Young vs Ibeabuchi

[The Old LefHook]

Well, folks, this one looks like the championship finals for the Greatest Heavyweight Never A Champion tournament.

Ike treated Chris Byrd, another master boxer, quite roughly. Can he do the same to Young, or will Young cauliflower the president's ears?

[clemenza]

It's not even close, Jimmy Young embarrass Ike. It's a real professional defeating a one hit wonder. Lets be honest ok, Ibeabuchi had 1 1/2 good wins. The Byrd win was great, but like I stated in the past, the Tua win was a flip of the coin. I think Tua won actually. I saw Ike live twice, I've seen maybe his Second best win vs Marion Wilson in Asbury Park, than I saw him versus Everton Davis at Trumps Taj Majhal in Atlantic City. I've been there to see him fight, he's a 15-20 ranked fighter in the Jimmy Young era, in which quite frankly is the best Era in Heavyweight History. And that's that!

[GhostofDempsey]

The 1975/6 version of Young beats Ike. Jimmy defeated hard hitting Ron Lyle 2x, took Shavers best punches to a draw and in my opinion did enough to beat Ali. That version of Jimmy beats Ike. By 1977 his career was taking a downward turn even though he sc****d out a win versus Foreman. So yeah, if he could take big punches from Shavers, Lyle and Foreman, I'd say he can take whatever Ike was dishing out.

[OctoberRed]

Maybe Ike gets a few rounds early, but Young dominates him to a clear decision.

[The Old LefHook]

Young is well on his way to being voted by this forum as the greatest heavyweight in history never to win a world title. Is he really the one? He would probably beat Cooney too.

[OctoberRed]

Young is well on his way to being voted by this forum as the greatest heavyweight in history never to win a world title. Is he really the one? He would probably beat Cooney too.

He wouldn't beat Dokes or Page.