ike ibeabuchi vs Lennox Lewis ; Mike Tyson ; Wladimir Klitschko

Ibeabuchi was clearly very good, his wins over Byrd and a peak Tua while still only 26 and arguably still to reach his potential are very impressive.

But he shouldn't be favoured over any proven great. We never saw how he would do against a good super heavyweight, Tua and Byrd where the kind of fighters that would stand in front of you, how would he deal in cutting off the ring against a tall super heavyweight who would keep him at range?

He'd give them all tough fights in my opinion especially Tyson and was durable enough to trade with him and busy enough over 12 rounds to be competitive if he can survive the early Tyson onslaught. I think Tyson's edge in speed and superior combinations earn him a close decision where he struggles to subdue his opponent.

Wlad while clearly vulnerable to being KO'ed by a puncher like Ike is good enough and disciplined enough to outbox him over 12 rounds. Would be interesting to see how he would have coped with Ike's work rate especially late on. He would not have done enough damage to the durable Ike to discourage him with his cautious style so Ike would still be a threat late when Wlad's stamina could be an issue.

Lewis on an off day could get KO'ed. But at his best he would beat Ike though I could see him having some tricky moments it wouldn't be as one sided as the fight with Tua.

 

he wouldnt beat any of them on a gd day..on a bad day he might have success against all 3 as all 3 are vunreble..

 

Honestly Ike did less than Valero who is also seen as completely unproven.
Both top level talents but we just cant know.

 

OT,

but a bit surprising that Ike is only 6′ 2″.

 

He stepped up and beat the top level opponents he faced, a future champion in Byrd to show he could deal with a good boxer/mover aswell as displaying his destructive power, and Tua to prove he had the chin and fortitude to slug it out with the toughest and the best heavyweight punchers out there. And he was still young and would've developed further. If I was to bet I would believe he had it in him to do the same at the next level against the greats like Lewis, Tyson, Wlad, and atleast make it competitive.

 

Ike would have gotten his **** kicked in.

 

He'd lose to all three, whether its a good or bad day for those guys in their prime! :deal

 

Too small against Lewis to win twice. Tyson and Wlad might not like the pressure.. don't know.

 

Ike took a real beating from Tua even tho he won the match. If that was gonna be his style of fighting through his whole career, I think he'd probably drop dead with a brain hemorrhage before geting by all three........

 

Spot on with this post, when Byrd fought Ike he was so hard to hit no one could catch him clean with anything and Ike crushed him. Against Lewis
he would have pushed lennox to the brink and against Wlad he would have
caused him alot of problem's and i mean alot, Tyson wow what a war that
would have been

 

Ike would probably KO Wlad, would stand a punchers chance against Lennox, and would have a field day on Tyson - for all Tyson's strengths, his workrate wasn't among them. There's no way he gets past somebody like Ike.

 

At their primes/near it? All three smash him. Can he beat any of them on their worst nights and he's at his best, probably a level above we ever actually saw him at? Sure.