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07/14/2006 Archived Entry: "Ike Ibeabuchi: The King Who would be Man"
Ike Ibeabuchi: The King Who would be Man
By Mike Casile/PBR
Courtesy of Bragging Rights Corner
Photo Courtesy of Ike Ibeabuchi's web site
In the late 90’s, the heavyweight division was all but dead. There were the legends, like Evander Holyfield, and an angry, struggling Mike Tyson, but for the most part, Lennox Lewis was making his way through a bunch of fighters he should have fought when they actually had something in the tank. There was one man who stood out above the rest; the warrior's name, Ike Ibeabuchi.
HBO did not jump on the bandwagon of Ike “The President” Ibeabuchi, choosing instead to invent a fighter who came to be known as Michael Grant. On television sets around the world Grant quickly proved he could not hang with the big guys, while Ibeabuchi proved he was a force to be reckoned with. Not since the young Mike Tyson, did we see a man fight so viscously, and hit with such bad intention. His story, for the fringe boxing fan, started when he beat David Tua, for the WBC heavyweight championship, helping break a record of the number of punches ever thrown in a heavyweight fight. That fight, more than any other, catapulted Ike to the top of the late 90’s heavyweight crop, with an aging Holyfield, and a Champion named Lennox Lewis who had a great right hand, but no beard to speak of. Ike Ibeabuchi’s dreams for success, were about to come true.
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