A russian LHW amateur brutally Knocked out Wilder in the ams. Imagine prime former-LHW prime HW champion Byrd landing on Wilder.
Byrd would make Wilder look worse than he already is. If Szpilka could make Wilder fall down swinging at air Byrd would have a field day. Byrd by decision probably drops Wilder for flash kd along the way
Let's not forget nobody wanted anything to do with Chris byrd. He was one of the most avoided and dismissed fighters at that time.
Chris Byrd dominates Wilder easily. Wilder's best attribute is not power but speed and movement, There is no HW modern day that moved better than prime Byrd. Wilder paws with his jab, anyone that paws with the jab, Byrd eats up and counters. You have to ram it like Wlad, or completely musle and catch Byrd like Ike did and Mccline tried to. Byrd wouldn't stop Wilder though, he couldn't even stop Davaryll Williamson who had one of the worst chins ever modern day.
Really ? nice trolling.Byrd is overrated on this forum,he cant win vs any big man. At the time of the stoppage, Klitschko had won 8 of 9 rounds on one judge's scorecard, and 7 of 9 on the two others. Klitschko, who was later diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff, received much criticism for quitting the fight.
If you're talking fresh Chris Byrd not late Chris Byrd, then yeah I'm calling checkers vs chess for the 12 round distance, Byrd wide UD
He beat Tua, McCline, Vitali Klitschko, Golota. Enough evidence for me he can handle big and tall boxers. How many small elusive technical masters has Wilder beat? Zero.
Byrd did not have fast feet despite what some people think today. His movement was borderline average. He just went up against the worst list of walking statues the division ever produced.. And that made him look like a good mover when in reality - he wasn't. His elusiveness came from up top , not down bellow. He was just a puff'd up 175 pounder and that added weight slowed him down. He lost almost every minute of every round to Ibeauchi before being taken out in the 5th. He could not get away from him . How was that possible if he was such a great mover? That fight proved how Byrd would have done in previous era's. He'd suffer quick blow out loses more times than he'd win. You don't lay up against the ropes against a guy who hits like Wilder and that's exactly what Byrd would do because thats what he's always done. Spilka had faster all around movement than Byrd did and he left the ring on a gurney. The era of big stiff mummies who couldn't move is over. If old , slow Golota could put him on the deck , Wilder lays him clean out.
Exactly this. Byrd is levels above anybody WIlder has fought in the skills department. After Chris was through with him, people would be shaking their heads "Wilder wasn't any good in the first place" and jumping the fanboy ship
