Herbie Hide

Herbie Hide

Born: August 27, 1971
Age: 53
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Biography

Herbie Hide (born Herbert Okechukwu Maduagwu; 27 August 1971) is a British former professional boxer who held the WBO heavyweight title twice. He is best known for his victories over Michael Bentt and Tony Tucker.

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Early life

Hide was born in Amauzari, Nigeria, and moved to England as a boy. He was educated at Glebe House School and Cawston College.

Pro career

Hide has fought for most of his career at heavyweight, but later in his career decided to take a step down to cruiserweight. He is known as The Dancing Destroyer and has had a successful career, rising to domestic success at a very young age for a heavyweight. Hide has twice won the lesser regarded (at the time) WBO heavyweight title.

His career began in 1989 with a second round win and he racked up a total of 25 successive wins, all but one inside the distance. His level of opposition was respectable and included fighters such as Jeff Lampkin and James Pritchard.

At 25-0 (24 kos), Hide challenged Michael Bentt for the WBO heavyweight title in March 1994 at Millwall Football Stadium, Millwall, London. The inexperienced Bentt had won the title by knocking out the heavily favoured Tommy Morrison in one round. The fight made headlines after the two boxers scuffled and threw punches at a pre-fight meeting, whilst in the bout itself, Hide outboxed and knocked out Bentt in 7 rounds (who was then hospitalised and never fought again).

A year later, Hide defended his title against former undisputed champion Riddick Bowe. Hide used his speed to outbox Bowe early on and managed to hurt Bowe several times during the contest, however Bowe's size and class eventually told, and Hide was floored six times. Hide impressed with his courage, repeatedly picking himself off the canvas, before he was knocked out in the sixth round.

After his loss to Bowe, Hide fought twice in 1996, winning both by KO against Michael Murray and Frankie Swindell before earning another shot at the now-vacant WBO title in June 1997 against 38-year-old one-time IBF title holder Tony Tucker, despite Tucker losing three of his previous five fights. Hide knocked out the overweight Tucker in two rounds. Hide defended his WBO title twice in 1998 with quick stoppages of late replacement cruiserweight clubfighter Damon Reed, and German Willi Fischer.

In June 1999 Hide faced the 6 ft 8in Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko, only the second world ranked fighter he had actually faced after Riddick Bowe. Hide, favoured to win at the time, was knocked out in two rounds.

Hide never featured as a main contender at heavyweight again, his only mildly notable wins coming against Joseph Chingangu (who also knocked Hide out in one of Hide's many comebacks) and Alexander Vasiliev.

In 2006, Hide stepped down a weight division to a more natural weight division at cruiserweight. Since then he has won fourteen successive fights, most of which took place in Germany. Hide defeated Mikhail Nasyrov in December 2007 to win the WBC International cruiserweight title.

In November 2008, when Johnathon Banks dropped out of a WBO cruiserweight title clash at London's ExCel Arena with just four days notice, Hide was announced as a potential opponent for former champion Enzo Maccarinelli, for the vacant title. This was despite Hide having fought just two weeks earlier, a victory against Lukasz Rusiewicz. Hide then fought in the Crusierweight Prizefighter tournament. In the tournament, he defeated Welshman Wayne Brooks by unanimous decision, but was badly cut on the right eye in the process. He pulled out of the tournament to avoid losing his high WBC ranking due to the cut.

Professional boxing record

49 Wins (43 knockouts, 6 decisions), 4 Losses (4 knockouts, 0 decisions)
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Win Wayne Brooks UD 3 30 April 2010 Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win Gabor "Big Daddy Fisherman" Halasz TKO 3 26 June 2009 Völklingen, Saarland, Germany
Win Sandro Siproshvili UD 8 6 March 2009 Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Germany
Win Lukasz Rusiewicz UD 6 18 November 2008 Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Germany
Win Aleksejs Kosobokovs RTD 3 4 October 2008 Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Win Nuri Seferi UD 12 4 July 2008 Ankara, Turkey
Win Ehinomen Ehikhamenor UD 12 30 May 2008 Baracaldo, Pais Vasco, Spain
Win Ruediger May TKO 2 11 March 2008 Halle an der Saale, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Win Mikhail Nasyrov TKO 6 23 December 2007 Halle an der Saale, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Win Mircea Telecan TKO 1 21 September 2007 Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Win Aleh Dubiaha KO 1 16 June 2007 Ankara, Turkey
Win Pavol Polakovic KO 6 27 April 2007 Hamburg, Germany
Win Valeri Semiskur KO 1 24 March 2007 Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany
Win Mitch "Hold My Beer" Hicks TKO 1 23 September 2006 Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
Loss Mindaugas Kulikauskas TKO 3 12 March 2004 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Win Alexander Vasiliev TKO 5 4 October 2003 Wood Green, London, United Kingdom
Win Joseph "No Pressure" Chingangu KO 1 27 May 2003 Dagenham, London, England
Win Derek McCafferty TKO 7 16 April 2003 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Loss Joseph "No Pressure" Chingangu TKO 2 22 September 2001 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Win Alexey Osokin TKO 3 14 July 2001 Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Loss Vitali "Dr. Iron Fist" Klitschko KO 2 26 June 1999 Millwall, London, United Kingdom
Win Willi "De Ox" Fischer TKO 2 26 September 1998 Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Win "Dangerous" Damon Reed TKO 1 18 April 1998 Manchester, United Kingdom
Win Tony "TNT" Tucker TKO 2 28 June 1997 Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Win Frankie "The Tennessee Stud" Swindell KO 1 9 November 1996 Manchester, United Kingdom
Win Michael Murray TKO 6 6 July 1996 Manchester, United Kingdom
Loss Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe KO 6 11 March 1995 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win Michael Bentt KO 7 19 March 1994 Millwall, London, United Kingdom
Win Jeff Lampkin TKO 2 4 December 1993 Sun City, Bophuthatswana
Win Mike "The Duke" Dixon TKO 9 6 November 1993 Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win Everett Martin PTS 10 18 September 1993 Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Win Jerry "Wimpy" Halstead TKO 4 11 May 1993 Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Win Michael Murray TKO 5 27 February 1993 Dagenham, Essex, United Kingdom
Win Juan Antonio Diaz TKO 3 30 January 1993 Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom
Win James Pritchard TKO 2 12 December 1992 Muswell Hill, London, United Kingdom
Win Craig Petersen TKO 6 6 October 1992 Antwerp, Belgium
Win Jean Chanet TKO 8 8 September 1992 Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Win Percell "Magic" Davis KO 1 3 March 1992 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Win Conroy Nelson TKO 2 21 January 1992 Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Win Chris Jacobs KO 1 29 October 1991 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Win Eddie Gonzales KO 2 15 October 1991 Hamburg, Germany
Win Tucker Richards TKO 3 3 July 1991 Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom
Win John Westgarth TKO 4 14 May 1991 Dudley, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Win David Jules TKO 1 9 April 1991 Mayfair, London, United Kingdom
Win Lennie Howard TKO 1 29 January 1991 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Win Steve Lewsam TKO 1 18 November 1990 Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Win Gus Mendes KO 2 17 October 1990 Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win Jonjo Greene TKO 1 26 September 1990 Manchester, United Kingdom
Win Steve Lewsam TKO 4 5 September 1990 Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
Win Alex Penarski TKO 3 27 June 1990 Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Win Steve "The Green Goblin" Osborne TKO 6 19 December 1989 Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win Gary McCrory TKO 1 5 November 1989 Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Win Lee "L.A." Williams KO 2 24 October 1989 Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom

Personal life

In December 2003, Hide was "attacked by a group of men" in a Norwich night club. This resulted in his subsequent arrest and conviction for "possession of an offensive weapon, a 10-inch kitchen knife," for which he was fined £750.

In September 2008, Hide was warned by Norwich magistrates that he faced 75 days in jail if £3,767 of outstanding motoring fines were not paid by 30 November 2008. During a television interview in July 2008, Hide claimed that promoter Frank Warren "had dishonestly and corruptly bribed Johnny Nelson to retire and give up his WBO cruiserweight title." When Warren sued for libel, Hide failed to respond and a default judgment of £35,000 was entered against him.

Hide appeared at Norwich Crown Court, charged with rape, but was found not guilty on 20 July 2011 after "the prosecution offered no evidence."

On 18 March 2012, a man in his 20s was fatally stabbed at Hide's home. A suspect has been arrested for murder in connection with the incident. Police said they believed Hide was not home at the time of the killing.

On 29 November 2013 Hide was sentenced to 22 months in prison for selling cocaine. He was targeted by the so-called "fake sheikh" also known as Mazher Mahmood, an undercover News of the World reporter. The reporter ingratiated himself into Hide's company and began hassling him for cocaine, despite the fact that there had never been any suggestion that Hide had been concerned with the supply of drugs. After an initial refusal, Herbie Hide eventually relented, and agreed to contact a drug dealer of his acquaintance to procure the drug. When he delivered the drug to the undercover reporter he was arrested and charged.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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