Jack Sharkey v. Chris Byrd

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  1. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He's better pressure fighter and has better head movement. Byrd is better defensively in my opinion and more consistent overall.
     
  2. Kamikaze

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    Byrd is bigger then Jack, more skilled then anyone Jack faced he is also a southpaw and one of the most durable and skilled defensive wizzes at HW ever.
     
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  3. 70sFan865

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    I don't think he's more skilled than Schmeling. They are much different fighters, but Max was at least comparable.
     
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  4. RockyJim

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    It's the new generation...."size" is the deciding factor in the victory...not talent...not experience....but "size"!
     
  5. janitor

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    I find it decidedly odd that people are making the argument for Byrd based on his size.

    This is a guy who made the LHW limit at the age of 37.

    The only way Byrd's size is going to be a factor, is if you match him against somebody much bigger.

    As for the rest, Byrd was a brilliant defensive fighter, but he couldn't hit hard enough to crack an egg.

    Fighters like that sometimes beat the kings of the heavyweight division, but they never seem to end up wearing the crown.

    Every lineal heavyweight champion in history, has probably had at least average power for their division.
     
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  6. Kamikaze

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    Wrong Jack!
     
  7. Kamikaze

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    Off topic, changes nothing he held the weight better to perform regardless of his frame he would beat the living hell out of Dempsey, pillow fisted or not pillows can still suffocate people Jan.
     
  8. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Not to mention that Byrd himself has argued against size being that important
     
  9. Kamikaze

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    When did Jack Dempsey ever face Louis?
     
  10. Unforgiven

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    Byrd walked around at 185 pounds between fights.
    He had to eat himself up to 210 or whatever, and it's debatable whether his announced weights were accurate or not.
     
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  11. janitor

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    When they shook hands.
     
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  12. Kamikaze

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    “Down goes Jan, Down goes Jan!”
     
  13. janitor

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    That is a reasonable position.

    I just think that Sharkey is more of an all rounder.

    Byrd is outstanding on defense, and crap on offence.

    Sharkey is strong on defense and strong on offence.

    Sharkey was, the best fighter in the world from the neck down, as Muldoon once so well put it!
     
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  14. Man_Machine

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    50/50 bout, which starts promisingly, but gradually descends into a stinker, as Byrd is content to move, potshot, slide away, rinse and repeat.

    That said Sharkey is the bigger fighter, with a stronger offense. Does Byrd's negative, action-draining style flummox The Boston Gob? Or, does the Sharkey attack break through Byrd's defenses and repeatedly force him out of his shell?

    I wouldn't place a bet on this one.
     
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  15. Seamus

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    Sharkey wasn't exactly ripped to the bone.

    I would contend that Byrd had a more formidable offensive arsenal, head to head, by quite a ways, much more varied, innovative, creative. He would have a field day against Sharkey. But I'm using my eyeballs. Maybe they need to get checked.