Thompson-Serin

By Erik Schmidt: 10 months after being humiliated in a 9th round stoppage loss to Shaun George in May 2008, former IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Chris Byrd (40-5-1, 21 KOs) defeated German Matthias Sandow (4-3, 3 KOs) by a 4th round stoppage in a scheduled eight-round bout tonight at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle, in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg.