Chris Byrd going to lightheavyweight ?

[Tam Seddon]

I just read on fightnews that he is fighting at lightheavyweight against Shaun George. I've never heard of the that fighter, but isnt lightheavyweight a bit too far away for the old man? He should have done this years ago if it's the case...

[Lance Uppercut]

He had planned to go down to cruiser because of his lack of sucess with the super heavyweights, but then, without really trying his weight went all the way down to 175. He figured he might as well just fight at Lt heavy.

[Pugilistic]

can he make 175

i would be surprised if he could

[Tam Seddon]

fightnews.com said so.

[njackets]

I agree he should have fought at LHW or CR I think a fight with either RJJ or Toney at either of them weights a few years ago would of been far more intresting than any of his fights at HW!!

[Bomp]

He'll be an interesting addition to the division. Most of the guys are about the same age as him, he might be able to adopt a more aggressive style as well, looking forward to his debut.

[Master]

He did well at Heavyweight considering he could have made light heavy.

[Majesty]

its too late now.

if he was gonna make a move down to light heavyweight he should have done it after the wladimer rematch. At this point he is a shell of a fighter he once was

Chris Byrd even at 50 percent shouldnt be getting stopped by Povetkin and getting hit by mediocre heavyweights. it's too late for him to make an impact, even at light heavyweight, he is a shell of the fighter he once was, maybe about 10 percent now..

[superheavyrhun]

Fact is, the light-heavies are almost as weak a division as you'll find in boxing at the moment, what with Tarver a champ and Dawson getting severely tested. Wouldn't surprise me that if byrd can make the weight fairly comfortably, then he should do pretty well.

[njackets]

Just out of intrest,how do ppl think Bird would have done against Toney or RJJ at CW and LHW about 5 years ago?

[rene69]

Byrd is going to be embarrassed losing to smaller guys.

[p4pking]

It is a testament to him as a fighter if he can indeed comfortably make 175 as an older figher, after fighting at HW for well over a decade. Haven't heard of him opponent but I'm interested to see how he looks in there, for sure. Does seem a bit much now though.

[Spicoli]

He can recapture the weight,He debuted at Spr.Middle but he can not relive the years gone by. The damage is done.I actually have come to respect Byrd.....Just a bit.. I think he will be in for a shock with guys that can stay with him at a lower weight and have been there for a while.

[HOMETOWN CHAMP]

This is a good move at this point in his career because he lost to Wald and hes the best at the heavyweights so Byrd cant really go to far in that division and there are a few top LH that are older then him and still has some of his old skills

[superheavyrhun]

Just out of intrest,how do ppl think Bird would have done against Toney or RJJ at CW and LHW about 5 years ago?

He'd have been dominated just like everyone else who went up against RJJ certainly, I'd have given him a little more chance against Toney, but not much.

Fortunately for Byrd, light heavies is not the division it once was, and with champs like Erdei and Tarver, he's got more than just a punchers chance of winning something if he gets title shot.