Record details

	Chris BYRD
	Cruiserweight Male (Chris Cornelius Byrd) USA, Flint, Michigan Born: August 15, 1970, Flint, Michigan, USA Height 6ft 2 1/2in, mt 1,88 - Weight 215 lbs, 97,4 kg "southpaw"

as an amateur:

Former 3-time U.S. champion
1991 Sydney World Sr. Champs Middleweight
Lpt Ramon Carbey (Cuba)
1992 West Palm Beach, USA-Germany, Lpt Sven Ottke (Ger)
1992 Olympic Trials Middleweight gold medal
Wpt Derrick James 5-0, Wpt William Joppy 52-13
Wpt Michael DeMoss 41-17
1992 U.S. Olympic Box-Offs: Wpt Michael DeMoss 44-16
1992 Barcelona Olympic Games Middle silver medal
Wpt Mark Edwards (GB), Wpt Alexandre Lebsiak (Russia)
Wpt Ahmed Dine (Alg), Wpt Chris Johnson (Can)
final: Lpt Ariel Hernandez Ascuy (Cuba)

amateur career: 300 fights

No amateur results

Professional record


1993
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 28	Gary Smith	Flint, Michigan	W 6
+ May 15	Mike Sullivan	Flint, Michigan	TKO 1

1994
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 22	Exum Speight	Flint, Michigan	W 6
+ June 27	Gerard O'Neil	Flint, Michigan	TKO 2
+ Aug. 30	Max Key	Flint, Michigan	KO 1
+ Oct. 4	Waxom Fikes	Auburn Hills, Michigan	TKO 4
+ Nov. 1	Ron Gullette	Flint, Michigan	TKO 5

1995
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 6	Frankie Hines	Virginia Beach, Virginia	TKO 2
+ Mar. 28	Mike Rouse	Flint, Michigan	TKO 6
(Won vacant USBA Heavyweight Title)
+ Apr. 26	Joel Humm	Auburn Hills, Michigan	TKO 5
+ May 23	Arthur Williams	Auburn Hills, Michigan	W 10
+ July 18	Tim Pullen	Flint, Michigan	TKO 5
+ Oct. 3	Nathaniel Fitch	Flint, Michigan	KO 7
+ Nov. 21	Phil Jackson	Auburn Hills, Michigan	W 12
(Won vacant WBU/INT Heavyweight Title)

1996
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 31	Jeff Wooden	Auburn Hills, Michigan	W 10
+ Apr. 23	Lionel Butler	Auburn Hills, Michigan	TKO 8
+ May 17	Biko Botowamungu	Monroe, Michigan	W 10
+ Aug. 6	Uriah Grant	Flint, Michigan	W 10
+ Oct. 8	Levi Billups	Flint, Michigan	W 10

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 28	Craig Petersen	Auburn Hills, Michigan	TKO 6
+ Mar. 18	Bert Cooper	Flin, Michigan	W 10
+ June 20	Frankie Swindell	Atlantic City, New Jersey	W 10
+ Dec. 13	Jimmy Thunder	Ledyard, Connecticut	TKO 9

1998
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 28	Derek Amos	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO 6
+ May 30	Eliecer Castillo	Atlantic City, New Jersey	W 10
+ July 14	Ross Puritty	Bay St Louis, Mississippi	W 10

1999
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 20	Ike Ibeabuchi	Tacoma, Washington	TKO by 5
+ May 8	John Sargent	Philadelphia, Mississippi	TKO 2
+ June 3	José Ribalta	Mt Pleasant, Mississippi	TKO 3
+ Oct. 22	Val Smith	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 2

2000
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 19	David Washington	Mt Pleasant, Michigan	TKO 10
+ Apr. 1	Vitaly Klitschko	Berlin, Germany	cTKO 10
(Won WBO Heavyweight Title)
- Oct. 14	Wladimir Klitschko	Köln, Germany	L 12
(Lost WBO Heavyweight Title)

2001
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 19	David Vedder	Mt Pleasant, Michigan	W 10
+ May 12	Maurice Harris	New York City, New York	W 12
(Regained vacant USBA Heavyweight Title)
+ Aug. 18	David Tua	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 12
(Won IBF Heavyweight Title Eliminator)

2002
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 8	Jeff Pegues	Mt Pleasant, Michigan	TKO 3
+ Dec. 14	Evander Holyfield	Atlantic City, New Jersey	W 12
(Won vacant IBF Heavyweight Title)

2003
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 20	Fres Oquendo	Uncasville, Connecticut	W 12
(Retained IBF Heavyweight Title)

2004
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Apr. 17	Andrew Golota	New York City, New York	Drew 12
(Retained IBF Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 13	Jameel McCline	New York City, New York	W 12
(Retained IBF Heavyweight Title)

2005
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 1	DaVarryl Williamson	Reno, Nevada	W 12
(Retained IBF Heavyweight Title)

2006
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 22	Wladimir Klitschko	Mannheim, Germany	TKO by 7
(Lost IBF & for vacant IBO Heavyweight Titles)

2007
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 18	Paul Marinaccio	Nassau, Bahamas	TKO 7
- Oct. 27	Alexander Povetkin	Erfurt, Germany	TKO by 11
(For IBF Heavyweight Title Eliminator)

2008
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- May 16	Shaun George	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO by 9

2009
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 21	Matze Sandow	Stuttgart, Germany	TKO 4