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A slugfest.Who would win?

I don*t think so.

Ike have a very good chin.Tua can't knock him out and Lyle couldn't.

For me Ike beat Lyle in late rounds.

Yes Ike took Tua's power so well he started hearing voices and eventually went insane.

Lyle by decision. Just a better boxer with a better jab.

Ike Ibeabuchi never stuck around long enough to prove much of anything. I doubt I'd pick him in any mythical matchup against a guy that's even consider "good" from the past.

Ron Lyle UD.

Ibeabuchi never lost....perhaps he couldn't be beaten.

BoxBuzz wrote:Ibeabuchi never lost....perhaps he couldn't be beaten.

Perhaps...but considering I thought David Tua deserved the decision over him. I think it's safe to say he could be.

You may need to reconsider your reasoning.

I know, I know...we all want to BELIEVE that 3 competent judges can be gathered together for a single prize fight.

But isn't that a bit optimistic?

BoxBuzz wrote:You may need to reconsider your reasoning.

I know, I know...we all want to BELIEVE that 3 competent judges can be gathered together for a single prize fight.

But isn't that a bit optimistic?

Why do I need to reconsider my reasoning? I didn't say Lyle absolutely WOULD beat him, I just think he certainly could, and that Ibeabuchi COULD be beaten. I have no doubt about that last one.

He was a good fighter who was obviously talented, but I don't like to put guys like him who had potential, but just threw it all away with criminal acts before we got to know what they were really made of in mythical matchups.

I don't think they deserve to even be in the same conversation as the Great fighters or even Good fighters from the past.

lol well I wasn't being quite that serious.....my greater point..which may have been drowned in verbage....was the one about the "gathering 3 competent judges" in the same vicinity.

BoxBuzz wrote:Ibeabuchi never lost....perhaps he couldn't be beaten.

Makes a kind of sense.

We know he fought...We know he was never beaten. Everything else is conjecture.

BoxBuzz wrote:lol well I wasn't being quite that serious.....my greater point..which may have been drowned in verbage....was the one about the "gathering 3 competent judges" in the same vicinity.

That's definitely a rarity in the sport