Ike Ibeabuchi v Joe Louis

Whilst Ike may be a little overrated, and Joe one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, I do struggle to see how Louis, who was just over 200lbs or so at his best, would be able to cope with the combination of attributes that Ike has. I'm not saying Ike wins this but there is around a 35-40lb weight advantage as well as the fact that Ike could take a punch very well, could punch hard himself, had decent boxing ability, was physically strong and had a lot of endurance. It would be interesting for sure.

 

I would hate to see this fight cause i love joe Louis.

Joe doesn't have the size and footwork to keep ike off him, and he would definitely get hurt in the exchanges by a bigger, stronger guy.

Ike by early to mid rounds tko

 

Ike couldn't so much as hurt David Tua even though he landed 332 punches over 12 rds. He had a 75% knockout ratio against 90% bums and journeyman. Joe Louis would have knocked out at least 19/20 guys that Ibeabuchi fought. If Joe landed 332 punches against Tua then Tua would have been knocked out cold.

Bottom line is Ibeabuchi was a sub par fighter who never even fought for a world title and struggled against mediocre contenders of his own era. It would be disastrous for him against a top 3 greatest heavyweight of all time.

 

Maybe or maybe not.At his best Tua was known for his chin and durability as well as his power. The question is if Ibeabuchi had landed 332 punches against Joe's chin, could Louis have stood up to them for 12 rounds like Tua did?

 

It doesn't matter how good of a chin he has, 332 punches should be enough from a so called 240 lb power puncher to put anyone out. Yet Tua came forward the entire time.

Louis had miles better defense than David Tua. 332 punches wouldn't even land but if it did then Louis would be just fine because the majority of the punches that Ibeabuchi landed were practically slaps/had terrible technique. Ibeabuchi wasn't a big puncher. Not known for any particular punch. He was slow on top of that.

 

On the flip side, I seriously doubt Louis would have been able to withstand some of the hellacious punches that Ike took from Tua.

BTW, as you mentioned elsewhere, most of those 332 punches weren't serious "bad intentions" blows but point-scoring blows delivered against a physically strong opponent with an amazing jaw, who was constantly pushing him backwards and throwing & landing very heavy blows in return.

 

332 punches from a so called 240 lb power puncher and no knockout. It doesn't add up. The truth is that Ibeabuchi was a mediocre heavyweight who has been talked up on boxingforum24 by gen x posters that want their era to be the golden days of boxing when in reality it wasn't.

 

All fair, reasonable points but of course we don't actually know how Louis would have done against any of these men either.

 

The Brown Bomber would wipe his ass with Ike.

 

Good post

 

Welcome back. No call here, but I must ask if Louis was too skilled, how come he could not win the majority of rounds vs Schmeling, Conn, Walcott, or Charles. These were probably the best 4 boxers he fought, and they out pointing him.

 

Perry's posts were made in June!lol

 

Well the RED BANNED is gone from his name, so I think he can post now if he wishes.