On May 16, 2008, a 37-year-old Chris Byrd (40-4-1, 21 KOs) and Shaun George met in the ring.
Byrd came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 19 days.
Chris Byrd lost to Shaun George via TKO in the 9th round, and adds an loss to his record at 40-5-1.
On October 27, 2007, a 37-year-old Chris Byrd (40-3-1, 21 KOs) and a 28-year-old Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin (13-0, 10 KOs) met in the ring.
Byrd came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 9 days. Povetkin was on a 13-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 27 days.
Alexander Povetkin stopped Chris Byrd via TKO in the 11th round. Povetkin improves his record to 14-0 (11 KOs), while Byrd adds a loss to his record at 40-4-1.
On April 22, 2006, Chris Byrd and Wladimir Klitschko met again in a rematch.
Byrd came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 21 days. Klitschko was on a 3-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 29 days.
In the rematch, Wladimir Klitschko stopped the champion via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new IBF heavyweight champion. Klitschko improves his record to 46-3 (40 KOs), while Byrd adds a loss to his record at 39-3-1.
On October 14, 2000, the 30-year-old WBO heavyweight world champion, Chris Byrd (31-1, 19 KOs), faced a 24-year-old Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko (34-1, 31 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Byrd came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 13 days. Klitschko was on a 10-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 29 days.
Wladimir Klitschko defeated Chris Byrd via unanimous decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Klitschko improves his record to 35-1, while Byrd adds a loss to his record at 31-2.
On March 20, 1999, a 28-year-old Chris Byrd (26-0, 14 KOs) and a 26-year-old Nigerian boxer Ike Ibeabuchi (19-0, 14 KOs) met in the ring.
Byrd came in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 6 days. Ibeabuchi was on a 19-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 16 days.
Ike Ibeabuchi stopped Chris Byrd via TKO in the 5th round. Ibeabuchi improves his record to 20-0 (15 KOs), while Byrd adds a loss to his record at 26-1.