Ike Ibeabuchi vs the Klitschko Bros.

Did you ever bring up this thread before? I could have sworn that it was you.

Anyways, I think both Klits would beat him.

I think Wlad would fight a conservative fight and beat him UD.

Vitali would TKO him eventually. Vitali would lean back with his awkward stance and counter Ike habitually. Ike might be able to go toe-to-toe with Tua, but not Vitali.

 

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To me it depends which Wlad. Ike may have been able to get the pre Manny Steward Wlad out of there. I think the post Manny Steward, ultra conservative Wlad cloud hold on for a decision.

 

I think Ike is not be as good as many perceive him. He did have great wins over Tua and Byrd, but i had him losing the Tua fight, as did many others. For perspective, Lewis didn't lose a single round to Tua, Byrd humiliated him and Maskaev was in a comparable situation going into the 11th, if i remember correct... but Ibeabuchi had an excellent chin.

But the thing is, we never saw him face true adversity, nor any boxer taller than 6 feet. How does he deal with a tall man with excellent footwork, speed and technique? The fact that we never got to see him during an (official) loss makes him look better than he is. No one would pick Ali over Tyson, had he retired in '87 after beating Tucker. No one would've picked Buster over him either, or Holyfield, for that matter... bottomline is, no matter who you are, you lose that aura of invincibility when losing, and Ike never lost it because of his short career.

I wouldn't count him out because of his high workrate, power, chin and all-round ability, but his defence is rather weak and both Klitschko's would make use of that.

 

ike was a b-c level talent that didnt hang around long enough to get exposed.

anywayz to answer your question...sort of

one klit wins a wide decision, the other klit knocks him out, dropping no more then the first round or two in the process. ill let you guess which klitschko does what.

 

My dissent from any opinion, however distinguished, that either of these giants are technicians is well-documented.

I don't believe for a New York minute that Ike wouldn't go through either Klitschko inside of 7 rounds. The meek don't inherit the world when the world is a ring and they're in against a technically sound beast with bad intentions. We saw enough of Ibeabuchi to know that he was exactly that.

 

Ike was the best up and coming contender in the late 90s, pity he came to nothing, his technical skills were very good, tight guard, high workrate, in shape, power and strong as a bull. Like Holyfield but bigger. I can't see him not ko'ing Wlad. A Vitali fight would be very interesting but I see Ike's sounder technical ability getting to Vitali's schoolboy errors such as leaning out of way of punches. Ibeabuchi has the ability to properly pressure, back Vitali up and close the gap and put a hurting on the Ukranian giant

 

Ike defeats both Klitschko's.

End of story.

 

Impossible to say, we didn't get to see enough of him. I thought Tua won their fight, I thought Wlad looked more impressive skillwise in beating Byrd than Ibeabuchi did. The real measuring sticj everyone uses is the Tua fight but Tua didn't turn out to be the Tyson mk2 that everyone seemed to want him to be. Remember that he made to look every bit as amateurish by Lewis and Byrd (and Oquendo until he was caught) as Peter was by V Klitschko. We never saw Ibeabuchi against a real top draw fighter, therefore I don't buy into the notion that there's no doubt that he'd rule the division now and for the next five hundred years.
I don't know whether he'd beat either of the Klitschko's they're both better than anybody he ever fought.

 

Tua was unbeaten in his prime against Ibeaubuchi and faded later, Lewis fought a worse version, Byrd fought a much worse version, Ike fought and beat the best version despite fighting a bad tactical fight. You can say Ibeaubuchi only beat Byrd/Tua but those 2 wins are as good or better than anyone on either Klits resume

Who's the booty in the avatar?

 

Something interesting happened in the Tua fight. Ike's cornermen who knew him told him not to quit in the mid rounds.

On that night Ike was great, but he sort of regressed and lost his marbles.

Tua really never had any boxing skills on offense or defense, and Ike was simply to big and strong for Byrd to last long.

Could Ike get past a quality jab, and avoid a skilled out-fighter who could punch? We don't know. I tend to think Ike at his best would beat Wlad via a come from behind TKO. I think Vitlai wins a decison over Ike.

 

I had Ike winning but it could have gone either way. You have to remember, he went toe to toe with Tua which is what made it so close. I think if he chose to box him, he would have won a more comfortable UD.

I think Ike is capable of beating both Klit bros. but you never can tell because of his short career.

 

Tyson would have beaten Ike to a pulp :good:good

He wasn't that good.