On June 28, 1997, Tony Tucker (54-5, 45 KOs) and Herbie Hide (28-1, 27 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBO heavyweight world titles. The vacant WBO heavyweight title is also on the line.
Tony Tucker is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round KO victory over Tyrone Campbell, 6 months and 12 days ago. Herbie Hide is on a 2-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Frankie Swindell, 7 months and 19 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Herbie Hide at 99-1 winning odds. Tony Tucker really doesn't have much to present against Hide.
Herbie Hide made very easy work of Tony Tucker, stopping Tucker via TKO in the 2nd. Hide improves his record to 29-1 (28 KOs), while Tucker adds a loss to his record at 54-6.