On June 26, 1999, Herbie Hide (31-1, 30 KOs), the heavyweight WBO champion, defends his title against Ukrainian challenger, Vitali Klitschko (24-0, 24 KOs).
Herbie Hide is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round TKO victory over Wilhelm Fischer, 9 months ago. Vitali Klitschko is on a 24-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round TKO win over Ismael Youla, 4 months and 6 days ago.
The winning odds are at 82.8-17.2 in favor of Vitali Klitschko. Herbie Hide is going to look good in the fight but he won't be able to do enough to win. Klitschko should win this fight.
Vitali Klitschko made very easy work of Herbie Hide, stopping the champion via KO in the 2nd. Klitschko improves his record to 25-0 (25 KOs), while Hide adds a loss to his record at 31-2.