Chambers would beat Chris Byrd. All the Byrdies think Lennox Lewis not fighting Byrd is a stain on his legacy. He was the original strain of Usykism.
If he did, Byrd would be far and away the best win on Chambers’ resume. Yet Chris beat fighters better than Eddie. I have to go with Byrd had they fought given what we can clearly see as demonstrated ceiling — Eddie lost to all the better guys he faced and beat the B-listers; Byrd beat some A-listers.
Another unpopular opinion of mine. I would pick Brock to beat Byrd as well. I consider Brock to be better H2H albeit by fairly small margin. I see the small Americans of the period as Chambers/Brock/Byrd.
I don’t see it. Neither Eddie nor Brock beat anyone of note or made any sort of a mark. Byrd did. He has to rate higher. (Unless we’re talking about Lesnar, lol?)
Brock outperformed Byrd against McCline in the same year. Chambers outperformed Byrd against Povetkin. Chambers fought Povetkin instead of Byrd because Byrd lost. Chambers beat Brock. Brock would be a narrow underdog against Byrd and Chambers would be about even money.
My man! Precinct 13 was the first movie I caught on widescreen in 1995. I remember widescreen was originally called Letterbox back then and it really captured a larger than life structure lost on the tv. Carpenter was a genius.
Byrd struggled against lower level HWs in an easier era then they did IMO. Byrd has a bigger body of work for sure. But that body of work doesn't prove hes better. He just did more during his career.