BARCELONA ’92 OLYMPICS / DAY 7 : SUMMER GAMES SPOTLIGHT : MOM WILL MAKE HIM LISTEN TO DAD
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The Byrd family of Flint, Mich., is having a beef.
Chris Byrd, an American middleweight, prefers boxing off the ropes, slipping opponent’s punches and countering.
His father, Joe Byrd, the U.S. team’s coach, wants his son to fight in the middle of the ring, throwing straight left hands.
Chris Byrd is winning the argument, but Joe issued a warning to his son Friday, after Chris won his second match and moved into the tournament’s quarterfinals.
“He can ignore me if he wants. He does that all the time,” Joe Byrd said.
“But if I tell his mama (Rose Byrd, a vocal spectator at Friday’s bout) he’s ignoring me, she’ll bust him one upside of his head.”
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