first sparring footage of Chris Byrd at 175lbs

I'd like to see him fight Tarver at LHW. Why not, they're both southpaws. He could give Tarver fits with his head movement and counters.

Just because Byrd was a better than decent heavyweight doesnt mean he'd be a good light heavyweight. The things that made him good, speed and reflexes, wont be an advantage at 175. In fact in some cases he will probably be the slower fighter.

i think that it's a good move for byrd to move down in weight, i was surprised that he went to light heavy though and not to cruiser weight. i do think that it's a little too late, and i also think that in order for him to be able to be competitive at the top level he's going to need to be a little more offensive in his fighting. lately he's has gotten too defensive minded, although in the heavies thats not a bad plan, but now in the lighter weights that might bite him in the ass. at light heavy i think byrd has a decent chance, time will tell, i'm just kind of shocked at how he looks, its like a whole different guy in the ring, i know that it's sparring and all, but his physicality is something completely different from what i've seen before with him. i wonder what the deal is?? was heavy too much work to stay at that weight? making him too small as the heavyweights get bigger and bigger? same with cruiser?? and i know that he was a light heavy back in the day, but is that his natural weight? walking around weight? if so then i would have to say that his career seems to me to be a little more impressive if he was struggling to make and stay at a competitive weight at heavyweight. hopefully being at light heavy will make him more active too, to me that was one of byrds biggest mistakes in his career was taking off too much time between fights, and then trying to fight top guys, when he was a feather fist at heavyweight, it is a very unorthodoxed move, but it seems reasonable....... there are some better match ups for him to being at the lighter weight.... best of luck to byrd.......

why dosnt he throw punches?

Wow he does look small as hell and he needs to pick it up if he's goin to be campaigning at light heavy he needs to be more aggressive and don't try that counterpunching technique that worked with heavier slower guys Counter punching technique? lol he didn't throw but a total of 20 backhanded jabs the entire session. That was simply a half assed defensive exhibition. And yeah he looks small, he's 30 pounds lighter. Never pay again for live sex! | Hot girls doing naughty stuff for free! | Chat for free!

Hmmm, I just wish he had done this at the start of his career. He could have been one of the great light heavies, but, he is really pretty damn old now and has a lot of wear on his body. I'd be very surprised if he was able to actually make a good go of this second chance but I really do wish him the best. If he can start to understand that he will have a bit more power here as well as learn to simply throw more counters he could be ok. I don't know about great anymore, as he is just too far gone to be able to do that but he may do something alright.

are you sure thats a recent video?? it looks like 20 yrs old

why in the world is he sparring a mma fighter. Nice vid though, hope he wins a title or two

Wow he does look small as hell and he needs to pick it up if he's goin to be campaigning at light heavy he needs to be more aggressive and don't try that counterpunching technique that worked with heavier slower guys

it looks like he is not used to having a size advantage over another fighter. i think he needs to get used to his new body and take change his style a bit to being the bigger man..which i am sure will be hard. he has to change his reflexes from what a small fighter would do to a big fighter or normal. i think he will do very good at Light Heavy........u think he will have a bit of power now?

Looks slow.

He looks very small. He's going to get hurt at Light Heavyweight. He's used to waiting on heavyweigths and making them miss. Light heavyweights can miss and with there speed compared to Heavyweights can counter right away. I think Byrd is alread used to fighting Heavyweights and his style is already set up for a slow plodding heavyweight, he is going to have a wake up call at light heavyweight. And i could only see a few seconds of this video. What the hell is Byrd doing? Seems like he thinks he's fights a Heavyweight or he thinks he's Roy Jones Jr. Bad idea for Byrd at this point in his career but i wish him luck. I used to like watching him fight on TNF never thought he'd have the success he did have at heavyweight. Congrats.

Great find.