He wouldn't have lasted much longer after that Byrd fight the way he looked. He had power but he was one dimensional, he did good for chasing down Byrd but I don't see Ike beating Lewis, not on any day not on his best day he couldn't beat Lennox Lewis. And the Byrd that beat Tua would have danced circles around Ike but not been caught. Ike is in the "what if" category. But I couldn't stand that they were trying to make him the new Tyson and watching the Byrd fight made me sickened seeing them call a miss a hit and a combination from Byrd they said nothing. If the HBO commentators are anything like the kessler fans on this board I would have wanted to see Ike lose just for the sake of shutting them up.

He's done though. And he only has himself to blame.