1966 - 2012
Cornelius Johannes Sanders (7 January 1966 – 23 September 2012) was a South African professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2008. He won the WBO heavyweight title in 2003 after knocking out Wladimir Klitschko in two rounds, which was considered one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight boxing history; The Ring magazine named it the Upset of the Year. In 2004, having vacated the WBO title, Sanders faced Wladimir's brother Vitali Klitschko in an unsuccessful challenge for the vacant WBC and Ring heavyweight titles. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Corrie Sanders has received more than 1,059,151 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Corrie Sanders is the 111th most popular boxer (up from 129th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 136th in 2019) and the most popular South African Boxer.
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Among boxers, Corrie Sanders ranks 111 out of 326. Before him are Gennady Golovkin, Amado Azar, Jerzy Kulej, James Smith, Frank Bruno, and Paul Fritsch. After him are Oscar Casanovas, Ronald Rawson, Vasyl Lomachenko, Benny Paret, Sten Suvio, and Jee Yong-ju.
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 105
1913 - 1971
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 106
1940 - 2012
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 107
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 108
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 109
1901 - 1970
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 110
1966 - 2012
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 111
1914 - 1987
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 112
1892 - 1952
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 113
1988 - Present
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 114
1937 - 1962
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 115
1911 - 1988
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 116
1948 - 1985
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 117
Among people born in 1966, Corrie Sanders ranks 245. Before him are Žarko Paspalj, Vivian Wu, Flemming Povlsen, Kaoru Kakinami, Kim Joo-sung, and Frank De Bleeckere. After him are Viatcheslav Ekimov, José Garcia, Vladimir Voevodsky, Christopher A. Wray, Sayuri Yamaguchi, and Delphine de Vigan. Among people deceased in 2012, Corrie Sanders ranks 341. Before him are Clive Dunn, Viktor Kosichkin, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Tibor Csernai, Bill Moggridge, and Ralph McQuarrie. After him are Heino Kruus, Margaret Osborne duPont, Susan Tyrrell, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Klaus Schütz, and Keith Campbell.
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 239
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 240
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 241
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 242
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 243
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 244
1966 - 2012
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 245
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 246
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 247
1966 - 2017
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 248
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 249
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 250
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 251
1920 - 2012
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 335
1938 - 2012
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 336
1921 - 2012
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 337
1938 - 2012
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 338
1943 - 2012
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 339
1929 - 2012
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 340
1966 - 2012
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 341
1926 - 2012
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 342
1918 - 2012
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 343
1945 - 2012
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 344
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 345
1926 - 2012
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 346
1954 - 2012
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 347
Among people born in South Africa, Corrie Sanders ranks 124 out of 374. Before him are Ted Moore (1914), Tom Naudé (1889), Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891), Elisabeth Eybers (1915), Harold Kitson (1874), and Tony Maggs (1937). After him are Janet Suzman (1939), Eddie Kramer (1942), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Cariba Heine (1988), Paddy Driver (1934), and Neill Blomkamp (1979).
1914 - 1987
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 118
1889 - 1969
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 119
1891 - 1977
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 120
1915 - 2007
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 121
1874 - 1951
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 122
1937 - 2009
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 123
1966 - 2012
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 124
1939 - Present
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 125
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 126
1928 - 2023
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 127
1988 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 128
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 129
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 130
Among boxers born in South Africa, Corrie Sanders ranks 1. After him are David Carstens (1914) and Willie Toweel (1934).
1966 - 2012
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 1
1914 - 1955
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 2
1934 - 2017
HPI: 35.09
Rank: 3