What could have Ike Ibeabuchi become?

Wrong.

Ike was an offensive beast who threw more shots in a round than Chagaev or Iggy would often throw in 5 rounds.

Wladimir didn't go on the offensive against Iggy so why would he do it against a fighter who outfought prime Tua and knocked Byrd spark out during his best days at Heavyweight? There is no basis for this.

Ike would get inside on Wladimir, and he had enough firepower to knock him out. With the ferocity he showed against Tua, I would favor it to happen.

 

Sorry, but two fights - one of them a debatable, razor-thin decision - don't make you great. I am continually astounded by just how badly this guy gets overrated based on what he actually did in the game.

 

Ike was taller and at 230 he was ripped unlike the Iggy and Chageav, further more he would pressure Wlad and we would all see Wlad Panic and get KTFO again.

 

Ike would've been a beltholder in my book, but I believe he never would've had the consistency to hold onto the belt for any significant period of time as his behavior was becoming more and more erratic following the Tua fight. It's a shame, too-we still never got to see how he'd do against a fighter his own size or bigger.

 

I agree, a peak Rahman had a very underrated jab which he could of used to keep Wlad honest, as well as set him up for the big overhand right that would of probably shattered Wlad's glass chin into a million pieces. Though Wlad probably would of knocked him out in the same amount of rounds if it was the 01 version of Rahman, it just would of been alot more competitive early on I think.

 

What are you talking about?

I said he displayed in those fights that they had the ability, power, and stamina to go far in the Heavyweight division.

That isn't overrating the guy, that is appreciating a talented fighter.

Nobody says he was an ATG waiting to happen.

 

"Ike was taller and at 230 he was ripped unlike the Iggy and Chageav, further more he would pressure Wlad and we would all see Wlad Panic and get KTFO again. "


Nope you prove you don't know ****, first Iggy is the exact same height, and he had the exact same reach to the cm. Look it up.. second Iggy was faster and his plan was to get inside and presure Wlad. Tyson though Iggy would be the one to take his mantel, but Iggy ran into Wlad, end of story. Ike was slower and would have been stuck on the wrong side of a jab- right strait all day.

 

A heavyweight Zab Judah?

There isn't any doubt Ike had mental problem. So the question of what he could become should also have would he been stable mentally to become champ.

 

I think he would have won a tittle but I don't think he would have been the heavyweight savior a lot of people make him out to be.

 

I had Tua beating Ibeabuchi. IKE was interesting to watch, but you never knew what he was going to do, he could explode outside a ring.

 

Those two fights count for more than either K brother has ever done, imho. Hell the Tua fight alone does. The closest either one of them get is putting up a good fight against an old Lewis on the verge of retirement, and he was about to get KTFO by Lewis if they hadn't stopped the fight.

 

I did too, but I think it killed his career. Maybe if he had gotten the decision he deserved things would have been different, but it seemed to take a lot out of him.

 

Klitschkos have done a lot. They have made history. Vitali was six time world kickboxing champion, superheavyweight division both pro and amateur, world military champion, international champion, WBO, WBC champion, world record for come back after 4 years winning title. Highest knockout ratio. Vlad won gold medal olympics, superheavyweight divison, world military champion, international champion, WBO, IBF, IBO, Ring Champion, fightnews champion, etc. Klitschkos are the best heavyweights in the world, by far.

 

Except that its not WWE and a tag team partnership.

You have to pick one.

I take Vitali over Wlad.

 

Who the **** are you talking about? Ibragimov??

He is at LEAST 20 lbs of sheer muscle smaller than Ike, not to mention he has about 1/4 the talent. What ****ing drugs are you taking?