Laugh all you want my fellow forum goer's...but today is a day that the Wack has been waiting for...a heavyweight fight that just might actually turn out to be something to talk about!

All the while...as most of you are rolling your eyes & forcing your fingers down your throats to visualize your disgust...Wacko will be here...grinning from ear to ear and taking one more shot during the match...& thus breaking the cardinal rule of Wackoland...that rule being...drinking before the sun goes down.

Technically...that rule's been broken on several occassions...but we won't even go there!

As always...I've decided to do some early early prep work for the weekend & what I hope turns out to be the best heavyweight match up this year.

We shall see.

First thing's first...let's go ahead & thank the HBO team for bringing us this compelling match up...& in the middle of the day no less...good job boy's...the RBR will suffer greatly.

It's time for another installment of Wacko's Drunken Round By Round featuring the return of IBF Heavyweight Champion Chris Byrd as he takes on one time conqueror Wladimir Klitschko in Germany of all fwockin places! Byrd better either knock Wlad out or atleast down. This is Byrd’s first title defense away from Don King...so maybe he will be a bit more determined as he has to make a statement for those two reasons. Needless to say...dispatching Wlad Klitschko would be a huge statement for Byrd to make. Revenge & reinvention.

There was a lot of drama to their first fight & equal amounts of controversy.

First & foremost...Wlad Klitscko outboxed, outslicked, & overpowered argueably on of the most skilled boxers of the heavyweight division. He even dropped Byrd twice. Afterwards Byrd would go on to argue that Wlad had a chemical on his gloves that burnt his face & that was the cause of the horrible performance against the youngest Klitscko brother.

Personally, IWO, that's utter bullshat! Byrd got beaten...dominated & that is that.

Now Byrd has a chance at righting the wrong that was committed in Germany back in 2000...but he's gonna have to fight for it.

He may just have a chance at revenge come Saturday night.
Wladimir, like Byrd, has been on the slide lately. He's been stopped twice since their last meeting & he's been plagued with stamina issues...these are just the very things that Byrd could capitalize on if given the opportunity. Then again...looking back...it's almost a definite that Wlad was not actually stopped...but more so that he stopped himself.

A few things to take note of...

#1: Byrd does not have the chin of Brewster. Nuff said.

#2: If Wlad connects correctly & doesn't go wild as far as his output...if he picks his shots & throws them accordingly...he will most likely outwork Byrd as he did the first time. Also...initially I was going for Wlad by TKO. I'm still gonna stick to this...reason being? At the risk of repeating myself over & over & over...I can't stress the fact that Byrd has slown down a shatload. I've been a Byrd fan from the first day that I saw him...I can honestly say that the new style of Byrd equals a loss of speed...again...nuff said!

#3: Again, at the risk of repeating myself over & over & over...this fight is in Germany. WTF was Byrd thinking? This is either going to be a last ditch effort on Byrd's part (judging from his training regiment right now...it is) to make a HUGE statement or it's the last big paycheck that he can cash. He better either TKO Wlad or work his ass to death.

Honestly...I know that a lot of fight fans could give a shat about this fight...but I am a bit intriqued to see which Chris Byrd & which Wlad Klitschko show up. This could really turn out to be a good card & seeing as how it's a freebie...that's enough of a shoe in for me.

I'm a bit burnt out on the price tags lately...so this is kinda refreshing...plus...I kinda get's a kick outta the fact that it's a 5 in the afternoon deal too.

Again...I will stick with Wladimir Klitschko by late round TKO.

So...as always...break out the chips & salsa...your poison of choice & pick your spot on the couch...Saturday April 22nd, 2006 is fight night & it's on like Donkey Kong!

Cheers...& koneecheewah bitches.