It seems Ike Ibeabuchi has been released from prison...

**ykdadamaja** · 03-19-2014 11:21 PM

Can you imagine what he would get away with, if he's not reformed, in Nigeria? Murder and then some....

**Ron Swanson** · 03-20-2014 12:53 AM

Everything I've read says there is no way to reform a sociopath. You just try to avoid their triggers. The world won't make that effort. He will hurt someone else badly.

**ykdadamaja** · 03-20-2014 03:57 AM

Originally Posted by Ron Swanson

Everything I've read says there is no way to reform a sociopath. You just try to avoid their triggers. The world won't make that effort. He will hurt someone else badly.

How sad....

**bradlee180** · 03-20-2014 04:27 AM

Nah, the man is crazy.

At his best in the late 90s, there was a scheduled fight where for a couple of weeks leading up to the fight, his cornermen didn't even know where he was or if he was even training.

Before that, HBO covered the kidnapping story, Lampley and Merchant talking about Ike kidnapping his former girlfriend's kid where he drove himself and the kid into a cement pillar. The kid suffered some permanent injuries, seizures. Ike went to jail for a short while, charged with kidnapping and attempted murder, the courts decided he was trying to commit suicide and let him off with 4 months, but he had to pay a half million in the lawsuit.

At the time between the 1997 Tua fight where he made his name and the 1999 Byrd fight, many prominent people in boxing publicly commented on this guy's bizarre behavior, and that he was not playing with a full deck. I think it was Kellerman stated that you only had to talk to Ike for about 5 minutes to know this guy was unstable.

Money talks though, and this guy was a fantastic talent, and there was definitely money to be made off him by all the sharks in Boxing.

**La Cucaracha** · 03-20-2014 05:19 AM

And the new

**ElTerribleMorales** · 03-20-2014 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by mrbig1

His crazy ass will be back in prison in no time. You heard it here first.

that's like saying someone's gonna shoot up in Queens, it's obvious lol

**bradlee180** · 04-14-2014 06:02 PM

So Ike Ibeabuchi remains in custody. He was transferred, not released:

"...discharged from the Nevada Department of Corrections and transferred to Washoe County Jail on February 28 2014." "He was denied parole in 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2012." - boxingnewsonline

Originally Posted by Freedom

Contrary to reports, heavyweight Ike Ibeabuchi remains in custody

Thanks for the link, Freedom.