Ibeabuchi = Overated!

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  1. SomeGuy101

    SomeGuy101 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Byrd?....

    Tua?.....

    That's it?

    Wow.......

    And ESB gets all excited over this guy and for what?

    It's funny when the yanks come on here and say "yeah but who has 'a' 'b' 'c' Eurobum fought!!!...then praise this guy!!!!

    Ibeabuchi is a bum hopeful end of discussion. Yanks on ESB relish this guy like he's the second coming but when you break it down Lewis dominated a guy (Tua) who Ibeabuchi barely beat in a close fight.

    My diagnosis: Wake up. Smell roses. Ibeabuchi = overated.
     
  2. Post Box

    Post Box I'm back too, bitches Full Member

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    It wasn't necessarily what he had already achieved it was the potential that he possessed
     
  3. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    i never really saw Ibeabuchi when he was still around

    i mean he was a big dude who was strong and wasnt a bad boxer

    the guy had lots of potential but also some questions left unanswered

    i mean maybe he beats Lewis and K2

    or maybe one of the 3 knocks his ass into retirement

    who knows
     
  4. Del Boy

    Del Boy R.I.P Darren Sutherland Full Member

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  5. Predicto

    Predicto Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :good

    I guess if you're too thick to judge a boxer on anything else but his record alone then you got a point.

    Ike would have beaten anybody not named Klitschko in the current HW division.

    :deal
     
  6. prelude

    prelude Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The last great black heavyweight that had the potential to be great was Ike.
     
  7. Del Boy

    Del Boy R.I.P Darren Sutherland Full Member

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    As much as it pains me to say it, Audley had major potential and he came along after Ike was locked up
     
  8. prelude

    prelude Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Audley looked promising because he had the size and boxing skills but his chin wasn't great. Ike pretty much had everything...power, speed, chin, and skills.
     
  9. SportsLeader

    SportsLeader Chilling Full Member

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    Nah, he was quality. Better than any heavyweight contender around today by about a mile. Ike had his flaws, but they were outweighed by the quality aspects of his game. When you compare him to one of the better contenders of recent years in somebody like.......Sam Peter, Ibeabuchi really is something to 'rave about'.
     
  10. Jack

    Jack Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He destroyed Byrd who went on to beat Vitali in just over a years time. He also did something to Tua that I don't think many other heavyweights could do, and that was stand, trade and win.

    Incredibly good potential. He would have wiped the floor with Vitali and Wlad in the early 2000's.
     
  11. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    :patsch What you fail to understand is people talk about what Ike COULD have been.

    You are obviously bitter about something. Probably because someone said Ike could beat Lewis or something.:roll:
     
  12. SomeGuy101

    SomeGuy101 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes yes yes...ike is a god! Based on his incredible knockout % going the distance with Wilson & Wade and taking NINE rounds to KO a bum with a 13/10 record!!

    13/10 record!!!!!!! AND IT TOOK HIM 9 ROUNDS!!!!

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  13. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    Ibeabuchi had great potential.

    He fought and beat a better version of Tua than anyone else beat. He destroyed Byrd in a manner more impressive than what either Klitschko was able to acheive.

    And he had only just turned 26 when he beat Byrd in his last fight, so had yet to even peak, if he was this good at this age he had the potential to be a great.

    He would beat anyone in todays heavyweight division other than the Klitschko's.
     
  14. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    And? :huh

    Like I said, people talk about his potential at the time, what he could have gone to do. If you think he would have NOT CONTINUED TO IMPROVE, that's all on you. But you've probvided NOTHING in terms of why he's overrated. Just your opinion of him.
     
  15. Jack

    Jack Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wilson went the distance with pretty much every big puncher of the 90's. Wade went the distance with Razor Ruddock. David went the distance with Tua.

    There's no shame in not stopping them.