Chris Byrd
Chris Byrd
Chris Cornelius Byrdis an American former professional boxer who held the IBF and WBO heavyweight titles...
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth15 August 1970
fight germany great knowing spot
DaVarryl wanted to fight his way to the spot and Wladimir didn't want no part of it. They just wanted everything set up in their favor, knowing going to Germany is not a great thing for any American fighter.
biggest chance fell fight fought james john mouth please running
Oh, please James is running scared. James has got the biggest mouth in boxing, but he does not have any heart. He had a chance to fight me when he fought John Ruiz. We thought we were going to make something then. Then it fell apart.
bad counter couple fights good last sticks tried
Everyone has bad fights. The last couple of fights I tried to put on a good performance. But I'm a counter puncher and he just sticks and moves.
anybody anymore beats bigger far fear fight finesse five nobody taking time timid willing
Nobody beats me twice. Five years ago, I was more of a finesse fighter. I was willing to fight anybody, but at the same time I was timid of the bigger guys. I do not fear anybody anymore as far as taking their shot.
ask call fight kids knew knows son sparring worked
It just blossomed from there, ... He worked with my son with basketball. I ask about his kids and his wife, and he knows about my kids and my wife, so we call each other periodically. We are just friends. It is cool. But we knew in the heavyweight division, even after sparring with each other, we knew we are going to have to fight each other eventually.
advantage course fighting likes nobody somewhere tough
It's always tough going in somewhere where nobody likes you. It's an advantage - come on - that's crazy, it's like if he were fighting in my city. Of course it helps.
knock
I told him he had better knock him out.
champion unified until
Until you get a unified champion, it's just everybody's opinion.
cannot certain champion fighters goals happening point setting since stopped taking time unified unifying until
Until you get a unified champion, it is split. Since I have been champion, I have really stopped setting goals because I do not see them realistically happening from the other boxers' point of view. You cannot make certain fighters fight. I will be 90 years old before I see myself unifying any kind of belt. Right now, I am just taking one fight at a time and just see what happens.
fight knew
We knew we were going to have to fight each other eventually,
came champion cheat test
Yeah, (he's a champion), if his test doesn't come back dirty, ... But it came back dirty, so he can't be a champion. You can't cheat and win. You get caught.
active best business fights good past seen side special taken three
The business side of this sport is horrible, ... I think it has taken my best years. If I would have been active these past three years, you would have seen some really good fights and special skills.
fought game good months style wise
Style wise he fought a good game plan. I need to be active. I've been off for 11 months and this is what happens.
biggest boxing bringing fought james keeps mouth name needs running since talks
James is running scared. James has the biggest mouth in boxing but he has no heart. He talks a lot of trash. He keeps bringing my name up. They say they need a tuneup. I haven't fought since November. Who needs a tuneup?