Lion Heart Inks Former Heavyweight World Champ Herbie Hide

Lion Heart Boxing Productions, Ltd is please to announce that it has signed former two-time Heavyweight Champion Herbie Hide to a three year promotional contract.

Las Vegas, Nevada (PRWEB) September 18, 2006 -- Lion Heart Boxing Productions, Ltd is please to announce that it has signed former two-time Heavyweight Champion Herbie Hide to a three year promotional contract.

Herbie Hide, known as The Dancing Destroyer, is a British boxer fighting out of Norwich, England. He has fought all the fights of his career at heavyweight but has recently decided to take a step down to Cruiserweight.

To date, Hide has had a very successful career rising to domestic success in Britain at a very young age for a heavyweight, winning the Great-Britain Heavyweight in 1993 and serving from 1994-1995 as W.B.O. Heavyweight and from 1997-1999: W.B.O. Heavyweight Hide's career began in 1989 with a 2nd round win and he racked up a total of 26 successive wins, all but 1 inside the distance, before coming up against Riddick Bowe in 1995. The fight was an unfavorable matchup due Bowe's heavier physique and punching power. Yet Hide impressed with his courage, but was too small for the bigger Bowe. He repeatedly picked himself off the canvas and had Bowe in trouble a couple of times before the bout was finally stopped in the 6th round.

At 6'2" and around 205-210 pounds Hide has always been considered rather small for a heavyweight, often having to "bulk up" for fights and yet still often giving away 40 pounds or more to opponents. Despite this his speed and punching power have twice taken him to world titles. To date 34 of his 35 wins have come by way of stoppage, including 10 first round knock outs. More a natural cruiserweight than heavyweight his recent decision to step down in weight is eagerly anticipated by many boxing fans.

Says Edward B. Mendy, Lion Heart Boxing Productions spokesperson, “Campaigning at Cruiserweight, Hide should turn the division upside down because of his incredible punching power. If he can regain his form of yesteryear, he should knock any cruiwerweight. He was knocking out guys twice his size. Now he gets to fight guys his size or smaller than him.”

Herbie Hide, who plans to campaign as a Cruiserweight, is coming off a two year layoff and has been living and training out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Often a victim of his own talents many opponents have tended to shy away from fighting him and chose to fight less dangerous opponents instead. Lion Heart Boxing Productions expects to have Hide fight in October or November 2006.

About Lion Heart Boxing Productions, Ltd

Lion Heart Boxing Productions is an integrated Boxing Promoter and Sports Entertainment Company started in 2001.

Lion Heart Boxing Productions was set up for the sole purpose of providing top quality boxing events with the highest entertainment value. The company is unique not only because of its superior boxing productions, but also because of its corporate structure.

Lion Heart Boxing Productions' trademark is the quality of its fights. Show after show, Lion Heart Boxing Productions has exhibited rarely paralleled acumen for putting on entertaining fights. Further, Lion Heart Boxing Productions is one of the few companies in the boxing business that is committed to using professional and ethical standards in all aspect of its operations. Thirdly, the company is committed to ensuring that all fights are properly matched with all bouts being competitive.

The Lion Heart Boxing Productions group quickly developed and maintains a reputation for being a producer of high quality fights and is well respected in the Boxing world for its fair treatment of fighters, its advocacy of uniform boxing rules and better working conditions for active fighters, and its commitment to the provision of life skills, job transition training, and a safety net for retired fighters.

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