Does this bother you? Just a little bit?

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I was reading a Steve Kim article a few minutes ago on MAX and he said (I believe he was serious)that Davryl Williamson and Chris Byrd (who are friends) had dinner together the night before the fight.

After one of the all-time worst fights you could ever lay your eyes on does this bother you that two fighters are chatting it up enjoying each others company hours before they are suppose to go to war?

If the fight would have actually had a few punches in it I probably would not be upset but the fact that the fight was hardly a fight and that they were together the night before bothers me a bit. Showtime and the fans got ripped off, plain and simple!

Chris Byrd is a ***** and Williamson is a *****, I dont care if they are fighters and if someone comes back with a post about how they must repoect every fighter that puts on gloves and yadayadayada...

Chris Byrd hurts the sport and chillin the night before a fight with the enemy is bull****, especially when you put forth a performance like we saw.

does this bother anyone else?

[cupcrazy01]

Yes, the guys are friends, and just like Barrett-Rahman, they didn't fight each other like fighters, they fought like sparring partners. That's why most matches between old friends or sparring partners don't result in alot of action.

One exception that I can think of is DLH-Mosley...

[TheEvilSaint]

when friends fight, its always gonna be boring cuz they dont wanna hurt each other.

byrd and TOS are friends: HORRIBLE fight
byrd and mcline are friends: bad fight
rahman and barrett are friends: HORRIBLE fight
jones and tarver are kinda friends: bad third fight

its ok to be friends after the fight and never fight each other again. but friends dont let friends fight each other.

[RAESAAD]

Why does Byrd keep ending up in the ring with his buddies...mcCline and him were like best pals to..yeah it bothers me a little I would rather they don't act all friendly for the weeks building up to the fight even if they are friends in life....They need to fight like they want to win not like they don't want either to get hurt.

[PBDS]

I was reading a Steve Kim article a few minutes ago on MAX and he said (I believe he was serious)that Davryl Williamson and Chris Byrd (who are friends) had dinner together the night before the fight.

After one of the all-time worst fights you could ever lay your eyes on does this bother you that two fighters are chatting it up enjoying each others company hours before they are suppose to go to war?

If the fight would have actually had a few punches in it I probably would not be upset but the fact that the fight was hardly a fight and that they were together the night before bothers me a bit. Showtime and the fans got ripped off, plain and simple!

Chris Byrd is a ***** and Williamson is a *****, I dont care if they are fighters and if someone comes back with a post about how they must repoect every fighter that puts on gloves and yadayadayada...

Chris Byrd hurts the sport and chillin the night before a fight with the enemy is bull****, especially when you put forth a performance like we saw.

does this bother anyone else?

...Yes, and I don't think either one of them "really" wanted to fight. Look on the bright side. We got Ruiz/Valuev in the very near future.

[jabsRstiff]

Yes, it does. That's a disgrace. They knowingly ripped off the public.

[masterdirector]

Did you actually watch the Rahman-Barrett fight or are you just going by PPV numbers? I thought it was a decent fight. Definitely not HORRIBLE. I think of that as **** like Vitali vs. Sanders or Ruiz vs. Oquendo, **** like that.

[rsl]

I was reading a Steve Kim article a few minutes ago on MAX and he said (I believe he was serious)that Davryl Williamson and Chris Byrd (who are friends) had dinner together the night before the fight.

After one of the all-time worst fights you could ever lay your eyes on does this bother you that two fighters are chatting it up enjoying each others company hours before they are suppose to go to war?

If the fight would have actually had a few punches in it I probably would not be upset but the fact that the fight was hardly a fight and that they were together the night before bothers me a bit. Showtime and the fans got ripped off, plain and simple!

Chris Byrd is a ***** and Williamson is a *****, I dont care if they are fighters and if someone comes back with a post about how they must repoect every fighter that puts on gloves and yadayadayada...

Chris Byrd hurts the sport and chillin the night before a fight with the enemy is bull****, especially when you put forth a performance like we saw.

does this bother anyone else?

The media(mainly HBO) I think blew it out of proportion as far as Hoya's and Mosley's "friendship", I get the feeling that those two weren't really buddy buddies back in their amateur days. I remember when I used to compete in the amateurs, I would sometimes see the same competitors and acknowledge each other maybe even chitchat for a little. I doubt those two ever hungout and called each other on the weekends. I personally cannot put on an honest performance if it involved me having to kick the crap out my buddy who comes over my house while mommy serves us milk and cookies and as we got older went ***** hunting on the weekends, can anybody here really stomach it, if they had the opportunity to perform an ass kicking on a friend in front of thousands and being watched by millions all over the world? A guy I see around work or school and say hi too when I'm in the mood, yes. Not a pal who would have my back in sticky situations.

[SuckaPunch]

They could've had dinner all they want or had sex with each other the previous night, nobody would still care.

[Manny_P]

that's ****in lame!!!

Having dinner together befo a fight? WTF? Jest no good. I would demolish Kirsten Byrd if I saw him in ma 'hood! Shyt, I don't care if I come from behind and jump his sissy weak punchin ass!