Ike Ibeabuchi vs David Tua - was this the best heavyweight 12 rounder of all time?

It was a good fight but I always thought it lacked drama it was very one paced with no stand out rounds.

Off the top of my head Ruddock vs Tyson 2 was a more enjoyable 12 round Heavyweight non title fight.

I also enjoyed Norton vs Ali 2 one of my favourite Ali fights in the 70s.

Mercer vs Cooper is also another good candidate for a 12 round non title fight.

 

Mercer / Cooper was a tremendous fight and I personally think Bert had some of the fight knocked permanently out of him by it.

 

Look, there have been many great fights but this was a heavyweight classic right up there w Bowe-Holyfield 1 ... best is personal choice but it was a great fight ...

 

I agree re Tua vs Ibeabuchi. It almost seems wrong to say because it was a great fight but it did lack a certain measure of drama - they were just like two, punch for punch, unyielding Rock’em Sock’em Robots.

One irony is that they both had such great chins - one fighter or the other being wobbled or hurt definitely adds drama - those two were like brick walls, taking the very best the other could dish out without any real problems or taking any backward steps.

 

Probably.

If you didn't know what was going to happen, then it woudl have been pure dynamite.

 

There were more punches thrown & landed in the 12 round Ike/Tua fight than in any 15 round Ali /Frazier fight

 

It was a great fight that most heavyweights could not handle the pace or brutal punching ....these two guys fought on equal terms trading bombs relentlessly...the lack of drama was simply neither could overpower the other

 

My top 10 heavyweight non title 12 rounders (that went 12 otherwise add cooper vs moorer and bowe holyfield 3 among others)
Cooper vs mercer
Ali vs norton
Ibeabuchi vs tua
Patterson vs chuvalo
Patterson vs quarry 2
Holmes vs mercer
Wladimir klitchko vs peter 1
Young vs foreman
Whyte vs chisora 1
Tyson vs ruddock 2
Ali vs frazier 2

 

And ? Zack Padilla broke punchstats records when he fought Ray Oliveira, Chris Arreola recently fought a fight that broke Heavyweight punchstat record that Tua/Ibeabuchi held. It doesn't mean these fights are better than other famous great fights.

Tua/Ibeabuchi lacked drama and there was no stand out round, a good fight but not a great one for me.

 

If this is the most exciting that you've seen...you haven't seen much!