Chris Byrd

American boxer

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Born

15 August 1970, Flint

Citizenship

United States

Sport

boxing

Discipline

heavyweight, middleweight, light middleweight

Occupation

boxer

Height

187 cm (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

88 kg (194 lb)

Christopher Cornelius Byrd (born August 15, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2009. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having first won the WBO title in 2000 after an upset corner stoppage over then-undefeated Vitali Klitschko. In his first title defense later that year, he lost to Vitali's brother Wladimir Klitschko. In 2002, Byrd defeated Evander Holyfield to win the IBF heavyweight title for his second reign as world champion. He made four successful defenses until losing his title again to Wladimir Klitschko in a 2006 rematch. He was ranked by BoxRec in the world's top 10 heavyweight from 1998 to 2004, reaching his highest ranking of No.3 in 2000.

As an amateur, Byrd represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the middleweight division. His father Joe W Byrd was the coach for the Olympic boxing team, which also included future world champions Oscar De La Hoya and Vernon Forrest, amongst others.

Competitions

Awards and honours

• IBF World Heavyweight Champion
• WBO World Heavyweight Champion

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q963043 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.