Byrd looks game & he sounds determined...is there an upset in the makings here?

[Klitsfan]

[b]“The business side can take a lot out of you,” says Byrd. “But things are great now, now that I’m not with Don King. I saw Judah on TV in that fight in January—I know what he’s saying when it comes to Don King. I know how he finds ways to cut your money.

“The referee’s got to do his job,” he says. “Wladimir’s style is all about jabbing and grabbing. C’mon, that’s not boxing. This is not a dancing contest. Don’t give me that one-two-and-hold style.

“Don’t hold me—let’s fight. I mean, look at me—if you think you need to hold me, you’re in trouble.”

I must admit that I don't know the details about how Don King operates, but it's about f***ing time that someone exposed him as 2-faced, crooked and obnoxious promoter that's doing harm to the boxing game. I've been around boxing ever since he began as a promoter and I'm way sick of him.

Also, I see that someone other than me noticed that ever since Emanuel Steward started training Wladdy he began to hold repeatedly nearly every time a shorter guy got close enough to do any damage. I still don't think that Wladdy will hold against Chris Byrd that much because he won't need to. As Byrd said bluntly "if you think you need to hold me, you’re in trouble.”

I'm picking Wladdy to beat Byrd but with a disgusted look on my face. Mark my words, if he gets in the slightest bit of trouble he will not fight back, but will clinch.

Not sure what you mean when you said he holds against guys that are smaller than him since Stewart started training him.He didn't hold against Williamson or Castillo.And the only reason he held against Peter was to stop him from getting hit by one of Peter's huge shots, something he doesn't have to worry about against Byrd.

[BrooklyniteQueen]

Castillo stayed right outside until Wladimer KO'd him.

Williamson played the counterpunchers game and caught Wladimer a few times and even dropped him.

He couldn't hold against Brewster, for obvious reasons.

[Gandalf]

Sorry Wacko, but Joppy looked and sounded determined before the Trinidad fight. . . . . . and 5 rds later, he was doing his own "Judah shuffle".

That's assuming that Wlad is as talented as Trinidad. He's not.

Byrd rocked Tua with some hard shots that nearly put him down, and Tua's chin is obviously tougher to crack than Wlad's.

agreed.

wlad will get rocked out there....