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

Usyk been doing the same

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Remember how Belly vs Ngannou and Floyd vs Conor weren't going to be remotely competitive but Usyk vs a super athletic and fast 6'6'' 19st giant who was deemed good enough a boxer 10 years ago to be one of Belly's main sparring partners for Wlad and even Dave Allen said Rico was a ''bloody good boxer'' when he sparred him doesn't pose any type of threat or risk to Usyk

If Conor can catch the greatest defensive boxer of all time in many people's opinions with shots like this and take him to slick school for 3-4 rounds and Ngannou can drop and push Belly close then why isn't the younger way bigger Rico who hasn't lost a fight in 11 years and has been training boxing with renowned boxing trainers for most of that time land pose a threat to Usyk at 39 years of age?

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''Let me tell you.. he's as good a fighter as anyone Usyk has been in the ring with. Trust me on that. He's been around me a long time. Rico can box. He's not an idiot by any stretch of the imagination. He'll give a good account of himself don't worry about that. So if anybody thinks kickboxer, this and that, they need to think again. He's been around me a long time, 15 years, so he knows the game''

--Peter Fury

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And Mauricio has come out and confirmed the WBC title won't even be on the line so enough with the baba tears already

 

A 19st 6'6'' super athletic giant with speed like this and who hasn't lost a fight in 11 years and has been training with Peter Fury for 15 years and who was good enough a boxer a decade ago for Belly to bring in as one of his main sparring partners for Wlad and who Dave Allen described as a ''good boxer!'' with ''heavy emphasis on good!'' after sparring him long ago?

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It was clearly genuine

But let's just, for the sake of argument, assume it wasn't and let's just also assume Dave Allen was being paid to say that Rico was a ''good boxer!'' heavy emphasis on ''good!''

So that means we should take him about as seriously as we take you?

 

When someone is 6'6'' and 19st and as fast an athletic as that whilst being way bigger than you that alone presents a big enough risk, let alone if they also happen to be undefeated in 11 years and being a legend.

 

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