I recently re-watched the Byrd vs Vitali fight and i have to say that Byrd did a lot better than many fans say. I had him winning 3 rounds, he was doing a really good job of making Vitali miss throughout the entire fight and was able to land his own punches when he mounted an offence and in the 9th he was backing Vitali up and landing at will.
I know that Vitali had that bad shoulder but i hear a lot of talk of Vitali totally dominating Byrd and while he was ahead on the score cards I never really saw Byrd get dominated in this fight. If Vitali had carried on with the bad shoulder its not inconceivable that Byrd could have won the last 3 rounds which would have given him a draw on my card.
I know that Vitali had that bad shoulder but i hear a lot of talk of Vitali totally dominating Byrd and while he was ahead on the score cards I never really saw Byrd get dominated in this fight. If Vitali had carried on with the bad shoulder its not inconceivable that Byrd could have won the last 3 rounds which would have given him a draw on my card.
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