Ike Ibeabuchi's Return

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  1. Tony Hession

    Tony Hession New Member Full Member

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    Any truth in the rumours of a planned ibeabuchi return in 2017 as per the telegraph and independent. If so I struggle to imagine him offering anything at the age of 44. 20-0-0 15ko's. He would be classed as a relatively small heavyweight at 6'2. Before his lock up he was the next big thing in boxing.
     
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  2. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    I would imagine he could still blast out mediocre heavyweights with padded records... Think the guys Ruddock was fighting a few years ago in his age 50+ comeback.
     
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  3. Rockradar

    Rockradar Well-Known Member Full Member

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    So hes returning again. His return was announced a few years back but something came up...
     
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  4. like a boss

    like a boss have gloves will travel Full Member

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    Ibeabuchi was released by the Nevada prison system in Feb 2014 and then handed to the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, which detained him until Nov 2014.

    That was 2 years ago now. If he planned on returning to the ring surely he would have done it by now.
     
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  5. lawslaw

    lawslaw Active Member Full Member

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    Didn't he have his parole revoked or something? Never read what happened other than that about 6 months back.
     
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    See above.
     
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  7. lawslaw

    lawslaw Active Member Full Member

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    Yes I did. But I am talking about him having his parole revoked which I believe happened either late 2015 or early 2016.
     
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  8. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was supposed to come back this year on the undercard of Pac-Bradley III but he violated his probation.
     
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  9. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Any comeback by Ike would be ill conceived at best.......What Amir Mansour
    did after a decade on lock was utterly amazing and I seriously doubt duplicatable.
     
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  10. Unforgiven

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    Wasn't he deported from the US ?
     
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  11. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ike vs briggs LETS GO CHAMP
     
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  12. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things.

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    Mansour came back at the age of 38 and has looked his age the last few years. He had some time to adapt to his old age.
     
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