Thread: 88 Mike Tyson vs Ike Ibeabuchi

Who wins and how?

No one's beating 88 Tyson...

Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita

Who wins and how?

No idea who but it probably ends by hook lol or looks a lot like Tua/Ike. Both individual and division records in punches thrown in that fight. Hard to believe they both remained standing.

Tyson by murder

no disrespect, but its a crazy to even think that thought

Ike wins by stoppage inside 6 , Hit Tyson hard and take his punch and he loses everytime.
Tyson was a bully.

Tyson was more than a bully he was skilled at his best and would be far cleverer than Tua. Tyson would find holes and exploit them. Still think Ike is standing at the end but like Razzor he would have busted ribs and jaw.

Hard to say...we saw Ike take Tua's punches, we saw Ike catch Byrd, but Tyson actually was the cream of the crop in the division and there was nobody to touch him at his best (in that era).

I'd go with Tyson by UD for this reason. #1 Tyson COULD box #2 We never saw Ibeabuchi reach his full potential and there were significant questions which hadn't been answered about him #3 This might be a generalization and I'm not saying "they're all alike" but you look at Nigerian heavyweights past and present: Sam Peter, David Izon, Friday Ahunaya, and Duncan Dokiwari and those guys all looked like monsters in the ring (they certainly did, don't believe me look at what was said about them before their first losses) right before they made the final step up in class, once they did that they looked slower, less skilled as boxers, less able to press the fight, less strong even....and with Ibeabuchi I'd play the odds that Ike was more like those guys rather than think he was "THE ONE" who was unbeatable. Ike certainly LOOKED like a beast though, his fight with Tua was a classic and his KO of Byrd was amazing....still there's the doubt in my mind that he'd fade at the highest level.

That'd be a fantastic fight.

I'd go with the prime Iron Mike in that one.

Originally Posted by Master

Tyson was more than a bully he was skilled at his best and would be far cleverer than Tua. Tyson would find holes and exploit them. Still think Ike is standing at the end but like Razzor he would have busted ribs and jaw.

Yes Tyson is more skilled than Tua , but his chin isn't as good , and Ike is far better than Ruddock.
We have seen Tyson dropped , and Quit and cheat , Ike didnt show many weaknesses , im sticking to Ike by KO.