Imagine if IBEABUCHI hadn't gone mental!

Is Ibeabuchi out of prison now? He is supposed to be..........

 

He will have another chance at parole in 2012, when he is 39, and will then be deported.

That being said, in today's starless envirmonment, I could see getting out at 39, and after loosing about 100 pounds ( I hear he is fat) and having a tune up being ready to face 43 year old Viatly Klit in Germany in 2014.

 

The meds have hurt him..............

 

By whom, Don King?
The Russian mob?
Both?

 

Ibeabuchi looked great up to the point he was incarcerated. Big, strong, good fundamentals, excellent combinations, power, good jab, high workrate and iron cast chin. His ability to stand and trade with a version of Tua that was better than the one that faced Lewis and the way he dispatched a prime Byrd was very impressive.

He definatley would have been a top contender and would have very likely picked up a title. But he never fought a super heavy like Lewis or the Klitchko's, so it's hard to say how he would have dealt with them.

 

The fact the guy had a severe mental breakdown would suggest he never had what it took upstairs to have ever gone too far with his career. Guy had talent, but as they say boxing is more mental than physical or anything else

 

Knocks out Lennox Lewis in 2001 then wipes the floor with the Klitschkos, reigns for a decade until he gets old and is dethroned by an opportunistic David Haye.

 

Yeah, he was an unfinished product, with huge upside, that is what is so disappointing. So much potential still, and the guy that beat Tua, and Byrd likely would have given Evander Holyfield of the time a beating. A chin that could take Tua's best for a full 12 rounds. Stamina to throw 80 punches a round. Decent power, great in fight thinking and adaptability. Could box, or brawl. We are only left to wonder how good he would have gotten had he continued maturing as a fighter. He hadn't even reached his prime, or peak yet.

 

In his defense, he only had 20 fights under his belt when he was incarcerated. What up and coming heavy weight out there since Ibeabuchi, has two wins over a Tua or Byrd level guy. Not to mention that was the best version of Tua, I have ever seen, head movement, punch output etc. And Byrd was also undefeated, and a very slick boxer, who Ibeabuchi beat with a bad training camp, and hardly any sparring, in preparation.

No doubt in my mind, Ibeabuchi down the line would have put hands on Lewis. We saw what kind of trouble Lewis had when his opponent could take his best shots, and give it back.

 

For me he would be a better version of David Tua, only taller, longer reach. Damn he vs the klits or peter would have been great match ups.

 

Tua was a monster back then too. We definitely could have seen some great matchups.

 

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Any version of Ibeabuchi stops Haye inside 2 rounds. The first round Haye would outrun him **** him off, but in the second, Ike would grab him and assrape him until the ref stepped in and got his piece.