Chris Byrd
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| Real name | Christopher Cornelius Byrd | ||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Rapid Fire | ||||||||||||
| Rated at | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 1⁄2 in (187 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Reach | 74 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
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August 15, 1970 Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
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| Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 47 | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 41 | ||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Losses | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Christopher Cornelius "Chris" Byrd (born August 15, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2009. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having first won the WBO title in 2000 after an upset corner stoppage over then-undefeated Vitali Klitschko. In his first title defense later that year, he lost to Vitali's brother Wladimir Klitschko. In 2002, Byrd defeated Evander Holyfield to win the IBF heavyweight title for his second reign as world champion. He made four successful defenses until losing his title again to Wladimir Klitschko in a 2006 rematch. Byrd's cousin, Lamon Brewster, has a shared history with Wladimir Klitschko: Brewster defeated him in 2004, but lost in a 2007 rematch.
As an amateur, Byrd represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the middleweight division. He is also a three-time national amateur champion, winning the light middleweight title in 1989, and the middleweight title in 1991 and 1992.
Chris Byrd was the youngest of eight children growing up in Flint, Michigan. He began boxing at age 5, training in his father (Joe Sr.)'s Joe Byrd Boxing Academy. His father continued to train and manage Byrd as a professional. Byrd attended Flint Northwestern High School.
Byrd began competing in the ring at age 10, and compiled an impressive 275 wins in the amateur ranks. He was a three-time U.S. amateur champion (1989, 1991, and 1992). He was on the 1991 U.S. National boxing Team that became the first (and only) U.S. team to score a tie against the heralded Cuban team. Byrd won the silver medal in the 1992 Barcelona summer Olympics as a middleweight, losing to Cuba's Ariel Hernández in the final.
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