| Biography | Morden welterweight who appeared on the scene as a twenty year old in the mid-seventies and enjoyed a dream Dale Martin push, beating McManus on television and relieving him of his European Middleweight Chammpionship and belt.
Nevertheless, his unsmiling manner seemed to block his elevation to the Great Golden Hope that the promotion needed at the time, and he settled more comfortably into a role to succeed McManus more style-wise than as title holder.
In terms of opponents, Superstar Sanders faced them all. As well as appearing on the same bill as Big Daddy on numerous other occasions, including at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall, Sanders would often share a tag rope alongside the Halifax giant.
This alliance would bring him into in-ring confrontation with many of the super-heavyweight villains and none were bigger than Giant Haystacks himself.
He was a fitting winner of the inaugural Mike Marino Trophy, contested in memory of his long time friend and world champion, Mike Marino.
Mal Sanders continued to be a regular on ITVs weekly wrestling right up until the final televised bouts in 1988, and his career has continued well beyond into the New Age. |