Hadn't K2 and their mob set Ike up using the ole "R-ape-a-prostitute" scam, he would have already KO'ed both Vitali and Vlad long ago. According to his mother who is a nurse, when they rail-roaded Ike into jail they forced him to take all kind of strong medications that messed with his mind. I really doubt that after being confined and tortured for 10 years Ike is in any shape to make a rebound. The last photo I saw of him years ago had him weighing over 300 lbs.
I cannot tell a lie -- Ike is in decent shape now, going by a very recent picture I saw of him. He also got a couple of college degrees in jail, because he was off the juice and on his meds. Good for him. But being in decent shape and getting in the ring on a major card are two different things. And a lot of his rep is due to Max Kellerman having an orgasm on TV every time Ibeabuchi's name is mentioned. Max's televised slobbering over Ibeabuchi has turned him into this mythic creature in many boxing fans' minds.
I thought violent prisoners are given hormone pills but in their food to reduce testosterone levels to very low , not full on chemical castration but similar results and is permanent . Saw a documentary about it .
Now, or then. Ibeabuchi is the most ridiculously overrated HW of all time. He had TWO fights against live bodies, one of which he arguably lost, and the other against a blown-up supermiddle. :deal And to some fans this shows he was some kind of superman who would've ruled the HW division for a decade!!lol:
He was 24 years old and highly skilled. Tua that fought Ike was not the Tua we later saw. Ike ruined Tua. There was no lucky punch vs Bird. Bird ran for his life most of that fight until ike cut the ring off and decapitated him. The rest of your argument is hypothetical bs.
Clown !! If you had the slightest knowledge of the sport of boxing you'd realize that Curtis Cokes had molded Ike into the ideal boxer puncher. He boxed Tua & SMASHED Byrd I sincerely hope you never meet Ike if he knows you've talked such trash about him . Saying Ike juiced is slander plus Ike is a very religious man & would never touch drugs