Ike Ibeabuchi Comeback!!!!!!!!!!

[Luilun]

Situations like this rarely lead a fighter to becoming a legit contender at his age. On the flip side, he has not been fighting all this time so this could buy him a little more time at his age, but his best bet is to go on a liquid diet of opponents, the kinds that Shannon Briggs seems to dig up out of nowhere. If he is really serious and gets in top shape, he could get to the point of being a ranked contender, though it is doubtful but he would, and if he did, would get knocked off by some contender. I doubt he could beat a contender. Ike from long ago could wreck havoc today but that was then and this is now and time does not stand still for the human body.

Wilder will probably give him a pay day

[BoxingIsGreat]

Situations like this rarely lead a fighter to becoming a legit contender at his age. On the flip side, he has not been fighting all this time so this could buy him a little more time at his age, but his best bet is to go on a liquid diet of opponents, the kinds that Shannon Briggs seems to dig up out of nowhere. If he is really serious and gets in top shape, he could get to the point of being a ranked contender, though it is doubtful but he would, and if he did, would get knocked off by some contender. I doubt he could beat a contender. Ike from long ago could wreck havoc today but that was then and this is now and time does not stand still for the human body.

Great observation, and hopefully, he makes some money to stay away from trouble.

One poster mentioned Nigeria. Was he deported? I thought he was still in the US. The article just stated he was released from the immigration detention in November this year.

[Eff Pandas]

This version of Ike gets overwhelmed by Shannon Briggs.

I'm going to hold off on comments like this til I see Ike fight again.

Fact of the matter is Briggs was a journeyman or even a straight up bum by most fans definition when he was in his prime & probably couldn't pass a PED test today with a week heads up to flush his system out. Ike was a bad motor scooter back in the day. Legitimate question about how much Ike has left, but its not like he'd need a whole lot left to take out Briggs.

[Ray*]

17 years away? Nah

[b00g13man]

No thanks. I genuinely thought he could go all the way back then.

[Earl-Hickey]

Ike was the king of the prison circuit

don't sleep on ike folks.

Word is when mayweather went inside he kept cracking wise on ike, and ike got sick of it, everyone hated floyd inside, and one day ike ko'd him with a jab

and all though the night the chant went on, "ike, ike, ike"

[KO'er]

I'd like to at least see him fight some bums to see how he is. Vitali Klitschko was 41 years old in his last fight defeating Manuel Charr and he looked as good as ever.

But having said that if Ibeabuchi looks way over the hill, i'd like to see him retire promptly. But if he is half decent, why not let the man make a couple of bucks fighting? He might be good enough to get near the top level.

[Tomjas]

Guy is being deported from the US, unlikely to get a visa for any country of any consequence and has been on medication for years - yeah, this'll turn out well

[BostonGuy]

Crazy news. I've been on Boxingscene for 11 years and every so often someone would make a thread about Ike making a comeback, but it was hypothetical and no one took it seriously.

That said, count me in, I'm interested

[mlac]

tua rematch anyone?

winner gets fed to jospeh parker and loser has shannon briggs fed to them for retirement fight