Originally posted by Holtol
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Ike Ibeabuchi-what if?
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If you don't mind, I would like to hear your opinions.[/QUOTE]
There have been many Lewis threads where I have said my opinion of some of his wins and losses. I don't really feel like aggravating his fans and having to exsplain myself its a lot of work. It would require many pages for me to describe everything I am not up to it right now. Maybe I will a little later. I am just not feeling that inspired to argue his carreer right now for some reason.Last edited by Holtol; 04-28-2011, 02:45 PM.
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Its difficult to say. Ibeabuchi didnt accomplish much, hell he only fought two fighters of note his entire career...but his win over Chris Byrd was pretty damn impressive, and I still consider Byrd to be Wladimir's best win even after all this time. And outfighting Tua at his own game isnt exactly somethign to scoff at.
I think he had his limitations, but would have LOVED to see him fight Lewis or the Klitschkos.
Im not sure if he would have gotten better or not. He was always a mental case and was probably bound to crack at any time.
the main obsession with Ike is not that he was ATG material really...its just that people wish that a powerful, exciting HW like him was around in the 2000s, where the division started getting really terrible. he definitely could have made waves there.
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Originally posted by JAB5239 View Post
In my opinion it is ridiculous. What do you think?
PS. I personally rank Lewis at 13th just ahead of Joe Walcott: Not quite an ATG but not far off either.
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Originally posted by poet682006 View PostThe irony is that when pressed, the person in question would EASILY reel of the names of 50+ Heavyweights that he thinks would beat Lewis.....thereby making his 15-20 ranking disingenuous to say the least.
PS. I personally rank Lewis at 13th just ahead of Joe Walcott: Not quite an ATG but not far off either.
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Originally posted by JAB5239 View PostIbeabuchi is hugely over rated. His biggest wins were over a small Cris Byrd, and a short, 1 dimensional David Tua who he had to go life and death with and was never the same after. There is no proof he would have been able to compete with a tall, hard punching and talented fighter or that his work rate would be the same against such.
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Originally posted by Holtol View PostIf you don't mind, I would like to hear your opinions.
Fair enough H, its cool.
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Originally posted by bojangles1987 View PostEveryone who has potential but is never around long enough to live up to it gets massively overrated. Just look at Valero now, people say he would knock out everyone at 140 and maybe beat Pacquiao.
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