2163 Results for chris byrd

Perez dethrones Agbeko in scorcher

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Joseph King Kong Agbeko brought the flashier name but Yonnhy Perez packed the bigger punch in dethroning Agbeko on Saturday.

Story | Conversation | November 01, 2009

Chat with Wladimir Klitschko

...owns a career record of 46-3 with 41 knockouts. He earned the belt by defeating Chris Byrd in April. Saturday's fight will air on at 10 p.m. ET on HBO. Send...

ESPN Insider Chat | November 06, 2006

Former champion Ibragimov calls it quits

Associated Press

Former heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov has decided to retire.

Story | Conversation | July 30, 2009

Urbano's "O" goes against Acosta

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Urbano Antillon's undefeated record was bound to be sullied sooner or later, but who would have guessed it would come at the hands of the unheralded Miguel Acosta?

Story | Conversation | July 26, 2009

Agbeko silences loudmouth Darchinyan

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Vic Darchinyan's loud mouth and boorish antics did their part to sell tickets. When it came time to fight, however, it was Joseph "King Kong" Agbeko who did all the walking.

Story | Conversation | July 12, 2009

Lopez using Lontchi fight as launchpad to bigger, better things

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Chris Farina/Top Rank If you were boxing's next big star like Juan Manuel Lopez is, you...

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NBA's Simmons is a boxing manager

Roman Modrowski, ESPNChicago.com

Former Simeon star Simmons is now a boxing manager.

Story | Conversation | June 25, 2009

W. Klitschko king of the heavyweights

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Line the contenders up, and Wladimir Klitschko will keep on knocking 'em down. Klitschko's latest scalp: hapless heavyweight Ruslan Chagaev.

Story | Conversation | June 21, 2009

Klitschko can't wait to clash with Chagaev

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images Ruslan Chagaev, right, will have his hands full with a motivated and not very pleased Wladimir Klitschko. Klits...

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Arreola's waistline growing with his rep

Steve Farhood, Special to ESPN.com

With Chris Arreola set to face Jameel McCline and take the next step toward a title shot against one of the Klitschkos, the talk has been less about his wait than it has been about his weight, writes Steve Farhood.

Story | Conversation | April 07, 2009

Dunne steals show in Dublin shootout

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

While Vitali Klitschko and Roy Jones were walking through their opponents, Bernard Dunne was giving Ireland one for the ages in a thrilling slugfest with Ricardo Cordoba.

Story | Conversation | March 22, 2009

Klitschko TKOs Gomez in ninth round

Associated Press

Vitali Klitschko has retained the WBC heavyweight title by stopping Juan Carlos Gomez in the ninth round on Saturday night.

Story | Conversation | March 21, 2009

Torsten Silz/AFP/Getty Images

Mannheim, GERMANY: IBF Heavyweight champion Chris Byrd (R) spars with his trainer and father Joe Byrd during a training session in Mannheim 19...

Photo | March 20, 2009

Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images

MANNHEIM, GERMANY - APRIL 22: Wladimir Klitschko (L) of Ukraine hits Chris Byrd (R) of the USA during their IBF and vacant IBO World Heavyweight Championship fight at the...

Photo | March 20, 2009

Fight week for Klitschko-Gomez ensues

Brian Doogan, Special to ESPN.com

Can Vitali Klitschko handle Juan Carlos Gomez's southpaw style? Is the challenger's bark worse than his bite? Does the champ's taste in tunes match his appreciation of automobiles? Brian Doogan discusses these and many more topics in his fight-week blog.

Story | Conversation | March 18, 2009