He would maul a Pre-2006 Wladimir who liked to let his hands go instead of the cautious but successful style he fights now. Vitali is also a handful for anybody.
I think TBH, Ike could have been a legend. The next Sonny Liston. However, even if he had not been arrested, how far would he have gone with his mental illness...
Such a shame about Ibeabuchi. So ridiculously talented, he could have been the man to take the torch from Lennox. As for Byrd, cocky bastard couldnt even admit that he got his ass handed to him.
ike had a very high punch output even in this fight were he came in over weight he still was able to close byrd down and out punch. With that workrate, overall power and chin he would have been a handfull to anyone around at that time
@telofajoe Riddick Bowe threw the belt in the trash & Mike Tyson paid him 4.4 million dollars rather than fight Lewis. Get real...Lewis is the best Heavyweight in the last 25 years..Look at the Lewis Tua fight..Tua took Ike's punches all day long but as soon as he tasted Lennox's jab he backed off BIG TIME.
@pimpypimperson Remember the onee punch Rahman AND Mccall gave lennox to put him down? Ofourse Ibeabuchi would koed lennox just a matter of time. Lennox was not better than a prime mike tyson or Bowe. He even after he beat out of prime tyson threw away his IBF belt to avoid serious competition. Lennox was a great cherry picker.
@telofajoe So let me get this right,buster Douglas beat Tyson in his prime but a prime lennox couldn't ? if Lennox was a cherry picker who else should he have fought ?
And please tell me who is mike tysons best wins ? light heavyweight spinks ? or a 40 year old out of shape Larry Holmes that hadn't fought in 3 years ?
now go compare lennoxs or hollyfields Resume with Tysons and then get back to me LMFAO@YOU.
@EBTerriers why didnt lewis face bowe? Lewis is offered $12 million to fight Bowe WBA, IBF titles would be on line BOXING May 14, 1993|By Alan Goldstein|Alan Goldstein,Staff Writer WASHINGTON--The possibility of a Riddick Bowe-Lennox Lewis heavyweight showdown was rekindled yesterday when Bowe's manager, Rock Newman, offered Lewis $12 million for a championship match at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Nov. 5.
@EBTerriers Threw away IBF belt for no reason other than to avoid Chris Byrd after beating old drug addicted fat non movement tyson. Lennx beeating Tyson in his prime is an absolute joke. Tyson was not himself on the buster douglas fight, u heard of drugs?
@EBTerriers Great comeback, really shows your boxing knowledge. But hey all we are giving is opinions. I do not really care about this conversation to be honest.
Nah. Tua and Ibeabuchi recovered fine from there fights. Ibeabuchi's behavior ended his career, much like Tyson. If Ibeabuchi never got locked he'd be beast tho, he was the real deal. If he continued to grow in boxing he'd send the Klitschko brothers, Valuev, all these Russian clowns back to Europe without there titles, he'd do away with Adamek and Arreola and David Haye would've retired even earlier.
byrd trying to fight ibeabuchi inside-BIG MISTAKE!!! unless you got a jaw like david tua or oliver mcall,a guy like ibeabuchi will smash the shit outta you!!
@pro4sho0 not really,ike was bigger and stronger in my opinion,he just couldnt knock Tua out because he had a granite jaw like ike.Tua never ducked anyone,a real warrior.
I wonder if it was Ike or The President... Its a shame the people closest to him used him up like they did. Had they have gotten him some help the world of boxing would be very different today.
man the problem with chris bird is when you get knocked down its always good to stay on one knee to around the 7 count and take deep breath and try to consentrate even if your not hurt because you could get hit hard and not relise your stunded.
@bmwjarvo That wouldn't have mattered. All that cute shit worked for a few rounds, but he got hit HARD. 7 count to catch his breath, hell a 50 count wouldn't have mattered--he got leveled that night.
@EvanderHolyfield7 yeah man... ike is a monters... i think he can beat both the klitscko. he got size, can punch fast and got power too. and whenever he gets hit... it doesnt seem like he gets hurt at all, hes built like a tank.
@jadrummer110 How the fuck is he a faggot, he could make cruiserweight yet he consistently took on big threats in the heavyweight division, your the faggot, Byrd would make you his bitch lol.
After the Tua fight Ibeabuchi had complained of headaches, they couldn't find anything wrong with him though. My guess is that he suffered some sort of brain damage from that fight. He then started acting crazy, like he was schizophrenic. After the fight he had kidnapped I believe it was his GF's 15 year old son, and got into an accident leaving the boy permanently injured, then after the Byrd fight he said he started seeing demons and all this stuff (classic schizo)
@XxHooksxX That's true. Most people overlook just how much damage he sustained in the Tua fight. Sure, Ike Ibeabuchi was a magnificent physical specimen who recovered DURING the fight from the shots he took, but to take so many clean, hard, violent shots; often in combination from one of the all time heavy-handed hitters in David Tua ... there HAD to have been after effects. I think Ike's rapid subsequent mental deterioration is proof of those effects. Sad.
Ike Ibeabuchi was the Joe Louis of the 21 century and the Klitschko brothers would've been like Max Baer and Buddy Baer. He stopped Chris Byrd in the fifth round compared to the klitschko brothers. Vitali quit in his corner after round nine and Wladimir won a unanimous dicision in the first fight an in the rematch Wladimir stopped byrd in round seven. Ike should be the reigning champion not the klitschkos.
LMAO! At byrd being all cocky at the start then trying to argue it wasn't a knockdown while he's dribbling all over himself - what a punch though man! thats brain damage power
lol
wazupdowgs 1 week ago
Ike Ibeabutchi would kill both Klitschkos.
1976istivan 3 weeks ago
@1976istivan Not sure about killing them.
He would maul a Pre-2006 Wladimir who liked to let his hands go instead of the cautious but successful style he fights now. Vitali is also a handful for anybody.
I think TBH, Ike could have been a legend. The next Sonny Liston. However, even if he had not been arrested, how far would he have gone with his mental illness...
Gyptia23 3 weeks ago
you must be smoking some good shit homeboi wlad would eat him for breakfast
wazupdowgs 1 week ago
@wazupdowgs LOL Wlad never fought anyone of Ike's caliber. He would of been blown to pieces by Ike.
bOcaGe312 1 week ago
Such a shame about Ibeabuchi. So ridiculously talented, he could have been the man to take the torch from Lennox. As for Byrd, cocky bastard couldnt even admit that he got his ass handed to him.
jimmyg141 1 month ago 3
this guy was tyson and holifield...
osbornehunter 1 month ago
ike had a very high punch output even in this fight were he came in over weight he still was able to close byrd down and out punch. With that workrate, overall power and chin he would have been a handfull to anyone around at that time
Excecutioner147 1 month ago
Serves Byrd right for being cocky!
sky240286 1 month ago
Chris Bird was a punk.
pimpypimperson 2 months ago
Ike Ibeabuchi would have killed Lennox Lewis, he could take punches like a tank, would koed Lennox like his previous losses.
telofajoe 2 months ago
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pimpypimperson 2 months ago
@telofajoe Riddick Bowe threw the belt in the trash & Mike Tyson paid him 4.4 million dollars rather than fight Lewis. Get real...Lewis is the best Heavyweight in the last 25 years..Look at the Lewis Tua fight..Tua took Ike's punches all day long but as soon as he tasted Lennox's jab he backed off BIG TIME.
pimpypimperson 2 months ago
@pimpypimperson I had agreed with you if Lewis:
1. Not had been such a boring fighter to watch
2. Not had been KOd with one punch
3. Had given Klitschko the promised rematch before his retirement. Everyone Lewis lose to gave him a rematch.
I consider Holyfield over Lewis in That era.
Dnamsak 1 month ago
@pimpypimperson Remember the onee punch Rahman AND Mccall gave lennox to put him down? Ofourse Ibeabuchi would koed lennox just a matter of time. Lennox was not better than a prime mike tyson or Bowe. He even after he beat out of prime tyson threw away his IBF belt to avoid serious competition. Lennox was a great cherry picker.
telofajoe 1 month ago
@telofajoe So let me get this right,buster Douglas beat Tyson in his prime but a prime lennox couldn't ? if Lennox was a cherry picker who else should he have fought ?
And please tell me who is mike tysons best wins ? light heavyweight spinks ? or a 40 year old out of shape Larry Holmes that hadn't fought in 3 years ?
now go compare lennoxs or hollyfields Resume with Tysons and then get back to me LMFAO@YOU.
EBTerriers 2 weeks ago
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@EBTerriers why didnt lewis face bowe? Lewis is offered $12 million to fight Bowe WBA, IBF titles would be on line BOXING May 14, 1993|By Alan Goldstein|Alan Goldstein,Staff Writer WASHINGTON--The possibility of a Riddick Bowe-Lennox Lewis heavyweight showdown was rekindled yesterday when Bowe's manager, Rock Newman, offered Lewis $12 million for a championship match at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Nov. 5.
telofajoe 1 week ago
@EBTerriers Threw away IBF belt for no reason other than to avoid Chris Byrd after beating old drug addicted fat non movement tyson. Lennx beeating Tyson in his prime is an absolute joke. Tyson was not himself on the buster douglas fight, u heard of drugs?
telofajoe 1 week ago
@telofajoe yeh i heard of drugs and your on them.
EBTerriers 1 week ago
@EBTerriers Great comeback, really shows your boxing knowledge. But hey all we are giving is opinions. I do not really care about this conversation to be honest.
telofajoe 1 week ago
Nah. Tua and Ibeabuchi recovered fine from there fights. Ibeabuchi's behavior ended his career, much like Tyson. If Ibeabuchi never got locked he'd be beast tho, he was the real deal. If he continued to grow in boxing he'd send the Klitschko brothers, Valuev, all these Russian clowns back to Europe without there titles, he'd do away with Adamek and Arreola and David Haye would've retired even earlier.
b0x1n9f4n 3 months ago
byrd trying to fight ibeabuchi inside-BIG MISTAKE!!! unless you got a jaw like david tua or oliver mcall,a guy like ibeabuchi will smash the shit outta you!!
fiveofiveo1 4 months ago
@fiveofiveo1 the mistake was to take this fight with ike .. :S
pro4sho0 2 months ago
@pro4sho0 not really,ike was bigger and stronger in my opinion,he just couldnt knock Tua out because he had a granite jaw like ike.Tua never ducked anyone,a real warrior.
fiveofiveo1 1 month ago
Ike was a monster!! One of my favorites. He would have knocked out Lewis if he'd stayed on track.
MrBumboclart 4 months ago
@MrBumboclart ya too bad hes a women beating, pervert....
T3hK3nny 4 months ago
@T3hK3nny He had his demons that's for sure.
MrBumboclart 4 months ago 2
@MrBumboclart 4 sure
telofajoe 2 months ago
2:22
Ref: Byrd are you ok?
Byrd: i take mine with no onions.
gymshoe17 4 months ago
@gymshoe17 LMAO!!!!!!
Ref: Chris, you Okay?
Chris: I want 4 chicken wings fried hard...and all the fries you can gimme
bkmiz 4 months ago
I wonder if it was Ike or The President... Its a shame the people closest to him used him up like they did. Had they have gotten him some help the world of boxing would be very different today.
Super8astard 5 months ago
man the problem with chris bird is when you get knocked down its always good to stay on one knee to around the 7 count and take deep breath and try to consentrate even if your not hurt because you could get hit hard and not relise your stunded.
bmwjarvo 5 months ago
@bmwjarvo That wouldn't have mattered. All that cute shit worked for a few rounds, but he got hit HARD. 7 count to catch his breath, hell a 50 count wouldn't have mattered--he got leveled that night.
JohnLeeMD 4 months ago
byrd was such a boreing fighter to watch except when he gets ktfo.
illyrian4life 6 months ago
oh boy 1:51 that guy is really crazy ,but still he would knock klits out
EvanderHolyfield7 6 months ago
@EvanderHolyfield7 yeah man... ike is a monters... i think he can beat both the klitscko. he got size, can punch fast and got power too. and whenever he gets hit... it doesnt seem like he gets hurt at all, hes built like a tank.
abcmaya 5 months ago
chris byrd what a man.
EvanderHolyfield7 6 months ago
The uppercut at 2.09... Wow!!
expressivechild 6 months ago
Byrd was always a faggot. The michael nunne I mean None of the heavyweights. can't break an egg as a heavyweight???
jadrummer110 7 months ago
@jadrummer110 How the fuck is he a faggot, he could make cruiserweight yet he consistently took on big threats in the heavyweight division, your the faggot, Byrd would make you his bitch lol.
DOM5153 7 months ago
@DOM5153 Always got his ass kicked. He is a punch drunk has been. Lucky to have that white woman.Or did she spend his money and move on yet?
jadrummer110 7 months ago
Ike could have been very great.Unfortunately Tua destroyed him.very sad
amattheafican 7 months ago
@amattheafican you know ibeabuchi went to prison, right
gilgamesh120883 7 months ago
@gilgamesh120883
It is after the tua fight that Ibeabuchi became a strange man.Tua destroyed him, demolished gis head.May the Lord help my african brother
amattheafican 7 months ago
@gilgamesh120883
After the Tua fight Ibeabuchi had complained of headaches, they couldn't find anything wrong with him though. My guess is that he suffered some sort of brain damage from that fight. He then started acting crazy, like he was schizophrenic. After the fight he had kidnapped I believe it was his GF's 15 year old son, and got into an accident leaving the boy permanently injured, then after the Byrd fight he said he started seeing demons and all this stuff (classic schizo)
XxHooksxX 7 months ago
@gilgamesh120883
That's when he got arrested for trying to rape that woman. Poor dude was never the same after the Tua fight.
XxHooksxX 7 months ago
@XxHooksxX That's true. Most people overlook just how much damage he sustained in the Tua fight. Sure, Ike Ibeabuchi was a magnificent physical specimen who recovered DURING the fight from the shots he took, but to take so many clean, hard, violent shots; often in combination from one of the all time heavy-handed hitters in David Tua ... there HAD to have been after effects. I think Ike's rapid subsequent mental deterioration is proof of those effects. Sad.
daTruChosen 6 months ago
2:10 BEAUTIFUL SOUND...!
ReekoChet 7 months ago
Ike Ibeabuchi was the Joe Louis of the 21 century and the Klitschko brothers would've been like Max Baer and Buddy Baer. He stopped Chris Byrd in the fifth round compared to the klitschko brothers. Vitali quit in his corner after round nine and Wladimir won a unanimous dicision in the first fight an in the rematch Wladimir stopped byrd in round seven. Ike should be the reigning champion not the klitschkos.
MrIkemefula 7 months ago
This was back when Heavy Weight boxing was great. Punches in bunches, real wars! Ike was great as a fighter, Byrd has sucked his whole life.
BeatsBySten 8 months ago
Ibeabuchi's left hook knocked Byrd into a delusion. Beautiful! 'cause I hate Byrd.
Paraconsistant 8 months ago
LMAO! At byrd being all cocky at the start then trying to argue it wasn't a knockdown while he's dribbling all over himself - what a punch though man! thats brain damage power
MrBumboclart 8 months ago
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MrBumboclart 8 months ago
I'm sad I never got to witness Ibeabuchi vs. Lewis. I swear Ike had all the tools to win.
FSMNoodlyAppendage 10 months ago 2
niiiiice jab at 2:02
thecrazyoftheinsane 11 months ago
Ike Ibeabuchi went crazy and it's sad he claimed he saw demons
buyneee 1 year ago
Ike Ibeabuchi people can only wonder how him and klitschkos would have went down
CombatSportstalk 1 year ago
Ike Ibeabuchi-unknown
ikefemula 1 year ago