On August 22, 1998, a 35-year-old Antoine Byrd (31-6-1, 17 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight IBF title held by 28-year-old Charles Brewer (31-5, 21 KOs).
Byrd came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 29 days. Brewer was on a 8-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 25 days.
Charles Brewer made easy work of Antoine Byrd, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Brewer improves his record to 32-5 (22 KOs), while Byrd adds a loss to his record at 31-7-1.
On April 29, 1997, a 34-year-old Antoine Byrd (30-5-1, 16 KOs) and Joseph Kiwanuka met in the ring in a super-middleweight bout.
Byrd came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months.
Antoine Byrd lost to Joseph Kiwanuka via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-middleweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 30-6-1.
On March 18, 1995, a 32-year-old Antoine Byrd (26-4-1, 13 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight IBF title held by 26-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (27-0, 23 KOs).
Byrd came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 41% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 6 days. Jones Jr. was on a 27-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months.
Roy Jones Jr. made quick work of Antoine Byrd, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 1st. Jones Jr. improves his record to 28-0 (24 KOs), while Byrd adds a loss to his record at 26-5-1.
On March 3, 1992, a 29-year-old Antoine Byrd (19-3-1, 9 KOs) and Tim Littles met in the ring in a super-middleweight bout.
Byrd came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 39% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 15 days.
Antoine Byrd lost to Tim Littles via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-middleweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 19-4-1.
On August 17, 1991, a 28-year-old Antoine Byrd (19-2-1, 9 KOs) and Larry Musgrove met in the ring.
Byrd came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 10 days.
Antoine Byrd lost to Larry Musgrove via KO in the 4th round, and adds an loss to his record at 19-3-1.
On March 7, 1991, a 28-year-old Antoine Byrd (19-1-1, 9 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight IBF title held by Lindell Holmes.
Byrd came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 7 days.
Antoine Byrd was defending his super-middleweight titles and, fighting for the super-middleweight IBF titles against Lindell Holmes and lost via split decision in the 12-round super-middleweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 19-2-1.
On March 17, 1986, a 23-year-old Antoine Byrd (1-0, 0 KOs) and Gilbert Baptist met in the ring.
Byrd came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 0% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 7 days.
Antoine Byrd lost to Gilbert Baptist via majority decision in the 4-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 1-1.