Herbie Hide vs. Vitali Klitschko, billed as For Queen & Country, was a professional boxing match contested on 26 June 1999, for the WBO Heavyweight Championship.

[1] After stopping Tony Tucker in two round, in June 1997 to regain the WBO heavyweight belt, Herbie Hide had made two quick defences against Damon Reed and Wilhelm Fischer.

", this despite the WBO being considered to be a fringe title by most in boxing, with last of the major sanctioning bodies (the IBF) recognizing them in 2007.

He had a bout with former WBA cruiserweight champion Orlin Norris scraped three times, with a Norris knee injury preventing a late 1998 date, a 13 February event was postponed on five day's notice following a skin allergy issue for Hide and finally a 3 April bout at the Royal Albert Hall was cancelled after Hide suffered an Achilles tendon injury on a training run.

[5] Klitschko would make two defences of the title before injury forced him to withdraw against late replacement Chris Byrd in April 2000.