyweight

Male

(Cornelius Johannes Sanders)
South Africa, Pretoria
Born: January 7, 1966, Pretoria, South Africa
Died: September 22, 2012, Pretoria, South Africa
(Sanders was shot in the stomach and died in hospital after an operation)
Height: 6ft 4in, mt 1,92
"southpaw"
Weight: 227-258 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record


1989
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 2	King Kong Dyubele	Cape Town, South Africa	TKO 1
+ Apr. 24	Prince Tukane	Cape Town, South Africa	W 4
+ May 27	David Malatsi	Sun City, South Africa	TKO 1
+ Aug. 5	Gideon Hongwa	Sun City, South Africa	TKO 3
+ Sept. 9	Samson Mahlangu	Morula Sun, South Africa	TKO 3

1990
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 29	Weaver Owabe	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 1
+ May 23	Jorge Jacinto	Durban, South Africa	KO 1
+ Aug. 4	Moses Mthama	Sun City, South Africa	TKO 1
+ Nov. 8	Steve Zouski	Biloxi, Mississippi	W 8

1991
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 6	Steve Gee	Darlington, Gt.Britain	TKO 5
+ July 27	Johnny Du Plooy	Sun City, South Africa	KO 1
(Won vacant South African Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 28	Mike Rouse	Sun City, South Africa	W 10
+ Nov. 23	Art Card	Sun City, South Africa	TKO 1

1992
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 22	Anthony Wade	Sun City, South Africa	W 10
+ May 9	Mike Dixon	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 8
+ Aug. 22	Mike Evans	Sun City, South Africa	W 10
+ Oct. 24	Johnny Nelson	Marula Sun, South Africa	W 10

1993
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 23	Matthew Brooks	Sacramento, California	KO 1
+ June 26	Bert Cooper	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO 3
+ Sept. 4	George Stephens	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 1
+ Nov. 6	Levi Billups	Sun City, South Africa	KO 1

1994
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 5	Marshall Tillman	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 6
+ Mar. 19	Mike Williams	Pretoria, South Africa	KO 1
- May 21	Nate Tubbs	Bophuthatswana, South Africa	KO by 2
+ Aug. 13	Carlos de Leon	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO 1
+ Sept. 24	Garing Lane	Wembley	W 8

1995
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 1	Nikolaj Kulpin	Sun City, South Africa	W 10
+ Aug. 5	James Pritchard	Albuquerque, New Mexico	TKO 1

1996
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 26	Keith Fletcher	Brighton, Gt.Britain	KO 4
+ July 20	Curtis Shepard	Mabopane, South Africa	KO 1
+ Aug. 20	Sean Hart	Manhattan, New York	TKO 1
+ Sept. 12	Olian Alexander	Melville, New York	TKO 2

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 7	Art Weathers	Las Vegas, Nevada	KO 1
+ Nov. 15	Ross Puritty	Hammanskraal, South Africa	W 12
(Won vacant WBU Heavyweight Title)

1998
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 12	Bobby Czyz	Uncasville, Connecticut	TKO 2
(Retained WBU Heavyweight Title)

1999
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 2	Jorge Valdes	Bristol, Gt.Britain	KO 1
(Retained WBU Heavyweight Title)

2000
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 19	Alfred Cole	Brakpan, South Africa	TKO 1
(Retained WBU Heavyweight Title)
- May 20	Hasim Rahman	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO by 7
(Lost WBU Heavyweight Title)

2001
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 3	Michael Sprott	Brakpan, South Africa	TKO 1

2002
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 9	Otis Tisdale	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	TKO 2

2003
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 8	Wladimir Klitschko	Hannover, Germany	TKO 2
(Won WBO Heavyweight Title)

2004
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 24	Vitaly Klitschko	Los Angeles, California	TKO by 8
(For vacant WBC Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 14	Alexey Varakin	Sölden, Austria	KO 2


2005 Inactive

2006
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 24	Colin Wilson	Mfikeng, South Africa	TKO 2

2007
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 12	Daniel Bispo	Kempton Park, South Africa	W 10

2008
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 2	Osborne Machimana	Kempton Park, South Africa	KO by 1
(For South African Heavyweight Title)

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