Ike Ibeabuchi

[Andre]

bi-polar, it has to be proven that he can be properly medicated.

You his lawyer . It would be interesting if he does come out.

Apparently I'm not his lawyer, his next hearing isn't until the end of time in 2012.

:-) classic. Dec 21 it is then.

[Andre]

I missed his entire run. I didn't have cable at the time.

No time like the present.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7RTZ...eature=related


The rest of his stuff is on the right; The Tua fight too.

[Andre]

Hopefully Ike doesn't return to a boxing ring as he would be nothing now. I believe if he is released he gets deported back to Nigeria.

Really enjoyed Ike's short stay at the top. The chasing Chris Byrd around the ring until he finally caught up with him and gave a beating too. Only a year later Byrd beat Vitali Klitschko and went the 12 round distance with Wladimir. Yet Ike had him out of there in 5 rounds.

As for the Tua fight well the relatively unknown Ike went 12 hard rounds mainly toe to toe with the hard hitting Samoan. Tua was coming off impressive wins over John Ruiz, Darroll Wilson, David Izon and Oleg Maskaev. I believe the fight holds the record for most punches in a Heavyweight fight - it certainly broke the record at the time.

Ike had decent power, a solid chin, great stamina and he would often throw 100 punches a round. He would have been a very formidable threat to the reign of Lennox Lewis.

At the time 1999/2000 you had Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali Klitschko, Hasim Rahman, David Tua and Michael Grant as the main contenders along with Ike Ibeabuchi. For me Ike was the main threat as it didn't matter what style you had his overcame it.

He would have outslugged Vitali and quite frankly destroyed Rahman and Wladimir. Still its a case of what might of been and Ike can never get back to where he once was.

I think you are right here and I also think that record still stands.

[bradlee180]

Ike Ibeabuchi is one of the greatest wastes of talent I've ever seen.

[JuliusHicks82]

Imagine sharing a cell with the guy!!!!

....sharing The dude is like 400 pounds now that would be horrible, that's not sharing that's the definition of overcrowding

That reminded me of the exchange from Friday After Next...

Craig: "It's SMALL in here!"
Day-Day: "Nah, you BIG in here!"

[Majesty]

I don't really believe the hype of Ike Ibeubuchi. As much as the mental aspect means in boxing I don't think given where Ike is at now that he would have the mentality to be champ for very long. I heard he was bi-polar and had hallucinations and etc, he doesn't really sound like someone who could deal with someone like Lennox Lewis. He had power yeah, but he wasn't there mentally and he may have won a championship but he wouldn't have had a long term run imo.

[Dark Lord Al]

I don't really believe the hype of Ike Ibeubuchi. As much as the mental aspect means in boxing I don't think given where Ike is at now that he would have the mentality to be champ for very long. I heard he was bi-polar and had hallucinations and etc, he doesn't really sound like someone who could deal with someone like Lennox Lewis. He had power yeah, but he wasn't there mentally and he may have won a championship but he wouldn't have had a long term run imo.

Hey Majesty is it true that Michael Jackson has just gone into the Guinness book of records , as he has just beat David Blaine's record for doing fuck all in a box for over 40 days ?

[NUCLEAR BULL]

i've seen vitali in person, scott welch was sim height and weight as ibeabuchi but ike was a monster, he was frank bruno with a better chin, quicker hands and feet and more stamina....its a pity he had his problems and went to prisonbecause i think he could have really hit the heavyweight heights with a bang....infact both him and tua fadded away after there super brawl, tua becuse of injuries

[FinitoElDinamita]

Such a waste of talent, this guy. Ibeabuchi was a mixture of Holyfield and Tyson. He had what he took to beat the Klits and if he was around today, he would have beaten one of them at worst...

[LobowolfXXX]

This guy could have owned the division at one point in time.....With the exception of Lennox Lewis and Tua he was tjhe most dangerous fighter in HW boxing...He was not just strong but skilled with a rock hard jaw....

Then again he made Tyson's outrage look like mild tantrums.....

He is where he belongs

Not only did he scramble Byrd's brains, he was leading on points through 4.