By Erik Schmidt: Cruiserweight contender Herbie Hide (48-4, 43 KO’s) continued with his successful three year comeback with a 3rd round stoppage win over journeyman Gabor Halasz (26-13, 10 KO’s) on Friday night at the Hermann-Neuberger-Halle, in Voelklingen, Saarland, Germany. Hide, 37, knocked Halasz down twice in the fight, once in the 1st and a final time in the 3rd.
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Hide Defeats Siproshvili
By Nate Anderson: Two-time heavyweight champion Herbie Hide(47-4, 42 KOs) did what he needed to do tonight, beating Sandro Siproshvili (15-5-1, 5 KOs) by an eight round unanimous decision at the Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Germany. For boxing fans hoping to see the Hide old – the one with the blazing hand speed – they unfortunately had to settle for a slower version and one who relies more on his jab compared to in the past.
Aydin Destroys Hernandez, Hide Defeats Siproshvili
Graciano Rocchigiani’s first show as trainer for ARENA Box-Promotion was a complete success. “Mini-Tyson” Selcuk Aydin and “Dancing Destroyer” Herbie Hide scored wins in front of a sold-out crowd in Cuxhaven (Germany) Friday night. WBC international welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin defended his title by an impressive first round annihilation of experienced contender Luis Hernandez from Ecuador. Hernandez who prepared for the fight at Miguel Cotto’s training camp in Puerto Rico began strong while Aydin waited for his chance. When he saw an opening ARENA’s “Mini-Tyson” chopped down “Morochito” Hernandez with some vicious hooks.
Lacy Returns on April 10th, More – Boxing News
TAMPA, FL: Left Hook Promotions, the company founded by former IBF/IBO Super Middleweight Champion and St. Pete native Jeff Lacy is proud to present “Homecoming”, The Return of Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy at the USF Sun Dome on Friday April 10, 2009. Lacy (24-2, 17 KO’s), returns to fight in the bay area for the first time in nearly three years since a capacity crowd witnessed his thrilling knockout of Robin Reid at the St. Pete Times Forum on August 6, 2005.
Pavlik-Rubio, Cotto-Jennings, Duddy-Vanda – A Tale Of Two Cities
World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK (34-1, 30 KOs), from Youngstown, Ohio, is in his last 10 days of training for his rumble with No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (43-4-1, 38 KOs), of Torreón, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico. The Pavlik-Rubio world championship fight will headline an exciting card at soldout Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown on Saturday, February 21, and will be broadcast live on pay-per-view, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
Hide-Godfrey, Sylvester-Nespro, Murat-Sanavia, Torres Passes – News
“The Dancing Destroyer” will be back at the North Sea on March 6th. Herbie Hide will return to the Kugelbake-Halle in Cuxhaven, Germany, for his WBC Final Eliminator against Matt Godfrey. In his last fight on November 18th, 2008, Hide won an unexpected hard fought unanimous decision over Polish journeyman Lukasz Rusiewicz.
Godfrey-Hide, Austin-Rodriguez & Estrada-Cannell – News
ARENA Box-Promotion has won the purse bid for the World Boxing Council cruiserweight Final Eliminator between Herbie Hide and Matt Godfrey. The fight will most probably take place in late March or early April. The winner of the elimination bout will face the winner of the WBC cruiserweight championship between Giacobe Fragomeni and Krystzof Wlodarczyk.
Hide Decisions Rusiewicz, Looks Poor
By Erik Schmidt: Former two-time World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Herbie Hide (46-4, 42 KOs) struggled to win a six-round unanimous decision over Lukasz Rusiewicz (7-6) on Tuesday night in a cruiserweight match at Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, in Niedersachsen, Germany. Hide, now 37, once a fighter with blazing fast hands and tremendous punching power, looked as if he were fighting in slow motion against the 26 year-old Rusiewicz on Tuesday night, missing often with his punches and looking tired and slow.
Hide Destroys Kosobokovs, Ready For Title Shot
By Erik Schmidt: Former two-time WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide (45-4, 42 KOs) continued with his comeback defeating Latvian Aleksejs Kosobokovs (12-10, 5 KOs) by a 3rd round stoppage on Saturday night at the Norwich Showground, in Norwich, Norfolk. Like his other nine fights since starting his comeback in September 2006, the 37 year-old Hide was facing yet another soft opponent, and it was little wonder that Hide was able to stop him inside the distance. Facing little return fire in any of the three rounds, Hide plodded after Kosobokovs, 30, hitting him with jabs to the midsection and a lot of slow, clubbing right hands to the head. Hide knocked Kosobokovs down with a hard right hand near the end of the 2nd round.
It was a good shot, though minus the incredible speed that Hide once possessed much earlier in his career. Kosobokovs was knocked down twice more in the 3rd round, the first being from a chopping right-left combination to the head, and the second knockdown occurring when Kosobokovs was bent over the ropes, facing the audience in a helpless position, at which point Hide nailed him with a left to the head, sending Kosobokovs down to the canvas. The round ended just after that. In between rounds, the fight was stopped.
Herbie Hide Decisions Nuri Seferi
By Chet Mills: Former two-time heavyweight champion, now fighting as a cruiserweight, Herbie Hide (44-4, 41 KOs) out-pointed Nuri Seferi (21-6, 15 KOs), defeating him by a unanimous decision on Friday night to retain his WBC International cruiserweight title at the Bueyuek Anadolu Hotel, in Ankara, Turkey. Hide, survived a 1st round knockdown in which Seferi, 31, threw a wild left hook that caught Hide in the chin, sending him down.