Deontay Wilder vs Ike Ibeabuchi, who takes it?

I know that, and I retract my original statement about Wilder clearly having more power than Tua as we can't know
But what we DO know is that both of them faced one elite heavyweight each, Wilder Floored and and seriously hurt Fury, Tua shat himself against Lewis

 

funny George..Wilder has the dig to hurt anyone ever, I agree though. Ortiz wouldn't see 8 rounds with Ike, i'd say sooner but to be safe 8 rounds

 

This fight would have had about as much chance of happening IRL as me waking up tomorrow with Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman fighting over who gets to take me back to bed first.

 

Ike did fight a couple tall dudes on the way up that I recall. Journeyman level though.

Ike was a thinking man's heavyweight, and his defense wasn't all that bad when he was in focus. He caught most of Tua's big hooks on his gloves, and what did land he took with little issue. He was also a thinking heavyweight, he had some ring IQ, and was adaptable. The way he set the quicker, slicker, Chris Byrd up with that big shot was marvelous. Even though he wasn't in the best condition for that fight, you could see him slowly getting the timing down as the rounds went by.

Ibeabuchi would seriously **** Wilder up. If you all thought Stiverne made him do th Stanky Leg, what Ike would do to him wouldn't even be funny.

 

Calling Fury elite after a 2 1/2 year after party, fighting 2 stiffs and then going into camp basically to shift a shed load of fat is a bit of a stretch. You could argue that the Fury who fought Wlad was elite, not the Fury who fought Wilder.

 

This guy.

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Seriously? Ike blows him out.

 

If you want to see powerful HWs in action, check this out. Tua v Ibeabuchi.

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Ike was a vicious tank of a volume puncher that (in his brief career), showed he could go to war with and couldn't be physically dented by one of the biggest HW hitters ever and at the same time had the ability to hunt down and catch the fastest most elusive HW of the past 20 ish years. I see no realistic scenario that Wilder even survives more than 3 rounds.

 

Tua's biggest weakness was his arm length. I think he was one of the best HWs for his size EVER. When he fought Lennox he could not get close. Lennox was very smart how he kept Tua away with a strong jab. If you chose to go head to head with Tua your chances of getting stopped were very high, which makes Ike's victory all the more impressive. Few chose to exchange with Tua, and survived. One of the best fights that never happened was Tua-Tyson. God, I would loved to have seen that fight. Same height, same reach. It would have been explosive. I just don't know why they didn't make it happen. I actually would have favored Tua because he wouldn't have been intimidated. Mike won half his fights before he ever got in the ring.