How would Ike Ibeabuchi fared with today's heavyweight division?

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  1. JacK Rauber

    JacK Rauber Unbourboned by what has been Full Member

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    Ike was a beast. The fact that he stood toe to toe with Tua and came out on top tells you all you need to know. Yes, he would hold a belt today if he were fighting.
     
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  2. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He'd sign to fight one of the top guys, then he'd kidnap a kid and drive head on into a brick wall and try to kill them both. Then go to a mental institution until 2040.

    What the hell is with you today?

    Ike Ibeabuchi couldn't hold it together long enough to get past Michael Grant.

    You think Ike could handle the pressure of fighting Wilder (the hardest puncher around), Joshua (who fills stadiums in the UK) or Fury (who could play mind games all day long)?

    He'd be trying to kill himself before he ever got past Dillian Whyte.

    Ibeabuchi was mentally ill. He wasn't going to "NOT BE" mentally ill if he fought today. He couldn't hold it together when the division was much weaker.
     
  3. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    SLOW Did you ever see Ike fight?? I doubt it
     
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  4. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Ike woulde have ruled the HW division He was only just getting started
     
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  5. Holler

    Holler Doesn't appear to be a paid matchroom PR shill Full Member

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    Now we're talking. How long a term would the President have served C.J? We talking FDR duration?
     
  6. Holler

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    He was indeed a beast and a terrifying presence in the ring, but I don't think Ike or Tua for that matter gets through current testing as they were in the 90's. So he may not cut quite the same figure if he was lining up against a current leading HW.
     
  7. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    You have no idea what you are blabbering about. I knew Ike from the day he first walked into Curtis Cokes Home of Champions gym in Dallas
    BTW Put yourself under heavy sedation for 14 months, just because theyre scared of what you MIGHT do. You'd be having mental problems
    Ike was no angel but neither was he the fiend you try to paint him as. He would rule the HW division today. That's is the fairies would fight him
     
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  8. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    Ike Ibeabuchi is absurdly overrated by some people. Chris Byrd would have easily beaten him if he boxed instead of trying to slug it out with him.

    He was no better than Sam Peter: good puncher, strong chin, but very limited skills.

    If he fought today: Fury would school him, Joshua would outbox and eventually knock him out, and Wilder would avoid him.
     
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  9. Heavy_Hitter

    Heavy_Hitter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He'd beat up a couple of hookers and will end up in prison before having any meaningful victories in a ring.
     
  10. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Ike at 100% whips them all today It makes me mad to see people diss fighters when they have no idea who they really were
     
  11. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    ROFLMAO The only was he couldnt clean out todays HW division Is the fact neither of them would dare fight him
     
  12. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Ike never "BEAT UP" any hooker That lying hooker wasnt touched. She said " I only came to dance for him " ROFLMAO
     
  13. POTUS

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    He'd KO Miller, Chisora, Bearzill & many other contenders.
    Then Ike ends up in jail. Social media would get him busted imo
     
  14. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Chris Byrd, one of the quickest heavyweight of his generation would probably disagree with you that Ibeabuchi was too slow after their fight.
     
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  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Byrd didn`t throw as many punches as the top 3 heavies do now, Fury didn`t throw much against Wilder but was always threatening to throw a counter which would make Ike Hesitate, Wilder`s the same way, not always active but waiting for an opening, AJ simply throws more than Bryd who`s offence didn`t match his defense.