Prepare for an actual shocker! Former heavyweight contender Ike Ibeabuchi, who final fought 25 lengthy years in the past, this when he scored a nasty but on the identical time massively spectacular fifth spherical knockout over Chris Byrd, is to battle once more – at age 51. As per a narrative on Boxing Social, with the bout up and listed on invaluable website BoxRec, Ibeabuchi will face Ayman Farouk Abbas, 4-10-1(1), in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
The battle is scheduled for December twenty fourth, over six rounds and Abbas of Egypt is 47 years of age and coming off two straight losses. Nonetheless, in March of this 12 months, in what proved to be a bizarre battle that occurred in Cairo, at the very least it was actually a weirdly scored battle, Abbas held Christopher Lovejoy to a draw, this regardless of being decked within the battle and showing to lose virtually all the rounds.
Now, with the phrase bizarre on the market, what on earth can we anticipate to see when Ibeabuchi, 20-0(15) steps into the ring with Abbas? Followers know the Ibeabuchi story, how he was seen by many individuals as probably the following nice heavyweight, his thrilling battle with David Tua recognised as a modern-day traditional, his KO of Byrd really gorgeous to see. However then Ibeabuchi started performing surprisingly, with him reportedly listening to voices popping out of the air-conditioning, with the extremely ranked fighter insisting on being addressed by his ring nickname of “The President.”
After which Ibeabuchi was jailed for doing unspeakable issues to a name lady in Las Vegas. Preventing for years and years to get out of jail and be capable to field once more, Ibeabuchi now has his want. It’s, nevertheless, virtually actually far too late for Ibeabuchi to have the ability to come near choosing up the place he left off manner again in March of 1999.
However followers will watch the upcoming battle, merely out of sheer curiosity. If, that’s, there may be any TV or web protection of the battle. What sort of form, mentally in addition to bodily, Ibeabuchi is in as we speak we are able to solely guess. How a lot, if something, can Ibeabuchi probably regain of his outdated type?
How far Ike will get on this wholly sudden comeback we are able to additionally solely guess at.
