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Herbie Hide makes his comeback as a Cruiserweight tomorrow night against Daniel Bipso in Montreal.
I'm quite excited about this, as I do think Hide's actually a very good boxer... but he appears to have next to no chin at all. Maybe with the lower weight his chin will hold out at the lower power.
That said, is his chin really that bad? Seeing Joseph Chingangu KO him in two rounds in September 2001 (Hide returned the favour inside a single round in May 2003) was embarrassing, but the other two men to knock out Hide - Vitali Klitschko and Rid**** Bowe - weren't exactly creme puffs. Hide's only other loss came against Mendauga Kulikauskas - the last time he fought - in March 2004. Kulikauskas was a bum drafted in to give Hide a tune-up before a domestic clash with Danny Williams, but an accidental headbutt caused Herbie to be withdrawn on a severe cut, and, under an archaic ruling, lost on a TKO. Hide was winning the bout, as expected, with ease.
Hide's power is also considerable... in his 35 professional wins, only ONE wasn't a KO or TKO. Of these, ten were first-round KOS, with only six going for more than five rounds.
Admittedly, not all of the names on his record are widely known, though he did take the WBO title for the second time by TKOing Tony Tucker in two.
I like the guy, he's got skills, he's... unpredictable... mentally, which is always interesting, and he's got a dodgy chin and decent power. Bispo is 15-2 (9), but is going into the bout in back-to-back losses. Fair enough. After over eighteen months layoff, it'll be a nice easy ride for Herbie's first fight back and in the weight. I wonder how far he'll go in the division?
I'm quite excited about this, as I do think Hide's actually a very good boxer... but he appears to have next to no chin at all. Maybe with the lower weight his chin will hold out at the lower power.
That said, is his chin really that bad? Seeing Joseph Chingangu KO him in two rounds in September 2001 (Hide returned the favour inside a single round in May 2003) was embarrassing, but the other two men to knock out Hide - Vitali Klitschko and Rid**** Bowe - weren't exactly creme puffs. Hide's only other loss came against Mendauga Kulikauskas - the last time he fought - in March 2004. Kulikauskas was a bum drafted in to give Hide a tune-up before a domestic clash with Danny Williams, but an accidental headbutt caused Herbie to be withdrawn on a severe cut, and, under an archaic ruling, lost on a TKO. Hide was winning the bout, as expected, with ease.
Hide's power is also considerable... in his 35 professional wins, only ONE wasn't a KO or TKO. Of these, ten were first-round KOS, with only six going for more than five rounds.
Admittedly, not all of the names on his record are widely known, though he did take the WBO title for the second time by TKOing Tony Tucker in two.
I like the guy, he's got skills, he's... unpredictable... mentally, which is always interesting, and he's got a dodgy chin and decent power. Bispo is 15-2 (9), but is going into the bout in back-to-back losses. Fair enough. After over eighteen months layoff, it'll be a nice easy ride for Herbie's first fight back and in the weight. I wonder how far he'll go in the division?
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