Re: Shouldn't Vitali fight Byrd?

Originally Posted by
Starr
RJJ is from Michigan

You caught me, I was thinking about the days when RJJ trained out of Kronk Gym.

Originally Posted by
Lyle
Chris already whipped Holyfield and Sam Peter would be EASY to beat if Chris is as mobile as he used to be.
A fight with Calvin Brock or: Tony Thompson, Eddie Chambers, Ray Austin, Larry Donald, or Domonick Guinn wouldn't be bad matchups either
I don't think Byrd is like that anymore, he's not "Rapid Fire" either, I think a the Chris Byrd from way back would be able to take Peter, and perhaps have done a number on Wladimir before the ukrainian could find his right. I mentioned Evander because I know that since Chris beat him before he won't have any trouble beating an older rusty Holyfield.
I'd like to see him take on Calvin Brock, but I think that Brock is a little better, and as the bigger man he wouldn't have the kind of trouble fighting Byrd as he did Wlad.
I think that Byrd can beat alot of the old names, and guys like Ray Austin wouldn't present much trouble for him to out point.
I'm starting to think though that a Byrd/Guinn fight would be a pretty match up. That and I'd like to see that and a Vitali/Peter fight.
Too bad he didn't stay at middleweight, that's where the action has shifted to these years, and I still remember the fast pace, and punches that made a few of us think that Byrd was the next best thing way back when.
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