Deontay Wilder vs Chris Byrd

KO_King · Mar 15, 2026

I go for Byrd to befuddle and outslick Wilder in a mild upset.

fencik45 · Mar 15, 2026

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Chris Byrd got floored and needed a gift decision to beat freaking Jameel McCline, for Christ's sake. McCline was gassed after a couple rounds, and Byrd still needed help from the judges.

When Wilder was turning 37, he floored 6'6" 250-pound WBA #2 contender Robert Helenius and stopped him in one round. When Byrd was 37, he got dropped repeatedly and stopped by journeyman light heavy nobody Shaun George.

Byrd was a juicer's juicer. He was on so many steroids, he's had to have his hips replaced, his shoulders and knees, and he nearly had to have his feet cut off from the circulatory damage and blockage. He was this close to being that era's Bob Hazelton. He had all the tell-tale signs of the 90s steroid cheat, and the damage he did to his body caught up with him. Today, in retirement, Byrd weighs in the 160s.

Even with all that cheating for years, Byrd still needed gift decisions to edge out McCline, Oquendo, even freaking DaVarryl Williamson. And he needed a gift decision to even TIE Andrew Golota. Golota outboxed him. Chris Byrd was a terrible heavyweight champion. Just bad.

And if Wilder even signed to fight him, the guys who drag Wilder on here would be bashing Byrd, too, like they do everyone else Wilder's fought.

Wilder demolishes Byrd. Early, mid-rounds, late, whatever.
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Bragging about stopping a shot Helenius? Steroids? Name one significant athlete in your lifetime who wasn't juiced to the gills. Bet your answer will straddle hilarious and ridiculous.

KO KIDD · Mar 15, 2026

Wilder at his best I think eventually gets to Byrd. Byrd could definitely win a decision but I could see him get nailed like he did vs a slower guy like McCline

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