On April 17, 2004, Chris Byrd (37-2, 20 KOs), the heavyweight IBF champion, defends his title against Polish challenger, Andrew Golota (38-4, 31 KOs).
Chris Byrd is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Fres Oquendo, 6 months and 28 days ago. Andrew Golota is on a 4-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round TKO win over Terrence Lewis, 5 months and 3 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Chris Byrd at 99-1 winning odds. Andrew Golota really doesn't have much to present against Byrd.
The fight ended in a split decision draw and both the fighters added a draw to their respective records — Byrd is now 37-2-1 and Golota, 38-4-1.