Chris Byrd middle weight medalist?

**Piggu** · 03-22-2006, 08:03 PM

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**Run** · 03-22-2006, 08:03 PM

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**THE REAL NINJA** · 03-22-2006, 08:05 PM

lol

yes he won the silver

**paulkimlax** · 03-22-2006, 08:05 PM

if he stayed at middle weight, he could have done some damage.

**paulkimlax** · 03-22-2006, 08:06 PM

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**THE REAL NINJA** · 03-22-2006, 08:07 PM

yeah he'd be a strong mid .........Chris Byrd won the silver medal in the 1992 Barcelona summer Olympics as a middleweight, losing to Cuba's Ariel Hern�ndez in the final. He moved up to heavyweight 3 fights into his professional career. As a result of his not being a "natural heavyweight" (i.e., well over 6 ft. tall and at least 230 lb. / 104.3 kg.) -- the same supposed flaw alleged by Holyfield's critics -- he lacks overwhelming punching power. This has led many to deem Byrd's highly technical style of boxing (jabbing, fast hands, sporadic combination-punching, and evasive body movement) too boring for the heavyweight division. Regardless, Byrd was one of the world's best heavyweights in the late 1990's.

**Derranged** · 03-22-2006, 08:08 PM

He shouldve ended his career at light heavyweight. At least there he would've had good power.

**Piggu** · 03-22-2006, 08:10 PM

Originally posted by Ring Magazine

Every time this nice guy from Flint, Michigan, steps into the ring he is the smaller weaker lighter-fisted fellow, but he invariably goes a long way to canceling these deficits by being significantly more elusive than the opposition.
After winning middleweight silver at the 1992 Olympics, Byrd turned professional weighing 169 pounds and then decided, what the hell, he'd skip light heavyweight and cruiserweight and go all the way [to heavyweight].

That is from the March issue where they did a special article on the 10 best defensive fighters.

**THE REAL NINJA** · 03-22-2006, 08:15 PM

we had a good team that year 2 bad they didnt do all that well ...106: Eric Griffin, Broussard, La.
112: Timothy Austin, Cincinnati, Ohio (3rd)
119: Sergio Reyes, Marines/Camp Lejeune, N.C.
125: Julian Wheeler, Navy/******ia Beach
132: Oscar De La Hoya, Los Angeles, Calif. (1st)
139: Vernon Forrest, Augusta, Ga./NMU
147: Pepe Reilly, Glendale, Calif.
156: Raul Marquez, Houston, Texas
165: Chris Byrd, Flint, Mich. (2nd)
178: Montell Griffin, Chicago, Ill.
201: Danell Nicholson, Chicago, Ill.
+201: Larry Donald, Cincinnati, Ohio

Chris Byrd middle weight medalist?