Joe W Byrd, the former coach of the US Olympic boxing team and the father of Chris Byrd, has died at the age of 89 ...

Byrd’s crowning achievement came when he was named coach of the Barcelona Summer Olympics men’s boxing team that included ...

FLINT – Chris Byrd was a future Olympian and heavyweight champion of the world, but in the summer of 1980 he was just a 10-year-old kid boxing in his first official bout. He lost that match to ...