On August 22, 1998, Charles Brewer (31-5, 21 KOs), the super-middleweight IBF champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Antoine Byrd (31-6-1, 17 KOs).
Charles Brewer is coming in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Herol Graham, 4 months and 25 days ago. Antoine Byrd is on a 1-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Willie Monroe, 9 months and 29 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Charles Brewer at 99-1 winning odds. Antoine Byrd really doesn't have much to present against Brewer.
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.