prime ike ibeaubuchi vs prime lennox lewis

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  1. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    Lewis by UD, in which he boxes carefully behind his ramrod jab, & clinches lots.
     
  2. RoosterC

    RoosterC Well-Known Member Full Member

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    If both guys were around 18 fights into their pro career, Ike would win by KO.
     
  3. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lewis gives him the business.
     
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    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    I think this is the perfect style for Prime Lewis to look good in, I think he wins going away
     
  5. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. Full Member

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  6. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This. I can't see a KO.
     
  7. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lewis could sense the danger Ike brings and try to end him quickly like Ruddock/Golota
    Or he plays it safe and schools this fool
     
  8. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    People most likely said the same things before Lewis/Ruddock and Lewis/Golota.

    You cant count out LLs overhand right
     
  9. GDG

    GDG Well-Known Member Full Member

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    There's really no evidence or basis to pick an Ike win is there?

    Of course a forum is about opinion but there's really nothing to suggest Ike would beat Lennox.
     
  10. carlosg815

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    Ibeabuchi would have KO'd Lennox Lewis had they ever met. Although I doubt it would have ever happened as we saw Lewis was a well managed fighter who always seemed to fight guys at an opportune time when they were passed it and nowhere near the top of their game.

    He was the Manny Pacquiao of his time.
     
  11. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    I think Ike would've given Lennox and the Klits all they could handle and then some. Ibeabuchi was a beast, he really was. It's very rare to see a man that size fighting as a volume puncher. Having said that there's just far too many 'if's' and 'but's' to say he would've beaten a proven heavyweight great like LL.