Check out his latest fight against dangerous Romanian Mircea Telecan (5-16-2). I watched the tape several times and apart from one right hand that Hide lands on Telecan's side in the first seconds, I am positive zero punches were landed by either guy. Even so, Telecan went down three ties in little over a minute and the ref stopped it. Hide's punching power is DEADLY among the cruisers
I don't think he could have made the old cruiserweight limit but at 200 lbs I agree he could have been perhaps the best cruiserweight ever. However ever since the Bowe fight and something weird that took place in the third round he has had zero confidence. Apart from the light spot against Tony Tucker he has either taken fights which he wins easily or quit when he has faced a tough task. Even now the guy keeps on beating complete scrubs even thoug he has fought at championship level in higher division.
What the hell is he doing fighting some fucking dud like that anyway. That guy shouldn't even be in a ring, and he didn't deserve a penny for that ridiculous effort.