Rest in Peace Great Uncle. I never knew you but my grandma Mary Saddler always spoke highly of you. I see where I got my hands skills from. Thank you Sandy Saddler. Love you family. Rest in Peace Grandma Mary Saddler
By this idiot logic, every person who beat pep was amazing, including all who beat pep as a kid and so on, those decisions…… \-_-/ pep pound for pound, elite. By pound for pound, i mean size height. Sandy was ok, big & fighting par to sub par for his size.
The great writer A.J. Liebling, a true lover of boxing, wrote an article about Saddler in the early 1950s. He said Saddler's "physique and profile remind me of a praying mantis;" he said tall, skinny kids tend simply to stick and move, whereas "Saddler is relentlessly aggressive. He seldom takes a step backward, and if an opponent occasionally gets a foot under one of his descending ring shoes, he hospitably allows it to remain there. Instead of using his left for jabbing-a gesture of rejection-he prefers to apply a lashing hook to the body, and then bring it up to the jaw. If he misses the second half of the punch, and the other fellow, in straightening up, gets his head wedged under Saddler’s crooked elbow, there is little the champion can do about it except uppercut with the other hand to teach him better ring manners. And when a smaller man locks one of Saddler’s gloves under his arm, Saddler can hardly be blamed for trying to pull loose, even though he may swing the little fellow completely around in doing so. If at the end of this snap-the-whip he steadies his partner with a chop on the chin, it is, conceivably, to stop him from going through the ropes. Among today’s boxers Saddler is almost the last dispenser of the old-fashioned amenities. He himself is built like a bundle of loosely joined fishing poles, but they are apparently pickled bamboo; he takes a good punch, and his thin arms and legs never seem to tire. But the public, instead of appreciating his fresh approach to his role, resents his efficiency."
@@aiyahuntacheimumbi236 I'm glad you enjoyed it. I forgot to mention that it's from a compilation of articles in The New Yorker called The Sweet Science. Liebling published a second compilation called A Neutral Corner. In it, in an article from 1962, he mentions a tall young heavyweight, recently turned professional, who likes to create rhymes. The poet's name is Cassius Clay. He was in training for a fight against Sonny Banks (February 10, 1962). There's a detailed account of the fight.
What a bad ass. Sandy looked so loose and calm in the ring but you see his entire body stiffen like a rock right before his punches impact. Maximum damage. Your videos are inspiring friend. I feel like hitting the heavy bag now.
Funny, most people would look at guys like him and say they can't hit. Then you look at his record and it says it all. No wonder they brought him on to train George Foreman.
@@JeSsE10mCcOy11 From what I know, yeah. His cousin, Dick Sadler brought him on to work with him. So Foreman had experience and training from Liston, Moore and Saddler.
@@JeSsE10mCcOy11 That's pretty cool but it makes sense doesn't it lol, similar styles - both disrupt their opponents rhythm and are great manipulators.
The late 40's was the peak era for boxers in weights from feather to light heavy. From Saddler and Pep at 126lbs up to Charles, Moore and Marshall at 175lbs that era had the most talented fighters ever. The only bugbear is that most of them got ripped off by the mob.
My dad, former boxer Bobby Woods fought Saddler in a non title match at the Coliseum in Spokane Washington back on December 10th, 1954. He dropped a hard fought 10 round decision to Mr. Saddler. Unfortunately, like alot of fighters back in the day, because of bad management he retired broke and blind from the fight game. Went thru life angry, and a alcoholic. In and out of jail, roaming around the Pacific Northwest, familiar from his boxing days. Ended up being murdered up in Medford Oregon on May 14th, 1996 at the age of 61. Bobby was stabbed to death by a drinking buddy because he wouldn't take off the hat that he was wearing. Wasted talent..🥊🥊
@amck72 He was 17 when he fought Willie and dropped a 10 round decision. His very last fight against Jimmy Grow he was pretty much already blind. That's why his corner threw in the towel in the 2nd round. He wasn't able to defend himself and was taking a beating. He had been fighting the last 18 months of his career with a cataract in his left eye. I believe the fight he had with Russ Tague a month earlier is where his retina detached in his right eye. Some of the articles I read from his scrapbook, sports writers made comments like it looked like he wasn't even trying to block punches. Probably couldn't judge distance and react to punches coming his way. Lost a 10 round decision to Russ, and had a bad cut and swollen eye. I believe when he fought Jimmy Grow, he was blind and couldn't defend himself. He got surgery done on the right eye with the detached retina a month later. Can't imagine the medical technology in 1956. Probably needle and thread to attach it. Never got the cataract in his left eye taken care of. Ended up losing his right eye on a job site accident some years later. So he went thru life with a cataract in the left eye and a glass eye in the right til he passed away in 1996..🥊
He is one of my favorite fighter of all time...He was underrated he may be the greatest featherweight of all time times....He was the hardest hitting featherweight of all time..He beat Pep may his soul rest in peace who many say is the greatest featherweight of all time.I think they fought 4 times Sandy winning 3 out of four and he had over a hundred and something knockouts that more knockouts than most fighter to day have fights...l said maybe the greatest featherweight of all times .I change my mind he was the greatest of all times...may his soul rest in peace.
Brandon Fortino imo saddler, pep and Salvador Sanchez all have good arguments for first second and third for me I rank Sanchez for third but that’s my opinion. He’s a genius boxer I employ his technique of throwing the cross then landing into a wide stance and give my opponents a lesson in which they didn’t know they were in. 🤣
Strongest featherweight i have ever seen... look at the way he through around elite feathers and lightweights like rag dolls.. Saddler was also very heavy handed.. Al times great.
@@RZ6787 dirty fighter is Saddler. There are other great featherweights like Abe Attell who is a long reigning featherweight champ for almost 10 yeara and George Dixon who was champ twice after bantamweight champion and was ranked as the #1 featherweight of all time by Nat Fleischer of Ring Magazine
The greatest Jr lightweight to ever exist. Thumbs up for giving exposure to this often forgotten ATG and legend. 162 fights with only a single ko loss that in his second fight that's a chin made of titanium.
I am 5'8 and I can make that weight too. I dont think I'll ever hold such power though I mean this guy really was one of the best p4p punchers who ever lived because drying out like that just makes you pure muscle but more importantly you have more bone muscle. Bone muscle never goes away and is stronger than the muscle we can build by working out. Range and momentum also come in to play. Great guy just like 6'3 bob foster in middleweight he is just different from all the rest.
listen fight fans Sandy was a great fighter,When you name any greatfigher of the pass Gomez,Pryer,Armstrong,Roberson,Greb.....I mean any of them he must be put right up there with the best of them .....He fought like 90 something fights before he got a shot at the belt...Still became a world champion...He is to me the greatest featherweight of them all...Him and Gomez would. have been a fight to see..........
@@sincity5268 He put his body into his punches. His feet were in the right position for him to punch thru the target, he’s not throwing arm punches. As the taller fighter he did damage up close with short punches because he always knew where the opponent would be.
@@sincity5268 Honestly the best way to pick up things is to watch the fights. The more you watch the more you’ll see. There are some great RUclips channels, Lee Wylie and Boxing Gems are both great.
@@sincity5268Honestly, the best way to learn and pick up on things is by going back and watching the fights in full. The more you watch the more you’ll pick up on. 💯
+HussainHitman Well, arguably. Beating Pep 3/4 times definetely gives him claim but it's not completely clear. Most put pep above him but it really depends on what you value in your criteria whe making lists like these.
+Matt Brozie lol its a hard one. I'd say due to numbers pep got the advantage. pep, saddler, sanchez, little red, and homicide hank, that's my top 5, what about you? That's a hard list to beat. and I know you know boxing. I saw your comments enough :)
leaddispenser9 I don't really have a top 5, my Top 3 would be Saddler, Pep, Armstrong/Sanchez. Again, I don't know much about featherweight history, just the big champs. Pep does have a much better resume than Saddler, but 3/4 wins gives atleast a claim at #1, not a strong one though
+HussainHitman he beat pep 3 out of 4, just by that you have to say sandy is better all round boxer. They battled it out and pep lost, its disrespectful to still say he's better because it's like what was the point in them fighting each other? thats why boxers fight, to see who's the best.
apart from the amazing boxing and finding out his grandmasterflash uncle, i really hoped i found out who did the beat via the comments, but no luck...anyone know where to find this beat?
To some of the posters rating Saddler the greatest at feather, keep in mind that although he did best Willie three out of four, he did not fare as well against common opponents. Several fighters Sandy lost to Pep handled with ease. Also keep in mind Pep had been in a plane crash and broke his back (that's gotta take a toll on you), before his fights with Saddler. People never mention that. Granted, with Sandy's size, would have been a tough fight anyhow.
when he shook pep's hand at the contract signing, it looked like he was squeezing pep's hand and only with his last two fingers, showing pep the hand strength lol. u can see pep's face feels it but he is trying to ignore it and look away. he looks nervous. of course, they fought 4 times, so it's silly to think pep was actually nervous. just looks that way
haNZAgod Not just taller, but wider, bigger overall. It's just hard for me to watch something like this because i'm boxing myself and I am short lol so I can't fight anyone who's smaller or at least shorter then me. Too used to fighting bigger and taller guys all my life.
Hey me too I have always fought the bigger men though will be big for a super bantum when I finally get to box. I am 5'6 and 127 lbs but I cut down by about 8 to 10 lbs every summer
It's ironic, with all Saddler's KO's, I've never seen him knock anyone out in all the videos I've watched of him. It seemed to me his ko percentage was more the result of punishment over several rounds that lead to stoppages. For pure one-punch power at featherweight, I'd have to go with Hamed.
@@peacefulbliss1 George Foreman was similar despite his immense power and reputation. Typically by the time he had Knocked someone out he had already battered them into exhaustion and Knocked them down repeatedly. People accuse him of being an arm puncher, but I personally feel that style they both use is about patiently using as little energy as required to avoid fatigue on wasted movement or missed punches. People used that style to fight for upwards of 20-45 rounds. It's also harder to read someone's punches when there isn't as much movement to read in their head and shoulders.
@@aiyahuntacheimumbi236 You made some interesting points. Foreman did have a funny way of "winging" his punches, like from the outside. It always made me wonder how someone could get any kind of power into those shots, but obviously he did. I think with Saddler, maybe his size at featherweight gave him a big advantage, and he was a physical, rough type fighter. I think he got a lot of stoppages as a result of that.
There are many great pressure fighters in the featherweight division .. but when it comes to pure punching power it's definetly Hamed .. he punches like a mad truck in comparision of other featherweights ..
Hardest hitter in division history it's a Prince Naseem💯,Sandy was a good finisher but he is a cleanest volume puncher,he has no same one punch KO power like Prince Hamed,Mikey Garcia,Miguel Berchelt,Ray Manchini,Nicolas Walters,Denny Lopez,Alexis Arguello & Tank Davis🤷♂️
Those fighters were not in saddlers class At featherweight. Only liked had and he lost to second greatest featherweight in Sal Sanchez who if hit by Sanchez left hook fights over. Access evident of Lopez getting tagged repeatedly in two fights with Sanchez no one could ever question Danny toughness in those Sal Sanchez fights before Sanchez lifted the featherweight title from Lil Red red Lopez he had defended it seven consecutive times in some of brutal knockouts but as far as featherweight rankings are concerned I had 1 saddler 2 Sanchez 3 pep I will say greatest multi belt champion was Armstrong atvonextimeche was lightweight welterweight middleweight champion and list spilit decision narrowly at light heavyweight if he won he eould have controlled 50% of titles. There were only eight titles and he defended all titles simultaneously. What you call a fighting champion. No made up weights like super or junior weights you had to earn your titles at authentic weights not made up weights. What made Armstrong run so special. Never been one like it since. People have won muiltiple titles but mostly it’s made up of junior and super weights not the original eight weight classes that winning those brought more meaning than the alphabet bunch
Rest in Peace Great Uncle. I never knew you but my grandma Mary Saddler always spoke highly of you. I see where I got my hands skills from. Thank you Sandy Saddler. Love you family. Rest in Peace Grandma Mary Saddler
He's your grandfather? Damn that's cool
Probably bullshiting
@@tbag2786 He said great uncle not grandfather
The sole fact that he KOed Willie Pep tells you this guy was great .
CABALLOS CURTO DE MILLA
Facts!
Knocked him out 3x
By this idiot logic, every person who beat pep was amazing, including all who beat pep as a kid and so on, those decisions……
\-_-/ pep pound for pound, elite. By pound for pound, i mean size height. Sandy was ok, big & fighting par to sub par for his size.
@@I-_-I_SB the intent of my comment was actually to emphasize Pep's greatness. Nvm anyaway
Underrated boxer and his style is so unique using his size to fight effectively on the imside
The great writer A.J. Liebling, a true lover of boxing, wrote an article about Saddler in the early 1950s. He said Saddler's "physique and profile remind me of a praying mantis;" he said tall, skinny kids tend simply to stick and move, whereas "Saddler is relentlessly aggressive. He seldom takes a step backward, and if an opponent occasionally gets a foot under one of his descending ring shoes, he hospitably allows it to remain there. Instead of using his left for jabbing-a gesture of rejection-he prefers to apply a lashing hook to the body, and then bring it up to the jaw. If he misses the second half of the punch, and the other fellow, in straightening up, gets his head wedged under Saddler’s crooked elbow, there is little the champion can do about it except uppercut with the other hand to teach him better ring manners. And when a smaller man locks one of Saddler’s gloves under his arm, Saddler can hardly be blamed for trying to pull loose, even though he may swing the little fellow completely around in doing so. If at the end of this snap-the-whip he steadies his partner with a chop on the chin, it is, conceivably, to stop him from going through the ropes. Among today’s boxers Saddler is almost the last dispenser of the old-fashioned amenities. He himself is built like a bundle of loosely joined fishing poles, but they are apparently pickled bamboo; he takes a good punch, and his thin arms and legs never seem to tire. But the public, instead of appreciating his fresh approach to his role, resents his efficiency."
I truly appreciate your sharing this!
@@aiyahuntacheimumbi236 I'm glad you enjoyed it. I forgot to mention that it's from a compilation of articles in The New Yorker called The Sweet Science. Liebling published a second compilation called A Neutral Corner. In it, in an article from 1962, he mentions a tall young heavyweight, recently turned professional, who likes to create rhymes. The poet's name is Cassius Clay. He was in training for a fight against Sonny Banks (February 10, 1962). There's a detailed account of the fight.
@@ernestitoe I love everything by Liebling. Thank you for sharing that here!
What a bad ass. Sandy looked so loose and calm in the ring but you see his entire body stiffen like a rock right before his punches impact. Maximum damage. Your videos are inspiring friend. I feel like hitting the heavy bag now.
+thetruefistofthenort Glad you like them mate!
Funny, most people would look at guys like him and say they can't hit. Then you look at his record and it says it all. No wonder they brought him on to train George Foreman.
He trained George Foreman?!
@@JeSsE10mCcOy11 From what I know, yeah. His cousin, Dick Sadler brought him on to work with him. So Foreman had experience and training from Liston, Moore and Saddler.
@@shadowsnake8989 awesome
@@JeSsE10mCcOy11 That's pretty cool but it makes sense doesn't it lol, similar styles - both disrupt their opponents rhythm and are great manipulators.
@@Ozzy4747 now that you tell me...
He reminds me of Thomas Hearns
I love your consistency and effort put into your vids. #1 boxing channel
+Molo Skate (MarcoXHorsey) Thanks mate, appreciate the support as always.
The late 40's was the peak era for boxers in weights from feather to light heavy.
From Saddler and Pep at 126lbs up to Charles, Moore and Marshall
at 175lbs that era had the most talented fighters ever.
The only bugbear is that most of them got ripped off by the mob.
So your most saying of there losses were due to taking dives?
My dad, former boxer Bobby Woods fought Saddler in a non title match at the Coliseum in Spokane Washington back on December 10th, 1954. He dropped a hard fought 10 round decision to Mr. Saddler. Unfortunately, like alot of fighters back in the day, because of bad management he retired broke and blind from the fight game. Went thru life angry, and a alcoholic. In and out of jail, roaming around the Pacific Northwest, familiar from his boxing days. Ended up being murdered up in Medford Oregon on May 14th, 1996 at the age of 61. Bobby was stabbed to death by a drinking buddy because he wouldn't take off the hat that he was wearing. Wasted talent..🥊🥊
Damn sorry to hear about that Robert thanks for sharing your story though. R.I.P. to your Dad ❤
I read he also lost a 10 rd decision to Willie Pep back in 195 and is only stoppage loss was his final pro fight.
@@hanzagod Thank you..🙏🏼🥊
@amck72 He was 17 when he fought Willie and dropped a 10 round decision. His very last fight against Jimmy Grow he was pretty much already blind. That's why his corner threw in the towel in the 2nd round. He wasn't able to defend himself and was taking a beating. He had been fighting the last 18 months of his career with a cataract in his left eye. I believe the fight he had with Russ Tague a month earlier is where his retina detached in his right eye. Some of the articles I read from his scrapbook, sports writers made comments like it looked like he wasn't even trying to block punches. Probably couldn't judge distance and react to punches coming his way. Lost a 10 round decision to Russ, and had a bad cut and swollen eye. I believe when he fought Jimmy Grow, he was blind and couldn't defend himself. He got surgery done on the right eye with the detached retina a month later. Can't imagine the medical technology in 1956. Probably needle and thread to attach it. Never got the cataract in his left eye taken care of. Ended up losing his right eye on a job site accident some years later. So he went thru life with a cataract in the left eye and a glass eye in the right til he passed away in 1996..🥊
Ur family a legend 🙏🏼❤️
He is one of my favorite fighter of all time...He was underrated he may be the greatest featherweight of all time times....He was the hardest hitting featherweight of all time..He beat Pep may his soul rest in peace who many say is the greatest featherweight of all time.I think they fought 4 times Sandy winning 3 out of four and he had over a hundred and something knockouts that more knockouts than most fighter to day have fights...l said maybe the greatest featherweight of all times
.I change my mind he was the greatest of all times...may his soul rest in peace.
He only beat Willie Pep after his plane crash! Pre-Plane Crash Willie Pep would have outboxed Saddler comfortably
TheWiseTzar he boxed the exact same 🤣
Brandon Fortino imo saddler, pep and Salvador Sanchez all have good arguments for first second and third for me I rank Sanchez for third but that’s my opinion. He’s a genius boxer I employ his technique of throwing the cross then landing into a wide stance and give my opponents a lesson in which they didn’t know they were in. 🤣
Strongest featherweight i have ever seen... look at the way he through around elite feathers and lightweights like rag dolls..
Saddler was also very heavy handed.. Al times great.
Sandy Sandler was the only boxer to figure out PEP hit and don't hit style and destroy him Sandy Sandler was a brilliant an Intelligent boxer
The best featherweight ever...period.
Great video mate.
@Omni King didnt sandler knock willie pepe out?
@@RZ6787 dirty fighter is Saddler. There are other great featherweights like Abe Attell who is a long reigning featherweight champ for almost 10 yeara and George Dixon who was champ twice after bantamweight champion and was ranked as the #1 featherweight of all time by Nat Fleischer of Ring Magazine
@@ralphenrile2793 saddler is better.
@Omni King Sadler was 3-1 against Pep 🤦🏽
One of the greatest pressure fighters in combat sports history.
The greatest Jr lightweight to ever exist. Thumbs up for giving exposure to this often forgotten ATG and legend. 162 fights with only a single ko loss that in his second fight that's a chin made of titanium.
Just-right music
Sandy "the Sandman" Saddler!
Some real vicious uppercuts on display here you can see why he had so many knockouts
Arguello vs sadler... just imagine it!!
Guido Octavio True boxing fan i love it
Sadler
@@quincyrobinson8139I would pick him too By a unaminous decision Or a late round t k o
Jesus he loved that left uppercut…for every 100 punch’s he threw about 90 were left uppercuts…
He was a converted Southpaw and a great inside fighter so naturally he utilised a lot of the better inside punches like uppercuts.
Nne of the all time greats in terms of pound for pound.
this guy was a fucking monster for the featherweight division. he was huge. 5'9 very long arms. idk how he made that weight
jose soto was gonna say framewise he is not a featherweight, dude was as tall and long as some welterweight and middleweight Champs have been
I am 5'8 and I can make that weight too. I dont think I'll ever hold such power though I mean this guy really was one of the best p4p punchers who ever lived because drying out like that just makes you pure muscle but more importantly you have more bone muscle. Bone muscle never goes away and is stronger than the muscle we can build by working out. Range and momentum also come in to play. Great guy just like 6'3 bob foster in middleweight he is just different from all the rest.
@@metalshadowthehedgehog3006 in those days there wasn't rehydrating AKA legal cheating they had to weigh in on the day of the fight.
@@metalshadowthehedgehog3006how can you maxamize your bone muscle? Where did you learn this?
Style very similar to bob foster for me
Good call.
He throws left hooks like Ike Williams too
Beats beautiful like saddlers punches
Greatest FeatherWeight Ever also Hardest Hitting featherweight Ever. 3-1 on pep it wouldn’t make sense to put pep higher. 103 knockouts….insane
I like the way he shifts from bladed stance to straight stance. It's nearly impossible to tell if you're in his range until he hits you.
listen fight fans Sandy was a great fighter,When you name any greatfigher of the pass Gomez,Pryer,Armstrong,Roberson,Greb.....I mean any of them he must be put right up there with the best of them .....He fought like 90 something fights before he got a shot at the belt...Still became a world champion...He is to me the greatest featherweight of them all...Him and Gomez would. have been a fight to see..........
The leverage on those punches!!
Please elaborate
@@sincity5268 He put his body into his punches. His feet were in the right position for him to punch thru the target, he’s not throwing arm punches. As the taller fighter he did damage up close with short punches because he always knew where the opponent would be.
@@Unclejack328 where can i learn more about that?
@@sincity5268 Honestly the best way to pick up things is to watch the fights. The more you watch the more you’ll see. There are some great RUclips channels, Lee Wylie and Boxing Gems are both great.
@@sincity5268Honestly, the best way to learn and pick up on things is by going back and watching the fights in full. The more you watch the more you’ll pick up on. 💯
Once my life was dedicated as welter for sandy .as my coach and maneger. Jose the light velez
I miss hi.m very much . R.IP.
0:13 look at the hand size,Unreal😳😳
whats the song name? and to be honest him and Wille Pep are both one of the best Featherweights of all times! I love this nice work
+SUWOOP BLOODSTER Him and Willie Pep are unquestionably the 2 best Featherweights of all time in my book. Song is Bonobo - Silver
+haNZAgod Thanks and really love your work Sir keep it up!
SUWOOP BLOODSTER Appreciate it mate.
Body shots! Ouch!!
Top 2 Featherweight and easily top 3 Super Featherweight and H2H nightmare in both classes.
That beat was crazy
I liked the way you edited this highlight. I honestly didn't his nephew was GM Flash.
Arguably the 2nd or 1st best featherweight.
+HussainHitman Well, arguably. Beating Pep 3/4 times definetely gives him claim but it's not completely clear. Most put pep above him but it really depends on what you value in your criteria whe making lists like these.
+Matt Brozie lol its a hard one. I'd say due to numbers pep got the advantage. pep, saddler, sanchez, little red, and homicide hank, that's my top 5, what about you? That's a hard list to beat. and I know you know boxing. I saw your comments enough :)
leaddispenser9 I don't really have a top 5, my Top 3 would be Saddler, Pep, Armstrong/Sanchez. Again, I don't know much about featherweight history, just the big champs. Pep does have a much better resume than Saddler, but 3/4 wins gives atleast a claim at #1, not a strong one though
+HussainHitman he beat pep 3 out of 4, just by that you have to say sandy is better all round boxer. They battled it out and pep lost, its disrespectful to still say he's better because it's like what was the point in them fighting each other? thats why boxers fight, to see who's the best.
Buddy Boy12 Prince Naseem?? 🥊
Sandy why you had to hurt all them peoples
sandy sadldler had over one hundred kos
Awesome
every featherweight wishes to punch that hard with so much stamina
Ey who would you pick in a mythical match between Saddler and Armstrong? Two of the best pressure fighters ever at Featherweight!
Great fight but I'd go for Armstrong. Tough call though, pretty much a 50/50.
Saddler. The guy beat Willie Pep three times.
Controversy plauges his wins over pep though. Nevertheless I agree I have saddler on this one
Classic.
apart from the amazing boxing and finding out his grandmasterflash uncle, i really hoped i found out who did the beat via the comments, but no luck...anyone know where to find this beat?
It's by Bonobo
thanks a lot appreciate it @@hanzagod
💭🤗💬 Thank You He's all Mr. Pep said He was. 👌👏👏👏☺😃👀❗ G-G.
Looks just like his nephew Grand Master Flash
To some of the posters rating Saddler the greatest at feather, keep in mind that although he did best Willie three out of four, he did not fare as well against common opponents. Several fighters Sandy lost to Pep handled with ease. Also keep in mind Pep had been in a plane crash and broke his back (that's gotta take a toll on you), before his fights with Saddler. People never mention that. Granted, with Sandy's size, would have been a tough fight anyhow.
In fact Willie Pep is widely considered the best of the two and one of the top 5 p4p ever .
when he shook pep's hand at the contract signing, it looked like he was squeezing pep's hand and only with his last two fingers, showing pep the hand strength lol. u can see pep's face feels it but he is trying to ignore it and look away. he looks nervous. of course, they fought 4 times, so it's silly to think pep was actually nervous. just looks that way
even though speed kills unless you can hit hard enough of a blow
Featherweight power, Saddler Straights vs Hamed Loops
Hamed hitt in many times harder,Sadler is a volume puncher
Man Sadler vs Barrera
Erik Morales vs Sadler
Nasim Hamed vs Sadler any of these three fights would have been a sold out arena..
Tall skinny guys always packs a punch
Looks like he's much bigger then all of his opponents...
+Gagzor March Well i should think so, 5'9 is rather tall for a Featherweight.
haNZAgod
Not just taller, but wider, bigger overall. It's just hard for me to watch something like this because i'm boxing myself and I am short lol so I can't fight anyone who's smaller or at least shorter then me. Too used to fighting bigger and taller guys all my life.
+Gagzor March Yep like a featherweight Tommy Hearns.
Hey me too I have always fought the bigger men though will be big for a super bantum when I finally get to box. I am 5'6 and 127 lbs but I cut down by about 8 to 10 lbs every summer
Willie Pep's greatest rival.
@Roads Were Meant for Journeys oh, yeah! Angott gave him his first loss
It's ironic, with all Saddler's KO's, I've never seen him knock anyone out in all the videos I've watched of him. It seemed to me his ko percentage was more the result of punishment over several rounds that lead to stoppages. For pure one-punch power at featherweight, I'd have to go with Hamed.
He was a hard fighter.
Hamed was fighting mediocre fighters
@@georgegreig8054 May be so, but for one punch power, he had it. Saddler fights more like a pressure fighter who keeps throwing like an octopus.
@@peacefulbliss1 George Foreman was similar despite his immense power and reputation. Typically by the time he had Knocked someone out he had already battered them into exhaustion and Knocked them down repeatedly.
People accuse him of being an arm puncher, but I personally feel that style they both use is about patiently using as little energy as required to avoid fatigue on wasted movement or missed punches. People used that style to fight for upwards of 20-45 rounds.
It's also harder to read someone's punches when there isn't as much movement to read in their head and shoulders.
@@aiyahuntacheimumbi236 You made some interesting points. Foreman did have a funny way of "winging" his punches, like from the outside. It always made me wonder how someone could get any kind of power into those shots, but obviously he did. I think with Saddler, maybe his size at featherweight gave him a big advantage, and he was a physical, rough type fighter. I think he got a lot of stoppages as a result of that.
I think Prince Naseem is the hardest punching featherweight
He's definitely up there in the top 3 but I'd have to go with Saddler for that distinction. Look at his physical size and record.
@@hanzagod Hamed hitt in many times harder then Saddler💯,Sandy was a great finisher but he volume puncher and has no same scary one punch KO power🤷♂️
@@АндрейСмирнов-ъ1ж8к are you going to keep commenting that….😐
There are many great pressure fighters in the featherweight division .. but when it comes to pure punching power it's definetly Hamed .. he punches like a mad truck in comparision of other featherweights ..
nasseem? featherweight? not anymore... lol have u seen the fat fucker?
Ayoub Dhaoui who’d he knock out tho
Your Uncle was the greatest featherweight of all time.
He's not my uncle but yeah he was great!
Heavier punch than robinson more gritty street fighting style a bit raw but deceptively elegant
Hardest hitter in division history it's a Prince Naseem💯,Sandy was a good finisher but he is a cleanest volume puncher,he has no same one punch KO power like Prince Hamed,Mikey Garcia,Miguel Berchelt,Ray Manchini,Nicolas Walters,Denny Lopez,Alexis Arguello & Tank Davis🤷♂️
Those fighters were not in saddlers class At featherweight. Only liked had and he lost to second greatest featherweight in Sal Sanchez who if hit by Sanchez left hook fights over. Access evident of Lopez getting tagged repeatedly in two fights with Sanchez no one could ever question Danny toughness in those Sal Sanchez fights before Sanchez lifted the featherweight title from Lil Red red Lopez he had defended it seven consecutive times in some of brutal knockouts but as far as featherweight rankings are concerned I had 1 saddler 2 Sanchez 3 pep I will say greatest multi belt champion was Armstrong atvonextimeche was lightweight welterweight middleweight champion and list spilit decision narrowly at light heavyweight if he won he eould have controlled 50% of titles. There were only eight titles and he defended all titles simultaneously. What you call a fighting champion. No made up weights like super or junior weights you had to earn your titles at authentic weights not made up weights. What made Armstrong run so special. Never been one like it since. People have won muiltiple titles but mostly it’s made up of junior and super weights not the original eight weight classes that winning those brought more meaning than the alphabet bunch