Wladimir Klitschko vs Chris Byrd II. Who's gonna win this one & how?

[The_One77]

Wlad had this one in the bag since the fight was announced...
He's going to win by knockout

[CountryBoy]

I know everyone is betting against Byrd, Byrd has slowed down just enough to get caught flush. But in returned has shown the willingness to trade fist. I see Byrd hitting Wlad a few times flush, But Wlad will just be catching Byrd with too many hard rights and left hooks. I will go out on a limb here and say Wlad by ko in eight.

[Gandalf]

I voted Wlad by knockout.

I honestly think that Wlad still has enough to beat Byrd & I also feel that Byrd has drastically slowed in his defensive abilities...that's what got him through the first mess when he tangled with Wlad all those years ago.

After seeing the photo shots of Byrd training for this fight & looking at his physical condition lately...I might be eating my own hat.

Personally...the cat looks determined & in shape.

We may all get a pleasant surprise with this one. Byrd could actually be coming to Germany for an upset...thoughts?

i think your crazy

i cant see byrd having any chance

to be honest i think wacko is just realising that this really isnt some stroll in the park for wlad....chris byrd is a superior boxer and fighter to sam peter....

its gonna be a tough one for wlad...

[Wacko3205]

I voted Wlad by knockout.

I honestly think that Wlad still has enough to beat Byrd & I also feel that Byrd has drastically slowed in his defensive abilities...that's what got him through the first mess when he tangled with Wlad all those years ago.

After seeing the photo shots of Byrd training for this fight & looking at his physical condition lately...I might be eating my own hat.

Personally...the cat looks determined & in shape.

We may all get a pleasant surprise with this one. Byrd could actually be coming to Germany for an upset...thoughts?

i think your crazy

i cant see byrd having any chance

You can't see Byrd having any chances...everyone has a chance. Take your bwoy Judah for instance...he had a chance...but after about the 4th or 5th round...he was barely in the ring.

Byrd won't be like that & Byrd has enough chin to go the distance with Wlad.

to be honest i think wacko is just realising that this really isnt some stroll in the park for wlad....chris byrd is a superior boxer and fighter to sam peter....

its gonna be a tough one for wlad...

Yes...I don't think that it's going to be a stroll...& yes...Byrd is the superior boxer over Peter...but I don't see him as being superior to Wlad. Wlad is superior...but not as slick as Byrd.

The thing is this...will he be as super as he was the first time that he fought Byrd?

I don't really think so...but Byrd has also been on the slide.

I just can't pick a winner on this one...nor do I think that it'll be easy for either. This is why I think at the end of the day...it'll be a good fight.

[coog]

I have to give Wlad the advantage because: he beat him once easily, he is bigger with more power, and hopefully smarter with Emanuel in his corner. Hopefully he will win by a tko by the 9th but it could be a decision. Byrd does have a chance he is a very clever and skilled boxer. anything can happen.

[Wacko3205]

Byrd ordered to be quiet!

Tuesday, April 18 2006

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...FCqVwBass.html

Universum Box-Promotion has arranged through a regional court in Berlin a court order for IBF heavyweight champion Chris Byrd to stop claiming that Wladimir Klitschko had a chemical substance on his gloves in their October 2000 fight. Byrd and Klitschko, who meet again this weekend, previously fought for the WBO title nearly six years ago with Klitschko winning a lopsided decision by scores of 120-106, 119-107, 118-108, knocking down Byrd twice in the process. Byrd has maintained since 1993 and again this weekend that there was a substance on Klitschko's gloves that made his face swell up, an allegation that is vehemently denied by Universum, Klitschko's promoter at the time.

STFU BYRD!!!

[Hulk]

I'm tellin you, this fight is not that big of deal. Neither guy is ever gonna be undisputed champ.

[atomic bull]

I voted Wlad by knockout.

I honestly think that Wlad still has enough to beat Byrd & I also feel that Byrd has drastically slowed in his defensive abilities...that's what got him through the first mess when he tangled with Wlad all those years ago.

After seeing the photo shots of Byrd training for this fight & looking at his physical condition lately...I might be eating my own hat.

Personally...the cat looks determined & in shape.

We may all get a pleasant surprise with this one. Byrd could actually be coming to Germany for an upset...thoughts?

i think your crazy

i cant see byrd having any chance

to be honest i think wacko is just realising that this really isnt some stroll in the park for wlad....chris byrd is a superior boxer and fighter to sam peter....

its gonna be a tough one for wlad...

Miles I agree that Bryd is a superior boxer to Peter, but Bryd can't crack an egg with his power, Peter can get you outta there with one punch, Bryd gonna have to wear Klitschko down and I think Bryd will have a hard time keeping Wlad off him, Bryd has Lost a step too.

[Hairdoo]

I voted Wlad by knockout.

I honestly think that Wlad still has enough to beat Byrd & I also feel that Byrd has drastically slowed in his defensive abilities...that's what got him through the first mess when he tangled with Wlad all those years ago.

After seeing the photo shots of Byrd training for this fight & looking at his physical condition lately...I might be eating my own hat.

Personally...the cat looks determined & in shape.

We may all get a pleasant surprise with this one. Byrd could actually be coming to Germany for an upset...thoughts?

i think your crazy

i cant see byrd having any chance

You can't see Byrd having any chances...everyone has a chance. Take your bwoy Judah for instance...he had a chance...but after about the 4th or 5th round...he was barely in the ring.

Byrd won't be like that & Byrd has enough chin to go the distance with Wlad.

to be honest i think wacko is just realising that this really isnt some stroll in the park for wlad....chris byrd is a superior boxer and fighter to sam peter....

its gonna be a tough one for wlad...

Yes...I don't think that it's going to be a stroll...& yes...Byrd is the superior boxer over Peter...but I don't see him as being superior to Wlad. Wlad is superior...but not as slick as Byrd.

The thing is this...will he be as super as he was the first time that he fought Byrd?

I don't really think so...but Byrd has also been on the slide.

I just can't pick a winner on this one...nor do I think that it'll be easy for either. This is why I think at the end of the day...it'll be a good fight.

There is alot of momentum building in Byrds favor but I'm still comfy with clit

[yoitsdan]

Watch it be a draw now, thats how topsy turvy things are at HW. Could you imagine the odds you'd have got 2 years ago if I said that I think that Toney V Rahman = a draw, Lyakhovich beats Brewster, Vitali is reired etc.... I'd have got about 500-1!
Seriously I think it'll be a tough fight to call. I'd rather make my prediction after the 2nd round. It all depends on which wlad turns up rather than which byrd.

[Wacko3205]

There is alot of momentum building in Byrds favor but I'm still comfy with clit

Heh heh heh.

[CountryBoy]

Both IBF heavyweight champion Chris Byrd and challenger Wladimir Klitschko were loose and in good spirits at today's prefight press conference in Heidelberg, Germany.

"I know that I am the champion," said Byrd. "People think I'm crazy to box in Germany, but I am teeming with strength.....I promise that I won't run away the whole time, but will attack." Byrd was accompanied by his father and trainer Joe Byrd. The senior Byrd stated Chris is in top shape and pointed out "We've boxed against people who are bigger than Wladimir Klitschko."

"This is for everything," Klitschko stated. "Chris Byrd is the number one, but I am ready for him.....I will win the fight." Klitschko's trainer Emanuel Steward acknowledged that Byrd is the best heavyweight in the world, "but after two hard years, Wladimir is again on the way to the top."

The fight will take place Saturday at the sold out SAP Arena in Mannheim and be televised live on HBO at 5PM ET/2PM PT.



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[SalTheButcher]

byrd lost when he was better and big vladdy was not yet as good tactically

[Gandalf]

I voted Wlad by knockout.

I honestly think that Wlad still has enough to beat Byrd & I also feel that Byrd has drastically slowed in his defensive abilities...that's what got him through the first mess when he tangled with Wlad all those years ago.

After seeing the photo shots of Byrd training for this fight & looking at his physical condition lately...I might be eating my own hat.

Personally...the cat looks determined & in shape.

We may all get a pleasant surprise with this one. Byrd could actually be coming to Germany for an upset...thoughts?

i think your crazy

i cant see byrd having any chance

to be honest i think wacko is just realising that this really isnt some stroll in the park for wlad....chris byrd is a superior boxer and fighter to sam peter....

its gonna be a tough one for wlad...

Miles I agree that Bryd is a superior boxer to Peter, but Bryd can't crack an egg with his power, Peter can get you outta there with one punch, Bryd gonna have to wear Klitschko down and I think Bryd will have a hard time keeping Wlad off him, Bryd has Lost a step too.

but the difference here is that byrd is a lot harder to hit than peter. its relatively straighforward to keep a limited fighter like peter at bay with the jab but byrd is elusive and if he can make wlad throw and miss then he can wear wlad down. byrd isnt going to be a punching bag like brewster in order to do that though. byrd might not throw rockets but lets not underestimate his power. he can punch and he can hurt. its a big confidence issue with wlad these days and if byrd can knock some of that confidence away early, then it becomes very interesting....byrd is a very underestimated fighter, and wlad is a different fighter to the fighter that beat byrd last time out...

i maintain that byrd can pull it off...

[K2-Promotion]

wlad will kick byrds head in. it will be a one-sided beating whether it goes 12 or not. o, btw, for any of u that voted for byrd by dec, u must have forgot where the fight is taking place!