Bryd gets ko'ed by a lhw with 7kos in 20 fights

it was a combination of being shot & the weight loss. The thing is when you lose alot of weight (the man lost 40 lbs), you lose alot of strength. I don't care if he made weight weeks prior to the fight, it takes awhile to adjust to that weight & gain strength suited for it.

Also, Byrd hasn't had to make weight in years, so it's a possibility he went about it the wrong way. Eating one meal a day isn't gonna help

He should fought some bums, got use to the weight, & gradually increased his competition. Regardless, he's done & woulda got knocked out by someone anyway, but atleast he would been better prepared.

 

Time to retire

 

I noticed his collar bone looked separated from his shoulder the instant he got back up. When I saw that I told my wife he was hurt badly. 10 seconds later he proved it. He was extremely slow and somewhat lethargic tonight. I think the last fights with Wlad and Povetkin really messed him up. He couldn't avoid any punches tonight. Time to accept that father time has won and move on. I think he should be the next HBO guy and not Max Kellerman.

 

George is a big light heavyweight w/ fast hands and good power ... a majority of his fights were at cruiserweight ... and both of his losses came at cruiserweight against world class opposition.

I just got off work and didn't see the fight, but I read that Byrd looked drawn and sluggish.

He was dropped twice early in the fight and dominated w/ right hands.

 

Sucks to see such a good guy get beat up like that.
Time to hang the gloves... too bad for him.

 

Shaun George is a talented fighter and his only two losses were at crusierweight. One of his losses he was clearly robbed and the other was against a much bigger fighter who was also a puncher (Matt Godfey). George is not a cruiserweight and was at a serious size disadvantage. Mid-level guy? More like a B level fighter for now. Byrd was defintley shot though and even if he was better prerpared he still wouldn't beat George at his age.

 

"better prepared"... you are joking.. right?

This had NOTHING to do with prep, it had everything to do with him being "shot". He had nothing, no legs, no pop, no balance. He had zip, zero, nilch. It wasn't what George did.. it was what Chris couldn't do, which was put up a fight.

 

Hell damn straight...I missed the enitre night of boxing bo...suxs ass about Byrd..the only insight I can give is u can't play with weight like that...droppin 35+lbs and competin at the top level...its gonna eat you up B...

 

Byrd took way too many punches from heavyweights, plus losing way too much weight.

 

exacly bro......all the training\sacrifice\mentality\ aint gonna cut it....it is what it is.....

 

Byrd has been through a lot in his career.

 

Don't blame the weight, he looked like **** his last few fights at heavy, he has been pretty much shot for a few years now. This was a desperation move by Byrd, he knew in his mind he couldn't handle a HW punch with shot legs, and probably in his mind he thought he could handle smaller guys, but he was further gone then even he thought.

Still has heart, and he is a good guy both in and outside the ring, always gives respect when it's due.

 

Well some people said that Byrd should of fought C and D level fighters to get "used" to being a LHW. Thats what I mean by being prepared, of course having more tune-ups fights means he'll just get older.

 

I'm crushed. I just got back and checked the news. I haven't seen any highlights but it sounds like he looked awful and took a real beating. I guess this is the end of the road for Chris. He was a good guy and he accomplished so much. All the best to him and his family they all seem like real classy people.

 

Byrd had been on the decline for 4 years. He should have moved down to cruiserweight immediately after the Klitschko loss in '06 but instead stuck around at heavyweight, aged 2 years, and got beaten up by Povetkin.

Anyone could see from the first round on that Byrd was done. His balance was horrible, his punch output was low, and he couldn't avoid the right hand. These are signs of a shot fighter. Taking off the weight didn't help but I doubt he would have done any better had he still been at heavyweight. Byrd should retire with his faculties intact because it's clear that he would be putting himself in danger by fighting again.