A boxing fan who lived through the 90s of the last century, Hebby Hyde should be no stranger to him, he has amazing strength, agile pace and killer instincts, so he is known as a "dance destroyer". The father of the famous promoter Eddie Hearn, Barry Herne, once described Hyde as a "power type Muhammad Ali".
In 1994, Hyde ushered in the peak of his career, when he was sitting at home in England, against the then WBO heavyweight boxing champion Michael Bent, the result of Which Led to Bent being sent to the hospital after the game, and due to serious injuries had to undergo surgery, fortunately Bent recovered a life, but never stepped into the boxing ring half a step.
Hyde has won all 26 games of his career, including 25 KO opponents, his heavy punches are comparable to Mike Tyson, and in addition to his strong attacking power, Hyde is also a poisonous tongue boxer, often showing his superb eloquence at pre-match press meetings.
A year after Hyde ascended to the top of the championship, he traveled to the United States to face the "boxing giant" Lidice Bow. At the time, Hyde weighed just 214 pounds, while Ridick Bow weighed 241 pounds. At the beginning of the game, Hyde caused great trouble for his opponents with speed and strength, but as the battle deepened, he was more and more weak in physique, and finally was knocked down by Riddick Bow 5 times in 6 rounds.
Years later, Ridik Bow, who had played against Ivand Hollyfield, Jorge Gonzalez and Andrew Golotta, confessed that the sharpest boxer he had ever faced was None other than Hyde! Ridick Bow said: "Hyde hit me and I was thinking, Oh my God, I can't let this guy hit anymore because the consequences are going to be very serious. ”
Born in Nigeria, Africa, Hyde moved to England with his family as a child. Hyde entered the professional boxing scene in 1989 and hung up his boxing sleeve at the age of 39 in 2010, with an overall record of 49 wins and 4 losses, 43 KO opponents, including a re-acquisition of the WBO heavyweight title in 1997.
After retiring from the army, Hyde's life was still relatively stable, but everything came to an abrupt end in 2013. Maze Mahmoud, a journalist, lured Hyde into a hotel room and claimed to have met with several boxing promoters, saying that they were interested in arranging for Hyde to return to boxing.
Hyde gladly went to the appointment, knowing that these so-called boxing promoters were all undercover in the media, and as a result, during the conversation, the simple-minded Hyde was flattered by a few words, and quickly forgot about it, so he took out a few grams of cocaine and handed it to the other party, knowing that all this was recorded by the miniature camera, and soon Hyde was arrested and prosecuted. Hyde insisted that it was a conspiracy to buy Mahmoud by his enemies, but it was an indisputable fact that Hyde provided prohibited items to others, and was eventually sentenced to 22 months in prison, and his wife divorced him while serving his sentence.
In 2016, Hyde shed tears in an interview, saying: "I will never be the same again, mentally, this thing has broken me, I am depressed, my daughter always comes home from school and asks me what the drug dealer means." ”
Of Mahmoud, the reporter who set up the bureau, Hyde said: "He ruined my life, he has completely buried me, in fact I have been in prison all my life, and I have always felt this way since I set foot on British soil." ”
It must be mentioned that Mahmoud was sentenced to 15 months in prison for tampering with evidence in a 2016 case, and his job as a journalist was lost. In response, Hyde said: "I'm glad he's been jailed, that's all I can say!" I cried every day in prison, thinking I would never get out again, and Mahmoud could now experience that feeling. ”
After the ups and downs, the 51-year-old Hyde became more low-key, taciturn and far from social circles, and his son Henry Hyde decided to follow in his father's footsteps to become a boxer, but Hyde did not agree, he said: "I went to the game with malice, and now I am afraid that others are full of such malice towards my children, so I am really afraid." ”