The sole fact that he KOed Willie Pep tells you this guy was great .

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

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."

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. Stabbed to death by a drinking buddy, because he wouldn't take off his hat. Wasted talent..🥊🥊

Fun fact: He's actually Grandmaster Flash's uncle

Underrated boxer and his style is so unique using his size to fight effectively on the imside

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.

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.

He reminds me of Thomas Hearns

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.

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

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.

One of the greatest pressure fighters in combat sports history.

I love your consistency and effort put into your vids. #1 boxing channel

Some real vicious uppercuts on display here you can see why he had so many knockouts

The best featherweight ever...period. Great video mate.

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.

Sandy "the Sandman" Saddler!

Arguello vs sadler... just imagine it!!

Just-right music

this guy was a fucking monster for the featherweight division. he was huge. 5'9 very long arms. idk how he made that weight

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.

I liked the way you edited this highlight. I honestly didn't his nephew was GM Flash.

Awesome

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

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

The leverage on those punches!!

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..........

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.

Nne of the all time greats in terms of pound for pound.

Style very similar to bob foster for me

That beat was crazy

Body shots! Ouch!!

Classic.

Top 2 Featherweight and easily top 3 Super Featherweight and H2H nightmare in both classes.

every featherweight wishes to punch that hard with so much stamina

Arguably the 2nd or 1st best featherweight.

Jesus he loved that left uppercut…for every 100 punch’s he threw about 90 were left uppercuts…

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?

Looks just like his nephew Grand Master Flash

sandy sadldler had over one hundred kos

0:13 look at the hand size,Unreal😳😳

Sandy why you had to hurt all them peoples

Ey who would you pick in a mythical match between Saddler and Armstrong? Two of the best pressure fighters ever at Featherweight!

Man Sadler vs Barrera Erik Morales vs Sadler Nasim Hamed vs Sadler any of these three fights would have been a sold out arena..

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.

Tall skinny guys always packs a punch

Featherweight power, Saddler Straights vs Hamed Loops

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

💭🤗💬 Thank You He's all Mr. Pep said He was. 👌👏👏👏☺😃👀❗ G-G.

Willie Pep's greatest rival.

Looks like he's much bigger then all of his opponents...

I think Prince Naseem is the hardest punching featherweight

Your Uncle was the greatest featherweight of all time.

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.

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🤷‍♂️

Heavier punch than robinson more gritty street fighting style a bit raw but deceptively elegant