Does Byrd stand a chance to beat Wlad?

[Dr.Depravity]

I just dont see how Byrd can overcome the dissadvatages here. Wlad under Manny shouldn't tire and waste energy. If Manny can get Wlad to close the ring off, Byrd may go to sleep.

[7001]

I don't see Byrd losing this fight. Wlad will be in good shape but like he did against Peter, he will be wore out by the 6th rnd. Byrd can take a good punch and even get knocked down by it and still win the fight. He will out score Wlad. UD Byrd.

[Violent Demise]

Byrd skills have been slipping for years. His inactivity dosn't help him either. Wlad will punish him and stop him in 4 rounds. Hopefully that will be the last we hear of Chris Byrd

[joeboxer]

I don't see Byrd losing this fight. Wlad will be in good shape but like he did against Peter, he will be wore out by the 6th rnd. Byrd can take a good punch and even get knocked down by it and still win the fight. He will out score Wlad. UD Byrd.

Even if Wlad is tired by the 6th.

Lets say he wins 1-6. Byrd wins 7-12.

Wlad gets one knockdown. He wins the fight. Right there.

Not too mention judges tend to give bias towards the fighter that knocks the other guy down in remaining rounds.

Soooooooooo. I think this is probably about as close as you ever come to a "no chance" in boxing.

But. I said the same thing before Wlad vs Brewster and look what happend there.

[joeboxer]

Byrd skills have been slipping for years. His inactivity dosn't help him either. Wlad will punish him and stop him in 4 rounds. Hopefully that will be the last we hear of Chris Byrd

He has been considering retireing for a while now..... so it may be.


Its a shame his fights as a champion never matched his fights with Tua, Ibeabuchi, and Vitali. Those were really great.


Even the Holyfield fight was "kind of" exciting.

[j]

as it always has been for the heavyweight division, anything can happen at anytime. however, this is an extremely tall order.

"Its a shame his fights as a champion never matched his fights with Tua, Ibeabuchi, and Vitali. Those were really great. "

uh, his fight with vitali was great? for him? he got pounded around the ring for almost a dozen rounds. it only looks good on paper.

[mr.thraz]

not so. he got hit very little in that fight .
whatch it again.

[: Deacon :]

On paper this is Wladimir Klitschko's fight to win: he is way bigger than Chris Byrd, survived Samuel Peter, hits a lot harder, won their first fight. But there is something that makes me feel Byrd is going to beat Wladimir Klitschko this time. I have been following both their careers for quite some time now, Byrd is much more experienced (both Klitschkos, Ibeabuchi, Holyfield, Tua, Golota, etc.). In my view Chris will be agressive, work Kltschko's body to wear him out and just rely more on his power than he ever has before. His power is a little underrated, he certainly almost had Jameel McCline out.
Byrd has a chance to win, and I believe he will win.