Jimmy Ellis vs Chris Byrd

[red cobra]

Both men are at their peak..15 rounds for Ellis's WBA title.

[Boxed Ears]

1-1-1 in a trilogy.

[mr. magoo]

I haven't seen that much of Jimmy Ellis. From what I have seen of him, he was a fairly technicially sound boxer who was capable of beating some skilled men, ie patterson, Quarry and a few others. Byrd was probably a bit quicker, a tad bigger and arguably more durable. I doubt that this is resulting in a KO or stoppage as neither man was particuarly destructive. I suppose it could go either way, but something tells me Chris wins this on the cards, in what would probably be a less than exciting fight.

[Vic-JofreBRASIL]

Originally Posted by Boxed Ears

1-1-1 in a trilogy.

Sounds fair.....

[Unforgiven]

Jimmy Ellis UD

[red cobra]

Ellis was fast as well as being a good hitter, if he's still alive, ask Johnny Persol. Oscar Bonavena hit the floor a couple of times as well. I thinkalso that from all the time he spent as a sparring partner for Ali that he was used to hitting a moving target as well. I pick Ellis to deck Byrd on the way to a very close decision.

[red cobra]

Originally Posted by Vic-JofreBRASIL

Sounds fair.....

Vic, i agree with BE here too.

[Flea Man]

Am I the only one who thought Patterson was robbed against Ellis?!

[red cobra]

Originally Posted by Flea Man

Am I the only one who thought Patterson was robbed against Ellis?!

No sir, you aren't alone there....i think floyd got jobbed bad in that fight.

[Stevie G]

Jimmy's edge in punch power caries him through.


Jimmy Ellis W UD Chris Byrd

[Boxed Ears]

Originally Posted by Flea Man

Am I the only one who thought Patterson was robbed against Ellis?!

I am huge on Patterson and always have been/will be, but I never called that a robbery. I just didn't like the decision. There was one round, I can't remember which it was but it's a great reason why I love Floyd. It was the only round, I think, where it looked like there was no way he was going anywhere in the fight but down and it may have been a 10/8 under today's scoring system. He was done-for. And he completely turned the tide and maintained a lead overall, in my opinion. He put some big leather on Ellis. But a lot of those rounds were very close.

And this was not the Floyd Patterson that reigned as champ. To me, a very good version of Ellis got narrowly beaten by a well, well past his best Patterson who wasn't able to put them together anywhere near the speed, explosiveness, consistency or regularity of his earlier days. If he took a loss to Frazier, after winning that title, that would've been a far nicer thing for his career than getting the bad end of the cards there, assuming he wasn't moidalized against Joe.

[heerko koois]

Hey Red ! i,ll go for Ellis on points ( sd )

[red cobra]

Originally Posted by heerko koois

Hey Red ! i,ll go for Ellis on points ( sd )

I agree with that hk!

[Bummy Davis]

Ellis was a crafty fighter, had a sneaky right hand with real pop and brought up some of that middleweight craft and quick release, Byrd was troublesome and a crafty southpaw when he decided to box....Ellis right hand power stands out in this close and somewhat tactical fight and a KD may seal the win for him...Ellis SD

[PowerPuncher]

I thin Ellis might be better, Byrd thrived against bigger slower and not so good fighters, I'm not sure he did as well against smaller pure boxers