On December 14, 2002, Evander Holyfield (38-5-2, 25 KOs) and Chris Byrd (35-2, 20 KOs) battle it out for the vacant IBF heavyweight world titles. The vacant IBF heavyweight title is also on the line.
Evander Holyfield is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate; his last fight was a technical decision win over Hasim Rahman, 6 months and 13 days ago. Chris Byrd is on a 4-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round TKO win over Jeff Pegues, 6 months and 6 days ago.
The winning odds are at 93.7-6.3 in favor of Chris Byrd. It is going to be very difficult for Evander Holyfield to win this fight.
Chris Byrd defeated Evander Holyfield via unanimous decision . Byrd improves his record to 36-2, while Holyfield adds a loss to his record at 38-6-2.