Is Chris Byrd Hall Of Fame Worthy?

I wouldn't say they necassarly achieved maore than Byrd

 

Byrd is a hall of fame fighter, he was a middle weight Olympic champion who went up to heavyweight and fought every one, beat one of the klitschos , beat Holyfield , beat david Tua , Fred Equendo.....I mean his losses were all to good and great fighters, Ike ibeuachi, wlad and povetkin. His skill set was amazing. Technically or he lacked was size and power....he is a hall of gamer for sure. Of Ricky Hatton gets in , then he deserves it. He a better fighter than Hatton and the late Arturo Gatti....he will be inducted soon anyway. He a famous and known global boxer in the boxing world . If Joshua had his skills . He would be nigh unbeatable

 

several people have beaten old holyfield, it doesnt make you hof.

now if vitali had got in, then it might land him in there too for beating him.
his win over tua is his best claim.

 

Byrds win over Tua was a great win: Tiua beat Ruiz, Maskaev, Rahman, Moorer..

If Tua is considered in future then Byrd definitely should be. Vitali, Golota, Tua & ageing Holy all failed to defeat him..

 

Does he? Explain, how?

 

thats not a bad statement. vits best win is a failed retiree or 6 round fat sam.

byrds is tua, with vitali and golota not far behind.

now if you mean acheivements, vitali has the edge down to careful management, excellent longevity and considerable tag teaming.

 

Tua while a good win was one of the easiest well known fighters to outbox I've ever seen, his "win" over Vitali was nothing short of luck and the Golota fight was a draw not a win and if anything Golota was the one who deserved the nod in that fight.

 

He has slightly better wins but edges it because he beat Vitali and Vitali couldn't beat him.

 

if he was so easy, then why is it a good win?
your words btw.

he outboxed vitali and tua.
or you shugging off 2 good wins as nothings now?

third shrug off . i see your pattern.


now, which one of failed retired Sanders or 6 round fat sam peter is equal to these?

 

No he didn't, he was losing the fight easily vs Vitali. Yes he outboxed Tua but that's not saying much when the likes of Jeff Woodman could do it.

As to the question, Byrd was a good fighter but no he's not worthy. Michael Moorer was better than Byrd and he's not worthy either

 

He used an elusive style to make vitali swing at air for long enough.

they were all good wins, and they are at least on par with beating 6 round fat sam peter and retired neverman sanders, if not better. Most would weigh them up as better.

 

No, I don't think Byrd should be in the hall of fame. He was a good heavyweight(considered one of if not the best for a couple years) and put together a nice record just not hall of fame worthy.

I do think he deserves to be in before James Braddock who is in though.

 

https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_1993

If from 1993-1998 Byrd had competed at LHW or cruiser and won titles there before moving up to heavyweight, would he be considered better or worse? I think he'd be considered a "P4P" sensation had he done that, rather than beating two future cruiserweight titlists (Arthur Williams, Uriah Grant) and a host of fringe names (Phil Jackson, Jeff Wooden, Lionel Butler, Levi Billups, Craig Peterson, Jimmy Thunder, Elieser Castillo, Ross Puritty) at heavyweight pre-Ike.

- 1992 Olympic silver medallist at 165 lbs

- Turned pro in 1993 at 22, weighing 169 lbs

- Beat future 10 defence WBC heavyweight champion, WBO titlist and HoF Vitali (RTD9) on away soil, despite being 7 inches shorter and 34 lbs lighter

- Then 13 defence heavyweight champion and HoF Lewis vacated the IBF belt to sidestep Byrd

- IBF heavyweight champion (2002-2006) with four consecutive defences

- No.1 Ring ranked heavyweight in 05/06, the only No.1 ranked heavyweight not named "Klitschko" during the Klitschko era (2004-2015)

Byrd was the best American heavyweight between late 90's Holyfield and Wilder. Spinks beat Holmes, Moorer beat Holyfield, Holyfield beat Bowe and Usyk beat Joshua but none of them had the size disadvantage that Byrd did when he uncontroversially beat Vitali, who never looked for a rematch with Byrd.

 

I remember vividly something my own father said to me right before he died. "You're not my son! You're not my son! You've got the devil in you, and you're not my boy!" Now, if anyone else, practically, had said that to me, any other man alive, I don't think it would've hurt me so much. If Chris Byrd had said that to me, I would've been just slightly hurt. And that is how I judge his HOF worthiness. Meaning, I guess he's a borderline case. If Joe Louis had said that to me, I'd be devastated. If Chuck Wepner had said that to me, I'd be apathetic. With Byrd, there's just a slight hurt I envisage.