Chris Byrd
Chris Byrd | |
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Data | |
Birth Name | Chris Cornelius Byrd |
Fight name | Rapid fire |
Weight class | Heavyweight |
nationality | US-american |
birthday | 15th August 1970 |
place of birth | Flint |
style | Legal display |
size | 1.87 m |
Range | 1.88 m |
Combat Statistics | |
Struggles | 47 |
Victories | 41 |
Knockout victories | 22nd |
Defeats | 5 |
draw | 1 |
Profile in the BoxRec database |
Chris Cornelius Byrd (born August 15, 1970 in Flint , Michigan ) is a former American boxer and former WBO and IBF world heavyweight champion.
amateur
As an amateur, Byrd was three times American champion: 1989 in light middleweight and 1991 and 1992 in middleweight. In 1990 he took part in the Goodwill Games in Seattle , but lost in the first fight against Torsten Schmitz on points. He also failed in the first round of the 1991 amateur world championships in Sydney , this time against the Cuban Ramón Garbey . He was able to beat this in an international match that same year.
In 1992 he was able to qualify in the middleweight division for the Olympic Games in Barcelona and won the silver medal. In the last sixteen he managed to win over Alexander Lebsjak , but then lost the final to Ariel Hernández .
Professional career
In 1993, Byrd turned pro. He is southpaw , but rather small and light for a heavyweight. So it is astonishing that he did not remain successful in the middleweight division of the amateurs , like Henry Maske , for example , in the light heavyweight division of the professionals, but instead switched to the heavyweight division in 1995, where he regularly fights against opponents who weigh 10 to 20 kg more.
In his build-up phase, he won against Phil Jackson , Bert Cooper and Ross Puritty .
He suffered his first defeat as a professional in March 1999 against the strong Nigerian Ike Ibeabuchi , who kills him in the fifth round. o. suggested. A year later, on April 1, 2000, he surprisingly won the WBO title against Vitali Klitschko , who gave up the fight after the ninth round because of a shoulder injury. At this point, however, Klitschko was clearly in the lead with all three judges. Byrd had been signed as a substitute for Donovan Ruddock , who was indisposed.
Already in the next fight, on October 14, 2000, Byrd lost the title again, against Vitali's younger brother Vladimir , who beat him high on points and twice down. Byrd later suggested on several occasions that something was wrong with the gloves in this fight.
He then signed with Don King and was promptly offered to participate in an elimination tournament in which he defeated Maurice Harris and the highly regarded David Tua . On December 14, 2002, he won the vacant IBF world title with a points win against Evander Holyfield , who at 40 years of age was already considered obsolete.
He successfully defended the title several times in the next few years, but the "victory" against Fres Oquendo was more than controversial despite the unanimous decision of the judges. The draw against Andrzej Gołota is also seen as rather flattering.
On April 22nd, 2006, he lost the title to Wladimir Klitschko in front of 14,000 visitors in the Mannheim SAP Arena due to a technical knockout in the seventh round. As in the first fight, he could hardly be dangerous to Klitschko.
After a year of inactivity, he won by breaking off in round seven against the build-up opponent Paul Marinaccio.
On October 27, 2007 he competed in an IBF eliminator against the Russian Alexander Powetkin , who was 2004 Olympic super heavyweight champion. He lost in round 11 to a technical knockout when his father and trainer Joe Byrd surprisingly threw in the towel around a minute before the end of the eleventh round.
After that defeat, Byrd decided to leave the heavyweight division. He lost over 30 pounds in the next six months to be able to compete in the light heavyweight division.
Byrd played his first light heavyweight fight on May 16, 2008 against Shaun George . In this fight, however, Byrd was clearly inferior to his opponent and went down for the first time in the first round. After suffering two more knockdowns in the ninth round, the referee finally broke off the fight.
In his last professional fight on March 21, 2009 in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle he defeated Matthias Sandow by technical knockout in the 4th round.
List of professional fights
47 fights , 41 wins , (22 of them by knockout), 5 defeats , 1 draw | ||||||
year | Day | Opponent / target | place | Result | Type | Round |
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1993 | January 28th | Gary Smith | IMA Sports Arena, Flint, Michigan | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 6/6 |
May 15 | Mike Twin Sullivan | IMA Sports Arena, Flint, Michigan | victory | TKO | 1 | |
1994 | March 22 | Exum Speight | IMA Sports Arena, Flint, Michigan | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 6/6 |
June 7th | Gerard O'Neal | IMA Sports Arena, Flint, Michigan | victory | TKO | 2/6 | |
August 30th | Max Key | IMA Sports Arena, Flint, Michigan | victory | KO | 1 | |
4th of October | Waxxem Fikes | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan | victory | TKO | 4/8 | |
November 1st | Ron Gullette | IMA Sports Arena, Flint, Michigan | victory | TKO | 5 | |
1995 | 6th January | Frankie Hines | Virginia Beach , Virginia | victory | TKO | 2 |
28th March |
Mike Rouse vacant USBA championship |
IMA Sports Arena, Flint, Michigan | victory | TKO | 6/12 | |
26th of April | Joel Humm | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan | victory | task | 4/8 | |
23. May | Arthur Williams | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan | victory | Points win (split decision) | 10/10 | |
July 18th | Tim Puller | IMA Sports Arena, Flint, Michigan | victory | TKO | 5/10 | |
October 3 | Nathaniel Fitch | IMA Sports Arena, Flint, Michigan | victory | KO | 7/10 | |
21st November |
Phil Jackson vacant WBU International Championship |
The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 12/12 | |
1996 | January 30th | Jeff Wooden | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 10/10 |
April 23 | Lionel Butler | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan | victory | TKO | 8/10 | |
17th of May | Biko Botowamungu | Glen Stock Arena, Monroe, Michigan | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 10/10 | |
6th of August | Uriah Grant | IMA Sports Arena, Flint, Michigan | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 10/10 | |
8th October | Levi Billups | IMA Sports Arena, Flint, Michigan | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 10/10 | |
1997 | January 28th | Craig Petersen | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan | victory | TKO | 6/10 |
March 18th | Bert Cooper | IMA Sports Arena, Flint, Michigan | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 10/10 | |
20th June | Frankie Swindell | Ballys Park Place Hotel Casino, Atlantic City (New Jersey) | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 10/10 | |
13th December | Jimmy Thunder | Foxwoods Resort, Connecticut | victory | TKO | 9/10 | |
1998 | 28th March | Derek Amos | Boardwalk Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey | victory | TKO | 6/10 |
30th May | Eliezer Castillo | Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 10/10 | |
July 14th | Ross Puritty | Casino Magic 500 , Bay Saint Louis | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 10/10 | |
1999 | March, 20th | Ike Ibeabuchi | Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma (Washington) | defeat | TKO | 5/10 |
8th of May | John Sargent | Silver Star Casino, Philadelphia, Mississippi | victory | TKO | 2/10 | |
3rd of June | Jose Ribalta | Soaring Eagle Casino, Mount Pleasant, Michigan | victory | task | 3/10 | |
October 22nd | Val Smith | Joe Louis Arena , Detroit (Michigan) | victory | KO | 2/10 | |
2000 | January 19th | David Washington | Soaring Eagle Casino, Mount Pleasant, Michigan | victory | TKO | 10/10 |
April 1st |
Vitali Klitschko WBO World Championship |
Estrel Convention Center , Berlin-Neukölln | victory | task | 9/12 | |
October 14th |
Wladimir Klitschko WBO title defense |
Kölnarena , Cologne | defeat | Point defeat (unanimous) | 12/12 | |
2001 | January 19th | David Vedder | Soaring Eagle Casino, Mount Pleasant, Michigan | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 10/10 |
12th of May |
Maurice Harris vacant USBA championship |
Madison Square Garden , New York City | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 12/12 | |
18th of August |
David Tua USBA Championship |
Cox Pavillion, Las Vegas | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 12/12 | |
2002 | 8th June | Jeff Pegues | Soaring Eagle Casino, Mount Pleasant, Michigan | victory | TKO | 3/10 |
December 14th |
Evander Holyfield vacant IBF World Championship |
Boardwalk Hall , Atlantic City, New Jersey | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 12/12 | |
2003 | September 20th |
Fres Oquendo IBF title defense |
Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 12/12 |
2004 | 17th April |
Andrzej Gołota IBF title defense |
Madison Square Garden , New York City | draw | Shared decision | 12/12 |
November 13th |
Jameel McCline IBF title defense |
Madison Square Garden , New York City | victory | Points victory (polyphonic) | 12/12 | |
2005 | October 1 |
DaVarryl Williamson IBF title defense |
Reno Events Center, Reno, Nevada | victory | Points win (unanimous) | 12/12 |
2006 | April 22 |
Wladimir Klitschko IBF / IBO title association |
SAP Arena , Mannheim | defeat | TKO | 7/12 |
2007 | April 18 | Paul Marinaccio | Clifford Park, Nassau | victory | task | 7/10 |
October 27 | Alexander Powetkin | Erfurter Messe , Erfurt | defeat | TKO | 11/12 | |
2008 | May 16 | Shaun George | Thomas & Mack Center , Las Vegas | defeat | TKO | 9/10 |
2009 | March 21st | Matthias Sandow | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle , Stuttgart | victory | TKO | 4/8 |
(Source: BoxRec database ) |
Clout
As part of a comparative test with regard to the impact force of different athletes, Byrd achieved a maximum force of 5800N on a sandbag with pressure sensors using regular boxing gloves.
Web links
- Chris Byrd in the BoxRec database
- Chris Byrd in the BoxRec -Encyclopaedia
- Chris Byrd in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Chris Byrd on the boxing encyclopedia boxen-artur.de
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Vitali Klitschko | Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( WBO ) April 1, 2000 - October 14, 2000 |
Wladimir Klitschko |
Lennox Lewis | Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) December 14, 2002 - April 22, 2006 |
Wladimir Klitschko |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Byrd, Chris |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Byrd, Chris Cornelius (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American boxer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 15th August 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Flint , Michigan |