Chris Byrd is going down to light Heavyweight!!!

I don't know why, but I believe he probably could make it down to light-heavy. Anyway whatever fight class he decides to fight at, I wish him the best.

 

He should just fight Wlad again. I wouldn't mind watching his wife ***** him out for the entire time and then him stand around with his family in celebratory fashion that he's still alive atsch

 

It's commonly known that Byrd walks around at 190lbs.

He always had to put on wheight to fight at HW.

 

That's the fight I wanted to see after RJ beat Ruiz!

 

I think he is walking around at 180..,i read his workout and diet when he was a heavy..,the guys a pure ectomorph...,ill bet he'll have a light heavy fight in a couple months:thumbsup

 

Well he said earlier that he left training camp for the Klitschko fight at 203lbs and ate himself up to 215lbs... but surely, he carried not that much fat on him. I'd be very surprised if he got all the way back down at 175, he'll inevitably lose muscle in the process and risk pulling a Roy Jones.

 

Bad idea. Heavyweights don't move down 40 pounds, especially at 37 years old. He won't do well if he does make that weight. The Byrdman really ought to consider letting boxing go. He's been an amazing over achiever. There is no sense getting himself hurt.:smoke :smoke

 

If he would have done it earlier then it might have gone somewhere, but he is too old these days, I dont think he will do well.

 

Its one of those things that could work in theory but probably wont.

Byrds main asset was his speed and elusiveness at heavy, he will find that at 175 he wont be that quick nor that elusive. His power in theory should be much more effective fighting smaller men, and he would in theory be stronger than everybody there.

But there are some stumbling blocks. Byrds age. Can he even make light heavy, if so he must be seriously weight drained after fighting at heavyweight for so many years, and if he is weight drained he wil come in weak, their for the asset that theoretically gained by moving down in weight are diminished, as nothing is more easy to bully around than a tragically weight drained boxer.

I think overall its a bad idea, he should see how he does at the 200lb limit first, before even thinking about 175.

 

Good analysis. Pretty much agreed. What made Byrd good was that he was quick for a heavy and could take a punch from a heavy. I suspect his record wouldn't have been as glossy had he stayed at LHW his whole career. I can't imaging his power would follow him down, and he'll just be a slowish LHW boxer who can get outboxed by quicker fighters.

 

I think he'll do fine because all he does is run and paw the whole time. He'll lose to anyone good though. I think Roy Jones kicks his ass at LH even now.

 

How did that annoying, pawing, slapping, feather-fist do against Brittley Quitschko, the man a high KO percentage?

Remind me, who won that fight again?

Also, I seem to remember Byrd beating an in-shape top 10 contender in David Tua.

Remind me, when did Quitali beat a top ten contender who was not overweight or old (or both)??

 

Byrd probably wants to fight at LHW since their is bigger names. A fight against Chad Dawson would be an interesting match, but I expect Dawson to beat him. Byrd should of been fighting at LHW a long time ago.

 

it was chris byrds last amatuer fight that he lost to calzaghe

calzaghe stayed amatuer for another 9 months i remember as he won the 93 aba title


it was in an international tournament in italy in november 1992 after chris byrd`s olympic effort.

i have seen the rounds by rounds at all weightclasses and fighters from first round to last in a tennis type graph.

calzaghe and byrd met in the final of the 165lb division.
calzaghe won ko 3.

it was an intresting tournament lots of famous fighters from all weightclasses took part.

 

well its completely different dlh started his carreer at super feather where as byrd has always campaigned at heavyweight as a pro. at his age i do not believe for one second he will make that.
he shoul;d go to cruiserweight.

chris byrd vs thomas adamek is interesting.

byrd wins by ud in my opinion.