Thread: Your thoughts on Ike Ibeabuchi vs. David Tua?

now this is a good HW fight. here are two HW fighters who can in-fight with a high degree of technical aptitude (ibeabuchi more so than tua)

much much better than klitschko-lewis.

i've no doubt ibeabuchi would've slaughtered wlad.

Originally Posted by sumkalambay

now this is a good HW fight. here are two HW fighters who can in-fight with a high degree of technical aptitude (ibeabuchi more so than tua)

much much better than klitschko-lewis.

i've no doubt ibeabuchi would've slaughtered wlad.

Based on what? Ike never fought a fighter that big. Tua and Byrd were smaller than him. How would Ike of dealt with Wlad's jab?

Ike would have broken Wlad's jaw. Ike would close the distance on him and hurt him badly. Ike by Ko whenever he felt like it.

Originally Posted by WelshDevilRob

Ike would have broken Wlad's jaw. Ike would close the distance on him and hurt him badly. Ike by Ko whenever he felt like it.

It's one thing to close the distance against a fly puncher like Chris Byrd than it is against a monster puncher in Wladimir

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

Originally Posted by WelshDevilRob

Ike would have broken Wlad's jaw. Ike would close the distance on him and hurt him badly. Ike by Ko whenever he felt like it.

It's one thing to close the distance against a fly puncher like Chris Byrd than it is against a monster puncher in Wladimir

It is - though Byrd is alot quicker of foot and harder to hit than Wlad. Is Wlad's jab harder than Tuas hooks? Nope - so Ike will keep coming and keep coming and Wlad would have nowhere to escape. Wlad don't like pressure and Ike will bring it along with that high volume of punching and his granite chin.

Ike by Ko.

Ice...that you buddy.Have been rethinking both of these guys alot lately.Honestly Ike was fed on a collective run of 50/50 fighters until the Tua fight.Awesome vs Tua and Byrd...but that was it.Helluva fight and showed the best and worst of Tua.Like Tua,but think hes become over rated.Ike also but we'll never know how he would have ended up.That lack of self control and focus could have very well carried over into the ring against top tier fighters and come back to bite him.

maybe i'm overrating ibeabuchi.

i think he just catches wlad after being outboxed for a few rounds.

YouTube - DAVID TUA VS IKE IBEABUCHI HIGHLIGHTS

Ike was a strong physical fighter with a weak mind. And he would have been found out eventually. I think his frustration with the way Wladimer fights would have boiled over and he would have had a break down in the ring. Ike had everything except a mind.