Jim Jeffries vs. Ike Ibeabuchi

byrd was fooling around the ropes and got caught.ibeabuchi was missing a lot,byrd made him look clumsy few times,but his ignorance knocked him out.what goes around comes around

 

Ike boxing skills are a little overrated, but they were certainly decent, the first three rounds of Tua fight he was snapping fast very hard jab and hooking off it fast.
He was a rare physical specimen given his stamina as well, much like Jeffries for his time maybe. It would have taken a great heavyweight with a powerful jab to beat him I think

There is a very good and obvious reason Ike is rated so highly, he beat a prime Byrd like noone had, and he slugged with Tua which noone has before or since.

Similarly, Tua has a rep for a reason, for all his stumpiness and lack of glamour, in 50 fights hes only lost to Byrd and Lennox Lewis. Hes knocked out most of the big names of the late 1990s. He doesnt lose to "anyone with a jab"

On topic, I think Jeffries may possibly have even had better conditioning than Ike but given old-timers didnt seem to box at a distance, I cant see him wearing down the more powerful man

 

References to Genet?
You never cease to surprise me, MR S.

 

Tua swallowed it against Lewis,imo.

 

I agree, but he was on the slide then already, he was being trained by his manager from NZ instead of Lou Duva with Shields and Bloodworth, Kevin Barry had him gain 20lbs for power, and he lost the amazing stamina and toughness he had vs Ibeabuchi.
He sat on his ranking and fought bums for 2 years instead of getting the testing fights that made his name.
His manager had trained him into a bit of a one-punch wonder, for me he was at his best 1996-98

Its also true that he injured a rib in training for the Lewis fight because I saw the TV news before the fight, I think Lewis got him good there early on, he still was way outmatched though.

 

Lennox had the perfect style to beat Tua ... 6'5", a strong jab, good speed, terrific condition, a killer right hand and an 82" reach ...

 

I entirely agree ,doesn't alter the fact that Tua stopped trying to win after a couple of rounds though ,does it?

 

and him being 20lbs overweight.