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jesus christ! Is Muhammed Ali returning soon? At this rate, I can see Jack Johnson climbing out of his grave for a comeback!
as soon as they find that cure for parkinsons look out because i bet he still has more in him than chris byrd right now.
Even though Chris Byrd is boring to watch, he is one of the most underrated and highly skilled boxers of the 90s era.The guy was a middleweight who had better success against heavyweights than Jones and toney. If he would have stayed at middleweight or lightheavyweight or even cruiserweight he would have been a star.
I'm sure jones and toney would be two time champs too if they had Vitali quit on his stool and a washed up holyfield to fight for titles and then make 5 defenses in 4 years and get annihilated by the only boxer in the division that resembles a quality heavyweight. You can't call byrds heavyweight run a success by any means.
seeing that the titles have changed hands as many as 8 times in the previous year, Byrd held the title the longest. even withour punching power he consistently beat top fighters at the time like tua, Golota, Oquendo, Williamson, Mcline, Holyfied (who has knocked out 3 of his last opponents). If thatz not skill, then I guess he must have poisoned every one of those guys.
yeah with 5 defenses in 4 years. Tua was over hyped (only person he every beat that was measurable was ruiz who is trash), Golata was overhyped (dude still hasn't won a title), Oquendo was over hyped, I know you're joking with williamson, mccline was and still is over hyped, and that holyfield was more washed up than the one thats fighting now.