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Bowe Stops Battered Hide in 6th to Win . Title By Gerald Eskenaz, New York Times, March 12, 1995 Riddick Bowe, who wasted the world heavyweight championship by overeating and not training hard enough, became a major player in the tangled boxing game tonight by smashing his way over Herbie Hide to win the World Boxing Organization version of the crown. It was a game performance by the overmatched Briton, who was knocked down seven times and finally was counted out at 2 minutes 25 seconds of the sixth round. But Bowe recovered from early confusion and started sending Hide to the canvas in the third round. In all, Hide hit it 10 times, including 3 slips. By the time Bowe started slamming his heavy left jab into Hide, the contest began to turn. Hide went down twice in the third, twice more in the fourth, once in the fifth and twice in the sixth. If he were stronger, he could have done the same to Bowe. Each fighter landed half his punches, and Hide often caught Bowe with looping rights and uppercuts. Bo
