Ike Ibeabuchi

[THE REAL NINJA]

I was
more impressed w/ his victory against Byrd than w/ Tua.

4. What kind of a ****ing question is this?

it's a rhetorical question: A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer. ("How many times do I have to tell you to stop walking into the house with mud on your shoes?").

A rhetorical question seeks to encourage reflection within the listener as to what the answer to the question (at least, the answer implied by the questioner) must be. When a speaker declaims, "How much longer must our people endure this injustice?" or "Will our company grow or shrink?", no formal answer is expected. Rather, it is a device used by the speaker to assert or deny something.

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Examples
"How can people have hope when we tell them that they have no recourse, if they run afoul of the state justice system?" Edward Kennedy Senate debate on the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 1968
"Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? / When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: / Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: / Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; / And Brutus is an honourable man. / You all did see that on the Lupercal / I thrice presented him a kingly crown, / Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?" William Shakespeare Julius Caesar, Act 3, scene 2.
Some rhetorical questions become idiomatic English expressions:

"What's the matter with you?"
"Don't you know any better?"
"Have you no shame?"
"Is the Pope Catholic?"
"Do fish swim?"
"Are you crazy?"
"Who cares?"
"How should I know?"
"Are you kidding me?"
Some TV shows have had rhetorical questions as titles, such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

[TheEvilSaint]

IF he got out, I don't see anybody giving him a license anyhow. And if he got one, what would it matter? Look at the shape he was last seen in. No way he loses all that weight. He's done.

especially at his age or at the age he will be when/if he gets out.

[THE REAL NINJA]

especially at his age or at the age he will be when/if he gets out.

well he is only 33 give or take a year .....and you never know bowe was good at a high weight some people can fight at that size james toney ....it's not a death sentence to have extra weight in boxing ...they can't all be roy jones , holyfield,bruno,norton, you never know with the skill he had the extra wight may help his power and ability to take a punch ....age my god remember a guy named Foreman didnt he come back over weight and become one of the best 20 years after his prime ....when you are good you are good

[TheEvilSaint]

well he is only 33 give or take a year .....and you never know bowe was good at a high weight some people can fight at that size james toney ....it's not a death sentence to have extra weight in boxing ...they can't all be roy jones , holyfield,bruno,norton, you never know with the skill he had the extra wight may help his power and ability to take a punch ....age my god remember a guy named Foreman didnt he come back over weight and become one of the best 20 years after his prime ....when you are good you are good

sure hes 33 right now, but he will be 35 next time hes eligable for parole, if he gets paroled. and at 35 is the age where most people think boxers should retire.

and buy that time, he'll be far past his physical prime... far far past.

[paul750]

sure hes 33 right now, but he will be 35 next time hes eligable for parole, if he gets paroled. and at 35 is the age where most people think boxers should retire.

and buy that time, he'll be far past his physical prime... far far past.

I seem to Remember a guy called Ray Mercer giving Lennox Lewis the fight of his life at 35.

[THE REAL NINJA]

sure hes 33 right now, but he will be 35 next time hes eligable for parole, if he gets paroled. and at 35 is the age where most people think boxers should retire.

ok i'm not saying it will hap just that it could ...i could see him doing some small money fights and if he does well HBO,KING will jump all over him like they said before he was considered the next Tyson before Sam Peter or any of these guys ...and if he is doing well in the small fights he is getting in shape at the same time and could have a chance with the guys we have now ...just like Foreman

[TheEvilSaint]

I seem to Remember a guy called Ray Mercer giving Lennox Lewis the fight of his life at 35.

mercer had been an active fighter at that time, he didnt spend the past few years out of the loop and in jail.

[paul750]

mercer had been an active fighter at that time, he didnt spend the past few years out of the loop and in jail.

Nevertheless, Foreman was out for years and was even older, it's unlikely for Ike, but you never know.

[TheEvilSaint]

Nevertheless, Foreman was out for years and was even older, it's unlikely for Ike, but you never know.

well, ike didnt pack anywhere near the amount of power that foreman had.

[THE REAL NINJA]

wanted to get out of jail and tried to get out. And it hasn't been easy. So he actually decided to go to school in jail. So he kinda forgot boxing a little bit. He wanted to do it boxing) but for whatever reason, they're not letting him out. The guy's just dealing with his spirits right now. I think he's fighting a spiritual war now. If God wants him to come out and be a champion, God will make him do that. But if God wants to make him a priest - because he's also very religious - he also look forward to doing that. He's also interested in engineering. That is what his aspiration was. But he took boxing because he felt he had it. Because his father used to be one of the strong men of Nigeria. He knew people like **** Tiger, all people that were into athletics. His father was involved, so he was naturally strong. So when he saw Mike Tyson and Buster Douglas in 1990, that's when he actually decided to box. He started to box in 1990. I met him in 1991 in Nigeria, when he was still an amateur. We ended up finding each other here in the United States also. I saw him beat Duncan Dokiwari in the amateurs. He knocked him out in the first round with a body shot. Duncan was like, Good bye, see you later. Ike had what it took to be a world champion. He was ready to fight anybody. He proved it with Tua, he proved it with Chris Byrd. Lennox Lewis - Ike would have smoked him. That's just my opinion. He would have knocked him out. Because he would have put the pressure on. He wouldn't have fought him like Tua fought him. Tua was looking for one punch to take him out. But Ike would go with every punch - your head, your shoulder, everything. He would go for everything. Lewis would get knocked out, just like Rahman got him. Because he would get a little relaxed. And then, the next thing you know, when you don't expect it, he would have knocked him out.Ibeabuchi was on a mission to becoming a heavyweight champion of the world, Lewis was asked many times if he would fight Ibeabuchi but Lewis kept saying