Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
Had Ike Ibeabuchi stayed out of trouble he would have only gone on to be slaughtered by Lennox Lewis and/or Evander Holyfield and then would have gone on to be a fringe contender/acid test...see David Izon, Friday Ahunaya, Sam Peter, etc. The Nigerian heavyweights always start out in amazing form but their styles deteriorate rapidly from power punching pressure fighters to plodding sluggers.

After prison Mike Tyson was carried as a cash cow and there were plenty of fighters able to beat him out there.

Riddick Bowe is overrated he just had a style that meshed with Holyfield and Bowe happened to be the bigger man.

If Ike hadn't called that lying hooker he'd have been the natural successor to Lennox Lewis. Ike would have smashed the Klit brothers. A Lennox-Ike fight would have been awesome with both in their prime. Would have been a hard fight to watch for me knowing & liking both fighters though