I knew Ike Ibeabuchi from the day he walked into Curtis Cokes Home of Champions gym in Dallas Tx fresh in the US from Nigeria. I watched Curtis transform Ike over the years from a cruse banger into a complete boxer/fighter. He outboxed Tua, at the time being heralded as the second Tyson then he DESTROYED Byrd nearly decapitating him. Had Ike not called that lieng hooker in Vegas that night he would have gone on to be the natural successor to Lennox Lewis . Ike would have eaten Rahman for breakfast & the Klitschko's would not be holding the HW to ransom. Ike would be named among the ATG's today What happened to Ike was a tragedy
That is a fight I would love to have seen but have been a hard fight to watch. Both Ike & Lennox were favorite fighters op mine as well as both being friends. Lennox was the best HW champ since Ali Ike never had the chance to prove how good he really was to those who didnt know him
wtf are you talking about? You're trying to hard to sound reasonable and knowledgable while saying the stupidest **** imaginable. Ike was EXCELLENT at range, which was where he could get you on the end of his power punches. He fought equally well in close and at distance with explosive power in both hands. When Ike was coming up he was seen the exact same way as Tyson coming up, an unstoppable monster. His only rival was Tua or a Tyson coming back in prime form, it was generally accepted (correctly, imho) that Lewis wouldn't be able to handle him and Ike meeting Tua ruined both of them.