Quote Originally Posted by Snakey
Byrd is a good boxer but man....he can not hit for shit and if he knocked wlad out then wlad would have to retire. I like wlad but if he got koed by byrd then i would be laughing my ass off
I remember before the June 1987 Gerry Cooney vs. Michael Spinks fight that nobody in their right mind would have picked Spinks by knockout. Spinks was basically a light heavy that gained a bit of muscle and fat in roughly equal measure to become a heavyweight, but still didn't have a lot more power than he had at 175 lbs. Cooney was a 6'7" heavyweight that usually weighed between 220 and 235 lbs. in fighting trim, and was regarded as a heavy puncher, his knockout of Ken Norton being an oft-mentioned example. What nobody considered was that Cooney had no idea what to do when he got hurt. Spinks finished off Cooney with something like a 30 punch combination.

Anyway, the old adage that anything can happen in a heavyweight fight should be noted. Do I think that Byrd will knock out Wladdy? Of course not! Nobody in their right mind would bet on such nonsense!