On October 27, 2007, Chris Byrd (40-3-1, 21 KOs) and Alexander Povetkin (13-0, 10 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round bout.
Chris Byrd is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round RTD victory over Paul Marinaccio, 6 months and 9 days ago. Alexander Povetkin is on a 13-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Larry Donald, 3 months and 27 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Alexander Povetkin at 99-1 winning odds. Chris Byrd really doesn't have much to present against Povetkin.
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.