Ike can take a barrage of punches well, and if the numbers are accurate he had the best stamina of any heavyweight ever. Wilder is tall and rangy with possibly more power than Ike ever had to deal with. Who would you think wins?
Last I heard ike is out of prison at 44 years young, he may end up as wilder's next title defense if he's shot enough
Ike is very overrated, two wins over very good contenders, but both were very competitive fights. 50/50 fight for me, but I'll go with Wilder, just because the poll should not be this one sided.
Yeah they made sure he'd never fight again. Prime Ike would steamroll Wilder & any other HW out there today. He'd have been the natural successor to Lennox Lewis. A Lewis-Ibeabuchi would have been a barn burner. Klitschko's would be long forgotten
Ike showed a lot of promise before he went away. Wilder obviously has skill and power to go with it but on what level is still unknown because his title defenses have been trash. I pick Ibeabuchi but Wilder could probably beat him with footwork and discouraging power. Most of the punches from the Tua fight landed on either on the arms or were very unclean.
That wasn't what David Tua said after the fight LOL He said Ike hit him hard & he hit Ike hard too It was hell of a fight
Yeah Ike is overrated in H2H matches, so is his former foe Tua. That said he destroys Wilder, so do his former victims Tua and Byrd.