Being serious for a second, the deal with Ike Ibeabuchi is that he's from Nigeria and Nigeria has a storied history of heavyweights (albeit not all positive). Lots of the Nigerian heavyweights showed great promise (Ibeabuchi included) but then failed to impress after great performances. David Izon, Friday Ahunaya, Sam Peter, etc...these guys looked like unstoppable forces but then met resistance and were humbled by better boxers. I will always believe that if given more time in the division than his 20 fights he would have been "found out" and once beaten he would have not looked so great.
Ibeabuchi was diagnosed with bipolar and schizo-effective disorders which over time would have hindered his effectiveness in the ring either because he would have HAD to use drugs to make sure his head was right (those drugs have huge side effects) or he would have just gone bonkers in training or in a fight.
Mike Tyson is bipolar too but the schizo part of Ike's diagnosis is what worries me.
Ibeabuchi vs Holyfield would have been a barn burner


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