I agree but Hide didn't make it into The Rings yearly rankings. http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Heavyweight--2000s
Interesting that Hide may not have been ranked by The Ring after losing to Bowe, even after snagging the WBO title. Was Vitali defeating Hide considered an upset back in 1999? Or did the oddsmakers favor Vitali?
Yes, thats the impression conveyed by watching the fight and listening to the commentators. It sounds like Hide should have been considered Top 10 at the time. Maybe The Ring politics at play, or maybe they surmised that Hide was over-rated. Big win for Vitali. I wonder if this performance scared off certain potential competition.
Confirmation needed for Leapia. I was under the impression that Boytsov was a Ring top 10 at the time of the Leapia fight. Although I see he's not there now with the ring. http://ringtv.craveonline.com/ratings/heavyweight Did they remove him before or after the fight with Leapia? I know he was there for the yearly rankings the past few years. http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Heavyweight--2010s
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