Is Ike Ibeabuchi the biggest genetic freak in HW boxing history?

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  1. ticar

    ticar Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Yea him also. I heard that he was lazy and didn't like training, yet he looked unbelievable.
    Some of those Nigerian guys are just freaks.
     
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  2. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Can you prove that statement ?? Ike had that build the day he walked into Curtis Cokes Home of Champions gym in Dallas Texas fresh from Nigeria stating he was going to be the HW champion of the world. He would have been too if he hadnt called that lying Vegas hooker
     
  3. Sting like a bean

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    If you're just talking about size and musculature rather than talent, no. As far as I can see that would be Primo Carnera or the lesser known Jose Santa, who was 6'7", and shredded at 250+ with no roids and presumably no weight training as we think of it:

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    I'm sure there are other guys I've never heard of who looked fearsome but didn't have the actual boxing talent to get far.
     
  4. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    If someone looks unbelievable then it probably is unbelievable that it’s natural.
     
  5. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Yes but some two fights. Fought the best of Tua of a standstill and then became the only guy to flatten a prime Byrd.
     
  6. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    That guys built like Joshua.
     
  7. JackSilver

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    Can you really build defined biceps like Joshua without any kind of weights?
     
  8. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    I would be more impressed if he flattened Tua and boxed Bryd to a standstill.

    Regardless, Both Bryd And Tua proved to a be league below Lennox Lewis. We don’t even know if ike could have beat Golota or Grant.

    I have said it a million times. There was no facial damage on either Tua or Ike after their fight because they simply were not sitting down on their punches enough. Ike has admitted this himself. Theirs was a simply a good learning fight of quantity over quality.
     
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  9. choklab

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    It’s not just biceps. Look at the guys waist and hips in relation to his legs and chest. All these muscle men would look a lot different in order to be successful fighters in another era.

    I am starting to believe certain guys simply could not exist as we know them before PEDs.

    The physical limitations are not there anymore. Age, size, weight. Nothing matters anymore.
     
  10. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Lewis nor anyone else came close to flattening Tua while Ike defeated Byrd more decisively than Wlad did. Ike would have presented a different match up for Lennox. I'm not sure anyone beats the best version of Lennox but I'd favor he Ike I saw over Grant or Golota.