What Could Have Been: Ike Ibeabuchi

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Actually, we do know how he'd perform.

He fought Tua's style to beat him at it. Same as Buster did for Tyson. Go in, get rid of fear, fight through fire.

Ike would have given pretty much every heavyweight EXCEPT Tyson the hard business. Tyson was too fast and would have dealt with him. But guys like Mitch Green? Ike would have stopped him. Holyfield minus PEDs? Ike takes it. Lennox is a toss up, Bowe takes an L, Golota low blows to get out of it, etc.

Yes, because he proved it by taking nine rounds to beat a 13-10 fighter who had been stopped 8 times previously. Come on man, just call it the way it was. He was a tough guy with potential, but never proved himself against another big top fighter.