On March 19, 1994, Michael Bentt (11-1, 6 KOs), the heavyweight WBO champion, defends his title against British challenger, Herbie Hide (25-0, 24 KOs).
Michael Bentt is coming in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round TKO victory over Tommy Morrison, 4 months and 19 days ago. Herbie Hide is on a 25-fight win streak with a 96% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round TKO win over Jeff Lampkin, 3 months and 15 days ago.
The winning odds are at 78.2-21.8 in favor of Herbie Hide. It is going to be a competitive fight and Michael Bentt will put up a very good fight, but Hide will prevail.
Herbie Hide stopped the champion via KO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBO heavyweight champion. Hide improves his record to 26-0 (25 KOs), while Bentt adds a loss to his record at 11-2.