I knew him as Bruno at Cawston College near Norwich. It was always his dream and he made it happen. What people don't know is he is one of the kindest guys around, his attitude is a front. Would do ANYTHING for a friend.
Was never a heavyweight, remember seeing him quite often in ikon nightclub in Norwich. Always couldn’t believe he was heavyweight champ as he looked so small! More like a middleweight. Shows how hard he punched
Possibly one of the best cruiserweights in my lifetime. Too small like Haye to be a heavyweight but he was better than Usyk for me. If he’s been in his prime 10 years later he’d been bigger than Haye was. Never got the opportunities he deserved in my opinion. Incredible record
He got a shot at Klitschko and Bowe, opportunities don’t come any bigger, his last 20 fights were against bums, that’s why opportunities never arose after those fights.
he was very quick an powerful. never forget the night vitali beat him tho, the shock on his face when vitali starched him. first time id seen a real superheavyweight in there against a small man.
Earn with Hearn .. Bazaa done the Essex bizzo with Herbie and it's a shame Herbie wasn't in the mix today as everyone would duck a right hander off of Hide
You could just tell when he landed a punch that Hide had some strong punching bones. Riddick Bowe said Hide hit him harder than anyone he ever fought and that he had him out on his feet.
Good fighter hide but a bit to small for heavyweight , but he could really bang and i also remember riddick bowe saying that he had never been hit as hard and as often as when he fought herbie hide and bowe was a really big guy!!
@@H.K.5 IDK if he really had lesser Power at least to that great of an extent. At 6'2 214. He was about 30 and 0 with 30 knockouts before Losing to Big Riddick Bowe. One of the Best HW ever. He Also fought much tougher competition during that time HW were deep.
@@Bigram.sonsun He never had the type of power Wilder has. Wilder has put almost everyone he's fought to sleep. Hide like I said was a powerful hitter but Wilder is one of the hardest hitters ever, his power IMO is on par with the likes of Earnie Shavers and Sonny Liston.
@@H.K.5 Wilder is a very powerful puncher. Definitely up with the Better punchers but he was very Protected. Hide fought better comp. Wilder Didnt step up competition till 35 fights in. Very few fighters get away with that. But he is a Very devastating puncher
@@Bigram.sonsun Wilder fought weak competition for most of his career but there's no denying he's up there with the hardest hitters. Plus he KO'ed Breazeale with 1 hit in the first round, and Breazeale is known to have a great chin.
I met herbie hyde in Peterborough got a picture with him he was looking for the passport office... sound geeza. Oh and know few people who were in jail with him in Peterborough, said he bopped about and got no bother, Dappy on the other hand......
@buckyballbeans yes he aint the worlds greatest heavyweights but he was still 2 x champion, he had skill he was out punching bowe, untill bowe would hit him with anything and hide would go down. I think he would have been a great cruserweight but lission mate styles make fights. herbie has a very weak chin and fucking hell holyfeild, byrd and moorer was great boxers, holyfeild won gold in the olyimpics and has got a chin. all had very good boxing and movment skills.
@buckyballbeans wtf you on about ok he had a very weak chin, he was the First person to knock out Tony Tucker both mike tyson and lennox lewis couldn't and lost to to great boxer riddick bowe he even had riddick bowe stund in there but lost because hes got such a weak chin and was beating vitali klitchko until got hit. If Herbie was had a solid chin he would of been great anyother thing the he was a cruserweight fighting in the heavyweight and still banhing them out.
I think if Hide had stayed at cruiser he'd have been one of the best ever. Moving up he just was giving up too much weight and power fighting the likes of a Bowe or a monster like Klitschko.
halleck3 His people could have played matchmaker and pushed for fights vs similarly undersized bulked up light heavies like Jeremy Williams, Holyfield, Tony, Moorer and that 1 small guy (white wife and biracial children) who edged out Holyfield but got knocked down by Klitscho.
@@tome3187 Wish Vitali was around today. He'd KO Wilder and Joshua inside 2, and then I think he beats Fury too. Just too good, too skilful, too powerful and unstoppable.
lol he was training in Birmingham about 10 years ago. I didn't realise who it was until after I left the gym with my pal. There was a big bag of coke going round. Fair play to him he never took any.
RyanSCarr Music 210lbs just making him a heavyweight, though the power in his punch meant he could compete with anyone in the division, bit like todays example of Deontay Wilder who routinely weighs in around the 215lbs mark, another less recent but still modern day example is David Haye who weighed in around 220 during his peak as a heavyweight.
I knew him as Bruno at Cawston College near Norwich. It was always his dream and he made it happen. What people don't know is he is one of the kindest guys around, his attitude is a front. Would do ANYTHING for a friend.
I remember this guy, he was always exciting to watch
Was never a heavyweight, remember seeing him quite often in ikon nightclub in Norwich. Always couldn’t believe he was heavyweight champ as he looked so small! More like a middleweight. Shows how hard he punched
I met Herbie in Tenerife at one of my fights and he introduced me to Danny Williams!! 2 legends in my opinion
Possibly one of the best cruiserweights in my lifetime. Too small like Haye to be a heavyweight but he was better than Usyk for me. If he’s been in his prime 10 years later he’d been bigger than Haye was. Never got the opportunities he deserved in my opinion. Incredible record
He got a shot at Klitschko and Bowe, opportunities don’t come any bigger, his last 20 fights were against bums, that’s why opportunities never arose after those fights.
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Quality fighter. The way he dismantled tucker was poetry in motion. Just struggled against guys bigger in stature.
Herbie "you can run but you can't" Hide.. this boy could punch!!
No heavyweight, but I like his fighting style.
It's better than I remembered.
Damn Conroy! Wow what a hit!
he was very quick an powerful. never forget the night vitali beat him tho, the shock on his face when vitali starched him. first time id seen a real superheavyweight in there against a small man.
That’s why it should be divisions in the heavyweight division
Herbie was a Beast
Earn with Hearn .. Bazaa done the Essex bizzo with Herbie and it's a shame Herbie wasn't in the mix today as everyone would duck a right hander off of Hide
You could just tell when he landed a punch that Hide had some strong punching bones. Riddick Bowe said Hide hit him harder than anyone he ever fought and that he had him out on his feet.
Source?
@@ricardoricochet3021 He mentioned it a few times but here's one: th-cam.com/video/MYD6yUL0AiI/w-d-xo.html
Good fighter hide but a bit to small for heavyweight , but he could really bang and i also remember riddick bowe saying that he had never been hit as hard and as often as when he fought herbie hide and bowe was a really big guy!!
6ft 2
"This dude he' s the hardest puncher ever seen in the ring" Riddick Bowe about him.
Подивись бій з Віталієм Кличком панчер 😂😂😂😂
This was the more skillful Deontay Wilder Of the 90's
Agreed. He had less power than Wilder though but still a powerful hitter.
@@H.K.5 IDK if he really had lesser Power at least to that great of an extent. At 6'2 214. He was about 30 and 0 with 30 knockouts before Losing to Big Riddick Bowe. One of the Best HW ever. He Also fought much tougher competition during that time HW were deep.
@@Bigram.sonsun He never had the type of power Wilder has. Wilder has put almost everyone he's fought to sleep. Hide like I said was a powerful hitter but Wilder is one of the hardest hitters ever, his power IMO is on par with the likes of Earnie Shavers and Sonny Liston.
@@H.K.5 Wilder is a very powerful puncher. Definitely up with the Better punchers but he was very Protected. Hide fought better comp. Wilder Didnt step up competition till 35 fights in. Very few fighters get away with that. But he is a Very devastating puncher
@@Bigram.sonsun Wilder fought weak competition for most of his career but there's no denying he's up there with the hardest hitters. Plus he KO'ed Breazeale with 1 hit in the first round, and Breazeale is known to have a great chin.
I met herbie hyde in Peterborough got a picture with him he was looking for the passport office... sound geeza. Oh and know few people who were in jail with him in Peterborough, said he bopped about and got no bother, Dappy on the other hand......
@FIGHTS4FANS two time world heavyweight champion, thats not average. thats world standard
great fighter,just caught between weights
He lives on the same street as me lol
And I líve same street of Brad Pitt....
@@hugotaboada2188 nobody cares lad, let him enjoy it
@@Zeeshanbeats be quiet...
@theSKOL1 I feel herbie hide could give good advice to david haye
@buckyballbeans yes he aint the worlds greatest heavyweights but he was still 2 x champion, he had skill he was out punching bowe, untill bowe would hit him with anything and hide would go down. I think he would have been a great cruserweight but lission mate styles make fights. herbie has a very weak chin and fucking hell holyfeild, byrd and moorer was great boxers, holyfeild won gold in the olyimpics and has got a chin. all had very good boxing and movment skills.
He was like a shorter Deontay Wilder.
But with a lot more boxing skill tbh.
@buckyballbeans wtf you on about ok he had a very weak chin, he was the First person to knock out Tony Tucker both mike tyson and lennox lewis couldn't and lost to to great boxer riddick bowe he even had riddick bowe stund in there but lost because hes got such a weak chin and was beating vitali klitchko until got hit. If Herbie was had a solid chin he would of been great anyother thing the he was a cruserweight fighting in the heavyweight and still banhing them out.
I think if Hide had stayed at cruiser he'd have been one of the best ever. Moving up he just was giving up too much weight and power fighting the likes of a Bowe or a monster like Klitschko.
halleck3 His people could have played matchmaker and pushed for fights vs
similarly undersized bulked up light heavies like Jeremy Williams, Holyfield, Tony, Moorer and that 1 small guy (white wife and biracial children) who edged out Holyfield but got knocked down by Klitscho.
sad thing is when he landed his "big punch" on vitali klitschko's chin, vitali barely blinked... He's just too small for a heavyweight!
Vitali has a world class chin ... Never hurt
@@mammymammy8727 Yeah Lennox Lewis, although he cut him, never really dented Vitali.
Best HW chin of the last 25 years.
Herbie's 6'2
Vitali barely blinked when anyone hit him, one of the best chins in heavyweight history
@@tome3187 Wish Vitali was around today. He'd KO Wilder and Joshua inside 2, and then I think he beats Fury too.
Just too good, too skilful, too powerful and unstoppable.
lol he was training in Birmingham about 10 years ago. I didn't realise who it was until after I left the gym with my pal. There was a big bag of coke going round. Fair play to him he never took any.
how much did he weight
4 boulders and a pebble. tarass
RyanSCarr Music 210lbs just making him a heavyweight, though the power in his punch meant he could compete with anyone in the division, bit like todays example of Deontay Wilder who routinely weighs in around the 215lbs mark, another less recent but still modern day example is David Haye who weighed in around 220 during his peak as a heavyweight.
Hide vs Bruno id take hide
Very exciting fighter. Didn't have much of a chin or he would have been a force.
Awesome power glass chin but always came to stand and bang
@cv003799 oh yea so he did my mistake
Fantastic fighter, but too small to threaten giant elite HWs like Bowe and Klitschko.
First one was a decent whooping
@WENGERGOONER He speaks very highly of you however!
He coulda got bigger just like Holyfield...but he didn't want to go down the road of taking steroids
solid fighter but an emotional man child.
Jim McMorgan We're all different and some of us wear our hearts on our sleeves.
Good boxer, dodgy chin.
Omg this dude wasn’t a big thing in Boxing Riddick Bowe was my bad he was destroyed by Bowe also ijs
amir khan is the man
Is that why breidis prescott sparked him out in less than 1 min. Glass chin.
@halleck3 vitali is absoluely a monster and he's probably stronger than george foreman physically
@bmwjarvo holyfeild only won a bronze friend
should have stayed at cruiserweight.
More doe at heavy
Hide is a thoroughly unpleasant person.
Tony smith nah he wasn't mate in fact totally the opposite
He's a good man. It's an honour training with him.
He’s actually one of the nicest human beings you will ever meet.
Why is this guy even getting a retrospective? He was a complete bust as a fighter, having been completely exposed by Riddick Bowe.
He beat quality fighters in Tucker and Bennett and actually gave Bowe a hard time initially.
He hit so hard for such a small HW.