The President!

[Pretty Boy1]

One of my mates told me a while ago about Ike 'The President' Ibeabuchi, he read about him in an old Ring magazine. I looked him up and although I've not seen any of his fights he sounded like a good boxer! He was 20-0 with 15 KOs most notably defeating David Tua and knocking out Chris Byrd! Some dubbed him the 'next' Mike Tyson! He's serving a huge jail sentence for **** but I read an article ( https://www.amren.com/mtnews/archive...uchi_close.php )where he stated that if he got early release he could capture a World title but his parole hearing he wanted to get released on was denied in 2004 but he's applying again August 2007. He's just turned 34 and has served about 8 years in prison. If he was released this year do you think he's been out the game to long to be a serious contender again? I don't think hes to old but he may be to rusty and he may not get let out. Has anyone seen him fight? If so whats your opinion on him?

[Dye]

he is done.....................

[boxer2k5]

hes like 300 poudns now

he would have beatingwlad i think
and lenox in the first fight
i think lennox would have beating him
in the second


ike was dope he had power some speed
and he threw alot of punches
and didnt get tired like most of the heavyweights

think of a 230 pound sam peter with stamina
and boxing liek in the peter toney 2 fight

[Pretty Boy1]

I just found his fight against David Tua on you tube. Its in 7 parts so I'm gonna watch it tomorrow when I'm less tired and see what he was like! He could've been the future of heavyweight boxing if he hadn't been a **** and ****d a girl!!

[michaelwbray]

He's very messed up in the head... Probably took a few too many clean shots from Tua. Even if he managed to lose the weight and work hard in the gym he still could not compete on the top level. He's done.

[TheFairPole]

In my opinion, he would have dominated the division. Even Byrd said he would have walked right through Lewis. He potentially was that good. He was just too ****ed up mentally.

[forget]

He was pretty good. I watched him coming up. The Tua fight was close though and could have gone either way. The television announcers had Tua winning but we know that doesn't mean much. The thing is, that the Tua fight was so close and Tua in spite of his great power we know could be outboxed, so skill wise Ike was somewhat limited. In his earlier fight with Marion Wilson he also had trouble. The Byrd win was very impressive but like Tony Ayala before him, Ike's potiential was no garantee he would have been as successful as people say.

[Mistadobalina]

ahhh, time for the monthly edition of "ike ibeabuchi would've been champ".

okay let's get down to business.

pros:
powerful build

good power (not devastating 1-punch-KO kind of power like some will tell you, as he was more of an accumulation type of guy)

scary, intimidating mother ****er

incredible stamina/punch output that was rare to see for such a big guy

great hand speed for someone built like a dozer

iron jaw

pretty good jab

knew how to throw, short and snappy combos

cons:
psycho

got lazy in his training several years before getting locked up

abused his sparring partners till he had none left

his weight had gone up towards the end of his career, he carried it very well since he was a physical specimen, but a lean 235 was his best weight...and i honestly think it's safe to assume that even if he had never been convicted, his shotty training regimen would've caught up with him.

he looked more sluggish, and threw less short, snappy, combos in his later fights

psycho

landmarks:
going toe-to-toe w/ david tua, in one of the craziest HW bouts of the '90s, breaking the compubox number of punches thrown ever in a HW fight...and these two weren't a couple of pitty-pat punchers either, making this feat even more amazing.

knocking chris byrd into temporary ******ation, with hilarious drooling effects.

and btw, most agree he stylistically resembled a tanked up version of evander holyfield rather than mike tyson.

[demirturk]

ahhh, time for the monthly edition of "ike ibeabuchi would've been champ".

okay let's get down to business.

pros:
powerful build

good power (not devastating 1-punch-KO kind of power like some will tell you, as he was more of an accumulation type of guy)

scary, intimidating mother ****er

incredible stamina/punch output that was rare to see for such a big guy

great hand speed for someone built like a dozer

iron jaw

pretty good jab

knew how to throw, short and snappy combos

cons:
psycho

got lazy in his training several years before getting locked up

abused his sparring partners till he had none left

his weight had gone up towards the end of his career, he carried it very well since he was a physical specimen, but a lean 235 was his best weight...and i honestly think it's safe to assume that even if he had never been convicted, his shotty training regimen would've caught up with him.

he looked more sluggish, and threw less short, snappy, combos in his later fights

psycho

landmarks:
going toe-to-toe w/ david tua, in one of the craziest HW bouts of the '90s, breaking the compubox number of punches thrown ever in a HW fight...and these two weren't a couple of pitty-pat punchers either, making this feat even more amazing.

knocking chris byrd into temporary ******ation, with hilarious drooling effects.

and btw, most agree he stylistically resembled a tanked up version of evander holyfield rather than mike tyson.

lol! psyco hahaha

[IchiBonDj]

In my opinion, he would have dominated the division. Even Byrd said he would have walked right through Lewis. He potentially was that good. He was just too ****ed up mentally.

Of course Byrd is gonna say that, Ike nearly took his head off.