Oleksander Usyk vs Ike Ibeabuchi

In my opinion Ike is a stiffer, less skilled version of AJ and he'd have a job laying anything clean on Usyk given that he was not particularly fast.

 

Usyk walked Dubois down.

 

i can't see any meaningful comparison between aj and ike.

i think usyk boxes him up, but he aint winning 5 of 5.

 

joshua's had a career of extremes.

winning your home olympics means about 10% of actually winning the olympic gold. then he was the golden boy to the public. but that doesn't mean he didn't work hard and wasn't good.

then he has a well managed run to the title, did his job every time. then the klit fight was so good, kd's both ways, can't **** on that win.

then a fat short dude knocks him out. the same as there was too much praise early in his career, then there was too much negativity. since then he has fought scared and is not living up to what he should be.

ike got sidetracked before he reached the level he should have.

2 massive question marks, for very different reasons.

 

in england he'd win the decision over byrd whatever actually happened. it's a winnable fight for him but i agree with you it aint happening like that.

i don't mind a hw getting ko'd, especilly by a dangerous guy like ruiz. the shitshow of the second fight was the begining of the end for aj's career. i can't say they trained him wrong for that fight but i'll happily say they trained him lame for the rest of his career.

 

Just watch them fight.

Ibeabuchi is essentially a plodder. He has no great foot movement, he comes straight forward and throws weighty but not speedy punches. Tua looks faster. Sure, Ike does what he does well, but guys like him are grist to Usyk's mill:

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Joshua is more fluid than Ike, his feet are lighter and he fights more technically. You can see he tries to combine his offense and defence and doesn't just plod forward like an 1800s battleship looking to exchange salvoes. He's much faster than Ike:

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To wrap this up I'd point out that Usyk is actually taller than Ibeabuchi and will be able to play his range games and feet games a lot more easily against him than Joshua who despite being 6'6 was an underrated technician.

 

I think Ibeabuchi is a more dangerous fight for Usyk than Joshua was simply due to the mentality of both fighters. Yes Ibeabuchi was off his rocker but he isn't going to be gun shy like Joshua was, Ibeabuchi has an iron chin, great workrate, and he'll be putting alot of pressure on Usyk.

Ibeabuchi caught up to Byrd who was a hard fighter to catch clean, i think Ibeabuchi would be able to hit Usyk at some point and it's down to how Usyk reacts to the pressure.

Chisora was able to make Usyk uncomfortable at times with his pressure and won his fair share of rounds, i would think Ibeabuchi would be able to atleast do better than Chisora remember Ibeabuchi isn't going to gas himself out like Chisora did.

The way to beat Usyk is putting pressure on him Breidis gave him a close fight, Chisora gave him a rough night, at times Joshua did well in the 2nd fight but wasn't aggressive enough.

 

Ike Ibeabuchi remains a mystery. He don’t know how good he actually was, despite excellent wins over Tua and Byrd. I find it hard to gauge how he would do in these hypothetical fights. From what I’ve seen he certainly would have a chance against Usyk, or any of these active guys.

 

I’m going to vote for Usyk by decision unless Ike lands something huge