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Chris Byrd and O'Neill Bell are in negotiations to fight at cruiserweight. I think this could bring a whole new dimension to Bryd. He has always fought bigger men on the run, and he could actually become an efficient aggressor.
I wanna see Roy Jones vs. Byrd.
Byrd should of done this ages ago...
Bryds missus has more chance of winning than Chris does.Quote:
Originally Posted by tuckwopat
They should let her fight, she's a Rotweiller
David Haye would be a good match-up .
http://i6.tinypic.com/16jom03.jpg
W 16 (16 ko's) | L 1 | D 0 | Total 17
Big puncher and talented.
Byrd would humiliate Haye after the fight went 5 rounds, and there is no way Haye could stop him before he got dead tired imo.. Im fairly interested to see how Byrd does at Cruiser, I am expecting him to outbox Bell convincingly if that fight happens.
It's a good move by Byrd...none of the other heavy chumps will ever give him a fight so he might as well go down to cruiser and become the draw down there...
Great move by Chris! I would like to think that if had lost his heavy belt sooner he would of moved down faster. I think against the cruiser he would domiate a little more, he is used to taking a bigger mans punches so I dont think anybody has the power at cruiser to really hurt him. I look for him to do some good things at this weight.
RJJ became very vulnerable after he had become used to bigger guys punches. The same might happen to Byrd.Quote:
Originally Posted by TyBuff
Byrd could rematch Calzaghe at a catch weight i.e. 185 pounds :)
Yes......I agree with whomever said "great move Chris"...........
but it would have been an even greater move 2 or three years ago when he started to look like dung in the heavies. ;)
I agree, and I expect Byrd to dominate this division in the future....Quote:
Originally Posted by The Promoter
Chris Byrd could dominate this division if he moved down after beating McCline, but now he will probably have about 5 more wins and then retire.
That's more or less what I believe. I would still like to see him beat Bell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Majesty
the guy never should have been a heavy. He came out of the olympics as a middleweight right? We should have been talking about Byrd/RJJ fights for the past years. I don't particularly like Byrd, but I'll give him his props that he overachieved in the HW's. But the guy could possibly have been a three div champ at super middle, LHW and cruiser. I hope Byrd does well at cruiser but I'm worried it sjust too late for him. Cruiser is stacked right now with good talent.
i cant see him having another 5 world level fights tbh.after the loss to klit he probally wont be the same and even if he does go to crusier Bell sure does have some major ko power.But bryd is class so he might have 5 more left but at 35 he really isn't going to be as dominant!Quote:
Originally Posted by Majesty
I think thats great move on Chris part he should of move down long time ago. I think he can beat most CW there but don't forget he is now 35 and age is not on his side. Cruiserweight devision is weak also so IMO he can become champion in short time of period and just retire before age take over him.
it might be stacked...but I think had Byrd been in the CW division he would already be the champ......I think this move will buy him 3-4 more years on his career......Quote:
Originally Posted by VanChilds
I think is too late for byrd to move down
I wonder if Byrd now becomes a "puncher" at Cruiser?
Anyone wanna play what would a happened if Byrd had started out at LHW? Anyone think he would have beaten RJJ? I think I still pick Roy. Chris wouldn't enjoy the foot and hand speed advantage at LHW that he did at heavy.
I think he'll be middle of the road, CW has a lot of harder punchers i.e bell, mormeck and haye hits like a heavyweight at cruiser. When haye moves up he'll fill out to at least 240 and hit harder than most. People say Haye is frail because of his loss to carl thompson, that fight was way to soon in his career, carl thompson was like the B-hop he wasn't ready for. Haye has improved dramatically, i think he will beat ANYONE at 200lbsQuote:
Originally Posted by The Promoter
Haye looks 2 Ds short of 3.
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Originally Posted by Majesty
dimensions?
2-D's short of 3
3=3D
2 D's short
3D - 2D = 1D
I was saying he looked one dimensional to me. But I've only seen him fight Carl.
i heard a while back that byrd was knocked out by calzaghe in the amatuers. is it true?
I've seen people talk about that in other forums. But I'd say as a professional Byrd has accomplished more. I don't think Calzaghe ever invisions himself beating a prime David Tua. And I dont think anyone else would either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionheart Lacy
it is a great move...
finaly he realized that he cant hang with the heavies. so move down, and be the big guy this time.
Well he's "hung" with the heavy's for more than 10 years and pretty much had his way....He believes this is a way to lengthen his career and take a little less punsihment in the process...Chris also knows that the guys he can beat; Rahman, Toney, etc.,will never give him a fight...so why not go down to Cruiser and become the draw?Quote:
Originally Posted by Big_Deuce
Chris Byrd will never be a puncher :)
he was stopped by Calzaghe in round 2 in a match between Italy and USA in the early 90ties
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Originally Posted by Global Jab
That is relevan, because we all know that the amatuers are the same as the pros. ::**
It was amatuers its all different when they turn pro.
-if amateur fights is irrelevant why is the best amateurs getting the best pro contracts? And why is it most likely that the best amateurs also gets the best careers in the pro ranks?Quote:
Originally Posted by TyBuff
I was referring to the style of fighting done between the amatuers and the professional ranks. It is different, amatuers box 3 or 4 2min rounds and you pretty much have to go all out to score your points. Professional boxing once you get into the 6+ round fights is more about pacing yourself, picking and choosing when and how to attack. The styles are different.Quote:
Originally Posted by Global Jab
The best amateurs get the best contracts because they have already built up a fan base and have made a name for themselves. That is why the Olympic boxers typically get big contracts right after the Olympics. The best amatuers also get good careers due to the number of fights they have already been in by the time they turn pro. That is the advantage of having a successfull amatuer career, you typically get paid more when you turn pro.
Who wants to see Byrd fight Bell, I wanna see Bell take on Cunningham. Once Cunningham takes care of G. Jones again it should be all on. Byrd would get trounced by Bell
As I remember it was the only time Byrd was stopped in the amateurs, so at least is shows than Calfaggi also slapped very hard in the amateurs O0Quote:
Originally Posted by TyBuff
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Originally Posted by Kahn
What are you just trying to spread your hate all over our forum? Get lost jerk!!!
when you say hung around the heaviweight division, do you mean survived?
but when you look at his compitition he beat an aging 40 year old holyfield, an overated tua, drawed with golota, sneaked out a victory with mcline . The two times he faced wlad he got demolished, he realizes he has gone as far as he can in the HWD, and now decides to move down...its all i was sayin...
he cannot (difference than HAS NOT) hang in the hwd because The only way up is through the guy who punished him twice
I thought he lost to Golota, mccline, and oquendo.
i know that he won those fights...I meant that I thought he should have lost them.
doh :banghead: