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Ike Ibeabuchi
When you take a lot of punches to the face, it can mess things up in your brain. And when your brain doesn’t work right, you can be scary. Ike Ibeabuchi is an enormous Nigerian-born boxer who was heralded as “the next Tyson” for his incredible physicality.
When he beat the undefeated David Tua in 1997 in one of the most brutal bouts ever seen, everybody thought he was on his way to the top. Unfortunately, he then lost his mind and became convinced that demons were real and plaguing him, and his dementia led to him brutally attacking several people. He’s currently in jail for a 1999 assault on a woman in Las Vegas.
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Out of all boxers in History Roberto Duran should be ranked #1 pound for pound in more catorgories of the fight game then any other fighter in History. Roberto Duran is the \"Eighth Wonder of the World\" in Boxing. All you have to do is study his complete history of boxing and you would find it impossible to find any boxer with a resume like his. I am an American born Italian Rochester, NY and have watched boxing for over fifty years and have never seen any fighter reach ICON level as a fighter.
March 19 2013 at 2:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyROBERTO DURAN FEARED NO ONE EVER AND WAS SO FEARLESS THAT HE WOULD GET IN THE RING WITH ANY FIGHTER IN ANY WEIGHT DIVISION.
In boxing when you speak about the scariest boxers the most scariest thing that intimidates a fighter is the look in his face. Roberto Duran eyes and facial exspression were that of a vicious fierce killing machine that was out to absolutly destroy you.
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February 25 2013 at 7:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySteve is 100% right!
February 25 2013 at 4:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt was Michael Spinks who fought Tyson , not Leon
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