Mayweather did not perform well against southpaws. Victor Ortiz landed a lot on him and Pacquiao had a lot of success against him while fighting...
Byrd did the weight cut wrong against George. The commission told him after the fight that they should not have sanctioned him. He was a ghost...
Byrd beat Vitali, Tua and Holyfield while Lewis was still active. He was far from an non-entity in the Lewis era. Byrd would have been Lewis'...
Do you think people wanted to see Kirk Johnson try?
There was always a rumour that he struggled with southpaws. Again, why did Lewis fight Kirk Johnson in 2003. Byrd had a belt, was ranked higher,...
Kellerman also wrote this "Pound-for-pound Byrd is a far, far better fighter than Wladimir, not to mention Lennox Lewis. Can you imagine either...
Max Kellerman called him one of the best pure boxers in the history of the sport. He was right as well.
That's fine. I have my view. You have your view.
Lewis is an all-time great heavyweight. But I still believe that Byrd was all wrong for him.
Why? Johnson was not a marquee opponent. Byrd had just beaten Holyfield to win the IBF belt. It only made sense to fight him. Lewis knew that...
Vitali was a late replacement. Kirk Johnson was the original opponent.
Both ducked him. There is a reason for that.
Who says Lewis would have beaten Byrd? Styles make fights. Even without the Lewis bout, Byrd's resume is underrated. I think it would have been...
Vitali's threw a lot of punches in round 9 and only had a 26% connect rate. I think he stressed his arm trying to knockout Byrd, who was just to...
Usyk or Fury.
