Thursday, 27 September 2012

Klitschko: Nobody beat me the way Corrie did (The Associated Press)

FILE In this Saturday, April 24, 2004 file photo Corrie Sanders trades blows with Vitali Klitschko, left, during the first round of their 12-round WBC heavyweight championship bout in Los Angeles. Corrie Sanders, the South African southpaw who knocked out Wladimir Klitschko in one of the great upsets in heavyweight boxing, died Sunday Sept. 23, 2012 after being shot by robbers at a restaurant during a family celebration on Saturday night. The former WBO and WBU champion was 46. He died in a hospital in the capital city Pretoria in the early hours of Sunday morning.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko says late boxer Corrie Sanders made him the fighter he is today, and his 2003 loss to the South African was pivotal in his success.




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