On March 11, 1995, Herbie Hide (26-0, 25 KOs), the heavyweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Riddick Bowe (35-1, 29 KOs).
Herbie Hide is coming in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 96% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round KO victory over Michael Bentt, 11 months and 20 days ago. Riddick Bowe is on a 1-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Larry Donald, 3 months and 8 days ago.
The winning odds are at 86.9-13.1 in favor of Riddick Bowe. Herbie Hide may have moments of brilliance during the fight but it won't be enough for him to get the victory.
Riddick Bowe stopped the champion via KO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBO heavyweight champion. Bowe improves his record to 36-1 (30 KOs), while Hide adds a loss to his record at 26-1.