Giza — Ukraine's unbeaten heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk stopped Dutch former kickboxer Rico Verhoeven with one second left in the penultimate round of a WBC title fight on Saturday to ...

GIZA, Egypt (AP) — Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk survived a scare to earn an 11th-round stoppage against Rico Verhoeven, a Dutch kickboxer who pushed the undefeated Ukrainian to his limits on ...

Oleksandr Usyk defeated Rico Verhoeven by TKO in the 11th round to retain his WBC heavyweight title. Despite the loss, Verhoeven exceeded expectations as a significant underdog against the undefeated ...

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou reacted to the awful stoppage in the boxing bout between Oleksandr Usyk and Rico Verhoeven. In what was shaping up to potentially be one of the biggest ...

The WBC heavyweight championship will be on the line when heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk battles Rico Verhoeven, a famed kickboxer, in a 12-round boxing main event on Saturday. The main card got ...

On Saturday, Oleksandr Usyk will take part in one of the most unique fights of his storied career. Usyk is set to face kickboxing superstar Rico Verhoeven at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. The unique ...

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Oleksandr Usyk escaped what could have been one of boxing’s biggest upsets, scoring an 11th-round TKO over Rico Verhoeven (1-1, 1 KOs) live from Cairo, Egypt, on DAZN PPV. Usyk (25-0, 16 KOs) was down ...

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We’re off! The much larger Verhoeven moving a whole bunch and lands a right hand over the top. Usyk moving around as Verhoeven charges in with a barrage that comes up empty. Verhoeven jabs, Usyk just ...