Chris Byrd vs. Lionel Butler

Chris Byrd 218 lbs beat Lionel Butler 259 lbs by TKO at 0:57 in round 8 of 10

• Date: 1996-04-23
• Location: The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA
• Referee: Tom Paruskiewicz
• Judge: Dario Chiarini
• Judge: Herman McKalpain
• Judge: Charles Fecay

Notes

• The fight aired live on USA Tuesday Night Fights.
• Attendance: 9,200.
• Butler was down once in the seventh round and once in the eighth. The referee stopped the fight immediately after the second knockdown.
• Butler lost one point in round seven for low blows.
• Byrd was ahead on all three scorecards at the time of the stoppage: 70-63, 69-63, 69-64.