Chris Byrd vs. Wladimir Klitschko II

Chris Byrd vs. Wladimir Klitschko II, billed as "Revenge Is The Name Of The Game", was a professional boxing match contested on 22 April 2006 for the IBF and vacant IBO heavyweight championship.[1]

Revenge Is The Name Of The Game
Date22 April 2006
VenueSAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany
Title(s) on the lineIBF/IBO Heavyweight Championship
Tale of the tape
Boxer Chris Byrd Wladimir Klitschko
Nickname "Rapid Fire" "Dr. Steelhammer"
Hometown Flint, Michigan Kiev, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine
Pre-fight record 39–2–1 45–3
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight 213 1⁄2 lb (97 kg) 241 lb (109 kg)
Style Southpaw Orthodox
Recognition IBF
Heavyweight Champion		 IBF
No. 1 Ranked Heavyweight
Result
Klitschko defeated Byrd by 7th round TKO

Background

After beating Evander Holyfield in 2002 to win the IBF title, Byrd has successfully defended the IBF belt four times against Fres Oquendo, Andrew Golota, Jameel McCline, and DaVarryl Williamson. At the time he was ranked as the best Heavyweight in the world by Ring magazine (Wladimir Klitschko was 8th).[2]

Klitschko had won four fights in his comeback from his shock defeat to Lamon Brewster while trying to regain the WBO title he had lost to Corrie Sanders in 2003.[3]

The two men had fought six years earlier with Wladimir winning via a unanimous decision.

The fight

The fight was a one sided affair with Klitschko dominating Byrd before Klitschko's right hook finished off the American 41 seconds into round 7, the second time Byrd was floored in the fight.

Aftermath

Byrd had originally planned to fight then reigning WBA champion Nicolai Valuev;[4] he would instead go on to lose to Alexander Povetkin before briefly returning to the light heavyweight division and ultimately retiring in 2010 with the record of 41–5–1.[5]

Klitschko held the IBF title for a record-breaking 3,507 days before his defeat at the hands of Tyson Fury in November 2015.

This fight would mark the fourth time trainer Emanuel Steward guided a fighter to a Heavyweight title, after Evander Holyfield, Oliver McCall and Lennox Lewis.

Undercard

Confirmed bouts:[6]

WinnerLoserWeight division/title belt(s) disputedResult
Sebastian Sylvester Steven Bendall EBU Middleweight Title 3rd round TKO.
Oleg Platov Colin Kenna Heavyweight (8 rounds) 5th round TKO.
Alexander Abraham Mazen Girke Super Welterweight (8 rounds) Unanimous decision.
Timo Hoffmann Abraham Okine Heavyweight (8 rounds) Unanimous decision.
Rene Dettweiler Ondřej Pála Heavyweight (8 rounds) Unanimous decision.
Alexander Povetkin Friday Ahunanya Heavyweight (6 rounds) Unanimous decision.
Andy Lee Wassim Khalil Middleweight (6 rounds) 5th round TKO.

Broadcasting
Country Broadcaster
 GermanyDas Erste
 United StatesHBO

References
  1. "Chris Byrd vs. Wladimir Klitschko (2nd meeting) - BoxRec". boxrec.com.
  2. "The Ring Magazine's Annual Ratings: 2005 - BoxRec". boxrec.com.
  3. "Chris Byrd vs Wladimir Klitschko II – Fight Analysis". boxing247.com.
  4. https://www.livefight.com/news.php?news_id=4931&y=2016&m=04
  5. "Long read: Invisible while standing still: Chris Byrd interview". boxingmonthly.com.
  6. "BoxRec - event".
Preceded by
vs. DaVarryl Williamson		 Chris Byrd's bouts
22 April 2006		 Succeeded by
Paul Marinaccio
Preceded by
vs. Samuel Peter		 Wladimir Klitschko's bouts
22 April 2006		 Succeeded by
vs. Calvin Brock
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