Whenever i think of Ike Ibeabuchi, a tear rolls down my cheek

[gratz_the_king]

this guy seriously had it all


incredible chin
incredible power
incredible work rate

etc.

he even had the size on top of it, so he wouldnt have been one of these undersized heavyweights that you see today like chambers, minto, ibragimov or adamek

i try to hold on to the hope that he might still be competitive if he ever gets out of jail, but i think his days are pretty much done...he will be 40 IF he gets out in 2012, and i doubt he will be able to compete with the elite...

one things for sure...the heavy weight scene would look alot different than it does today if he never went to jail

[Left Banned Tua]

tua scrambled that guy's brains.

[jrosales13]

my favorite Ibeabuchi fight is when he beat Tua. Just straight outworked Tua. It was a beautiful fight to watch.

[Thread Stealer]

Ibeabuchi is such a loon.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=graham_tim&id=1860455

Ibeabuchi developed a new persona based on his nickname, "The President." At times when he was being churlish or refusing to complete a simple requirement such as attending a weigh-in, his handlers would appeal to The President's regal nature by convincing him it was the noble thing to do.

"There were times when he thought he was really a president," DiBella says. "He would get into these mental states where he insisted on people calling him The President. It was his alter ago, where 'I am The President,' not of the United States, but maybe the world."

Stories began to circulate that both Ibeabuchi and his mother both were seeing demons. Promoter Cedric Kushner says Ibeabuchi on two occasions had to be literally dragged onto airplanes before fights because of perceived demonic forces.

Then there was the time Ibeabuchi wielded a knife during a dinner meeting in New York to discuss a possible three-fight HBO deal.

"We were having a fine meal at a nice restaurant," Kushner says, "and mid-course Ike picked up a big carving knife, slammed it into the table and screamed 'They knew it! They knew it! The belts belong to me! Why don't they just give them back.'

"That was a peculiar experience," Kushner says. "That wasn't the type of conduct I expected to romance the guy from HBO. (Ibeabuchi) was like a Viking."

[Spray_resistant]

The guy was the goods, at least physically anyway.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

he was a few McNuggets short of a six piece

[Left Banned Tua]

my favorite Ibeabuchi fight is when he beat Tua. Just straight outworked Tua. It was a beautiful fight to watch.

he didn't beat tua.

go fuck yourself.

[Thread Stealer]

I thought Tua won also. It's been awhile though since I watched it.

I loved it when he dropped Byrd and make him drool like an infantile ******.

[Telepath]

...and he would have been brutally knocked out by Lennox Lewis.

[Left Banned Tua]

he was a few McNuggets short of a six piece

he had 5 before the tua fight.

probably had 3 left after that fight.