Chris Byrd's resume is underrated

Disagree with these 2, but otherwise great post!

McCline was better than Botha and Grant on his own imo, and so was Oquendo, so disagree there.
Byrd would've been competitive with Lewis, made him look bad. I can't see him actually winning tho, especially against Lewis of 97 to 2000

 

The only people that underrate Byrd are a few deluded souls who think shitting on Byrd devalues the Klitschkos. They know who they are.

Byrd was excellent.

 

He beat a 40 years old Holyfield and an injured Vitali.Tyson would ko him ,Lewis would decision him easily in a bore fest.
No he isn't underated.

 

Byrd IMO was the receiver of wins by more than just one injured fighter.We know Vitali quit due to injury. Not Byrd's fault, but can't give him honors.

http://www.espn.com/boxing/news/2002/1218/1479329.html
Holyfield tore is rotator cuff early in the fight. I remember him saying a few times "rub ma' shoulder."

Very good boxer. But both Klitschkos proved when healthy they were too big & strong, along with Ike who had him slobbering. His toughness was as good as his skill set.

Lennox saw no desire to chase the guy around, I had no problem with Lewis bypassing him. He wanted the big boys Grant, Ruddock, Tyson, Holy, Bowe, Tua, Mercer.

 

Nope he beat a 2 years older Holyfield who had lost and drawn with Ruiz.
I'm matching prime for prime ,and prime Tyson ko's Byrd.
Lewis didn't fight Byrd because it would not have drawn flies,What evidence is there that Byrd would have been a stylistic nightmare for Lewis?
Wlad who wasnt as good as Lewis ,beat a prime Byrd comfortably, flooring him twice,he wouldn't present problems for Lewis other than maybe stinking the joint out. Vital was clearly in front against Byrd when he showed a lack of the necessaries and quit.

 

He was 2 years older and had lost and struggled with Ruiz . What evidence can you show that Lewis would have any more problems with Byrd than Wlad did?
In which way did Wlad match up better with Byrd than Lewis?

 

Cheers Chris.

 

I'm not sure if he'd have beaten prime Tyson but post prison Tyson I think Byrd would have beaten by wide UD. Tyson simply wasn't throwing with the same speed, accuracy and combinations he had done before. Also, I want to say, he looked pretty good in his last fight, vs Povetkin. Byrd was against the wall facing a much younger and fresher opponent with ATG skills himself, and he really made Sasha work for the win.