Rico Verhoeven vs Oleksandr Usyk official for WBC Heavyweight Championship — May 23 in Egypt (DAZN)

I wonder Usyk will deal with him. Fighting a non pure boxer can be awkward and that dude can clearly punch.

 

Absolute disgrace.

 

Who better should he have fought?

 

So Many questions:
- is this really a money fight for Usyk? Does anyone outside of Rotterdam Zuid follow Kickboxing?
- if he is after a crossover, why not do Ngannou or Jon Jones who are way bigger names globally who I’m sure would both gladly fight Usyk
- why they didn’t let Rico first fight one of the gatekeepers, anyone in the top 15 to give him credibility before putting him in a ring with Usyk?
- how much does Rico earn on this fight ? Should be peanuts?
- why Egypt? Why not Saudi? The locals are rather broke, don’t think have much cares for boxing, do they want to fill the room with tourists from Europe? If so who will bother going there? Does the not so wealthy government there pay to get „promotion“?
- I hope Wardley and Kabayel will do some decent fights and not just wait and see or fight no-names

 

Not a great fight at all, great location but underwhelming fight.

I did enjoy Rico in kickboxing though.

 

That's an appalling fight

Uysk taking liberties now

 

Thats not what i am saying, just not impressed with that list Briedis,Fury and possibly Joshua aside

 

Everybody except the hardcore fans should realize that usyk does not give a s**t about the sport and the fans , he just

There is a reason ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world ( you can google this ) . It answers all of your questions i guess .

Ngannou would be too much for usyk , just for the record .

 

In 2026, Rico is clearly more dangerous than Ngannou.

 

No wonder Usyk wants a change from all the enforced requirements of having to beat British hopefuls, not once, but twice, for his last 6 fights.
This is just a respite for him, while the minnows of the division, scrap it out.
Be quite a spectacle, the backdrop of the Pyramids, instead of soccer stadiums.

 

What an impressive mental meltdown

Funny enough wbc without a joke sanctions this as a world title defence while skipping kabayel ? Wow . Very credible dear wbc ...

 

The amounts of folks threatened by Usyk is hilarious. He’s 40 and has only fought on the road and no one gave him a shot in hell of beating Fury or Joshua when he was a cruiser. Now that he’s 40 and wants a big money fight folks are whining about him not fighting crack bum boy Parker and big belly Kabayel who hasn’t beat anyone? Stfu!

 

Meh. Will we have to wait a whole another year before Usyk is back in the ring?