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Chris Byrd
(Chris Cornelius Byrd)

BORN   August 15 1970; Flint, Michigan
HEIGHT 6-0 (Some sources report 6-2)
WEIGHT 169-222 lbs
MANAGER.. Joe  Byrd
TRAINER Joe Byrd

Byrd was left-handed and a crafty, elusive fighter on defense; His boxing skills were outstanding; He had the uncanny ability to make heavy hitting opponents look like average punchers; His greatest weakness was that he did not carry a heavy punch; During his career, Byrd won the WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World and the IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World

Chris defeated such men as Evander Holyfield, Vitali Klitschko, David Tua, Bert Cooper, Phil Jackson, Jimmy Thunder, Fres Oquendo, Andrew Golota, Jameel McCline, DaVarryl Williamson, Arthur Williams, Lionel Butler, Uriah Grant, Jeff Wooden, Craig Peterson, Eliecer Castillo, Ross Puritty and Jose Nino Ribalta

 
1993
Jan 28 Gary Smith                 Flint, Mi                           W  6
May 15 Mike Sullivan              Flint, Mi                          TK  1

1994
Mar 22 Exum Speight               Flint, Mi                           W  6
Jun  7 Gerard O'Neil              Flint, Mi                          TK  2
Aug 30 Max Key                    Flint, Mi                          KO  1
Oct  4 Daniel "Waxxom" Fikes      Auburn Hills, Mi                   TK  4
Nov  1 Ron Gullette               Flint, Mi                          TK  5

1995
Jan  6 Frankie Hines              Virginia Beach, Va                 TK  2
Mar 28 Mike Rouse                 Flint, Mi                          TK  6
          -USBA Heavyweight Championship
Apr 26 Joel Humm                  Auburn Hills, Mi                   TK  4
          -Some sources report "TK 5"
May 23 Arthur Williams            Auburn Hills, Mi                    W 10
Jul 18 Tim Puller                 Flint, Mi                          TK  5
Oct  3 Nathaniel Fitch            Flint, Mi                          KO  7
Nov 21 Phil Jackson               Auburn Hills, Mi                    W 12
          -WBU Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship;
           Some sources report "Flint, Mi"

1996
Jan 30 Jeff Wooden                Auburn Hills, Mi                    W 10
Apr 23 Lionel Butler              Auburn Hills, Mi                   TK  8
May 17 Ikomoniya "Biko" Botowamungo Monroe, Mi                        W 10
Aug  6 Uriah Grant                Flint, Mi                           W 10
Oct  8 Levi Billups               Flint, Mi                           W 10

1997
Jan 28 Craig Petersen             Auburn Hills, Mi                   TK  6
Mar 18 Bert Cooper                Flint, Mi                           W 10
Jun 20 Frankie Swindell           Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10
Dec 13 Jimmy Thunder              Mashantucket, Ct                   TK  9
          -Some sources report "Ledyard, Ct"

1998
Mar 28 Derek Amos                 Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  6
          -Some sources report "TK 5"
May 30 Eliecer Castillo           Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10
Jul 14 Ross Puritty               Bay St. Louis, Mi                   W 10

1999
Mar 20 Ike Ibeabuchi              Tacoma, Wa                         LT  5
May  8 John Sargent               Philadelphia, Ms                   TK  2
Jun  3 Jose Nino Ribalta          Mount Pleasant, Mi                 TK  4
          -Some sources report "TK 3"
Oct 22 Val Smith                  Detroit, Mi                        TK  2

2000
Jan 19 David Washington           Mount Pleasant, Mi                 TK 10
Apr  1 Vitali Klitschko           Berlin, Ger                        TK  9
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World;
           Klitschko retired due to a torn rotator cuff;
           Some sources report "TK 10"
Oct 14 Wladimir Klitschko         Cologne, Ger                        L 12
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World

2001
Jan 19 David Crowe                Mount Pleasant, Mi                SCH   
          -This bout was scheuled but cancelled
Jan 19 David Vedder               Mount Pleasant, Mi                  W 10
May 12 Maurice Harris             New York, NY                        W 12
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship Elimination bout;
           USBA Heavyweight Championship
Aug 18 David Tua                  Las Vegas, Nv                       W 12
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship Elimination bout;
           USBA Heavyweight Championship

2002
Jun  8 Jeff Pegues                Mount Pleasant, Mi                 TK  3
Dec 14 Evander Holyfield          Atlantic City, NJ                   W 12
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World

2003
Sep 20 Fres Oquendo               Uncasville, Ct                      W 12
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World

2004
Apr 17 Andrew Golota              New York, NY                        D 12
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World
Nov 13 Jameel McCline             New York, NY                        W 12
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World

2005
Oct  1 DaVarryl Williamson        Reno, Nv                            W 12
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World

2006
Apr 22 Wladimir Klitschko         Mannheim, Germany                  LT  7
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World;
           IBO Heavyweight Championship of the World

2007
Apr 18 Paul Marinaccio            Nassau, Bahamas                    TK  7
Oct 27 Alexander Povetkin         Erfurt, Germany                    LT 11
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship - Elimination Bout

2008
May 16 Shaun George               Las Vegas, Nv                      LT  9


2009
Mar 21 Mathias Sandow             Stuttgart, Germany                 TK  4


*** Assistance Was Provided By Ron Brammer (Columbia, Md) ***
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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