Ibeabuchi would have DESTROYED Tyson 96-99

This post is not about the physical attributes of the fighters such as height, reach, etc. It is about the psychology of the fighters.

I've been watching all of Ibeabuchi's fights and what stands out to me about Ibeabuchi is his DETERMINATION. I can tell by the way Ibeabuchi walks into the ring that he possesses the rare type of determination where he's literally willing to die inside the ring, you can just observe his facial expression and his body language walking into the ring, he didn't wear a grim scowl on his face like Tyson did on his way into the ring. No, the expression on his face was that of a warrior completely focused on destroying his enemy. This man did not attempt to intimidate his opponents before fights because he didn't need to.

Tyson always attempted to weaken his opponents minds by intimidating them through his facial expressions and his gaze because HIS mind was weak whereas Ibeabuchi's power was based on confidence in HIMSELF rather than the weakness of enemies. Ibeabuchi's aggression was more genuine and he had no need to intimidate his opponents in order to dominate them. Either the opponent was intimidated or not, he was looking to destroy them or die inside the ring.

The type of punches he was throwing against Chris Byrd were not thrown with bad intentions, they were thrown with SINISTER INTENTIONS, something tells me he wouldn't have been too distressed had Byrd died from taking that extremely vicious uppercut. It's such a shame that he had a vice of ****ing around with escorts. Ibeabuchi truly was THE PERFECT BOXING SPECIMEN if there ever was one, he possessed powers of both mind AND body whereas Tyson had the body but he lacked mental strength and determination.

 

Nobody beats prime Tyson easy, I would say Lennox Lewis has the best chance due to his height, reach and footwork which is definitely not Ibeabuchi's forte. We simply don't know how well Ibeabuchi's defense would have held up against lightning quick prime Tyson's combination punching offense because he definitely does not possess the footwork nor the personality to get on his bicycle and start pedaling all night.

But the opposite could also be questioned. Would prime Tyson have a mental breakdown from taking a high volume of vicious punches from a guy who refuses to back down? A guy who is genuinely not intimidated by him, a guy who might even be more brutal and psychotic than himself.

 

Bowe and Foreman might have SERIOUS trouble, as Bowe has a bad habit of boxing on the inside even though he's such a tall fighter and Foreman is so slow, the difference in speed between prime Tyson and ANY version of Foreman is just too much. Tyson's quickness and explosiveness was light years ahead of Fraziers too so the Foreman - Frazier matches would mean jack **** against prime Tyson.