Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk vs. Ricardo Verhoeven & Frank Sanchez vs. Richard Torrez Jr. RBR.

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  1. Kiwi Casual

    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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  2. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good morning, this is a somewhat unexpected RBR to wake up to. But I will of course be happy with my prediction.

    Spoke too soon...
    Kick boxing
     
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  3. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They straight up robbed Rico. He was so much better than anybody thought, absolutely schooled Usyk. Gets buzzed once at the end of the 11th and the ref stops it?

    im honestly mad. Rico was pulling off the craziest upset since Tyson Douglas. Got utterly robbed.
     
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  4. JacK Rauber

    JacK Rauber Unbourboned by what has been Full Member

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    Professional wrestling in the ring tonight.
     
  5. SicklySweet

    SicklySweet Member Full Member

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    Complete and total nonsense. Ref took it out of Usyks hands to finish the job in R12. Unbelievable. Should have let Rico go out on his shield. Now we're going to meet some Dutch George Fox that's going to walk around and say that the ref saved Usyk from an upset.

    This is not at all how this event should have played out whatsoever.
     
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  6. uppakut

    uppakut Active Member Full Member

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    Usyk actually missed with his last 2-3 punches before the ref jumped in
     
  7. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That was a despicable stoppage. Usyk may have won but he did not look good in this at all. They wanted to make sure that he didn’t lose.
     
  8. Leif Erikson

    Leif Erikson Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Regardless of what you think of the stoppage, spitting the mouthguard should have resulted in a point or two being taken off. I’ve little sympathy for cheaters.
     
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  9. Diddy

    Diddy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Let’s keep it real. Rico wasn’t surviving another 3 mins.
     
  10. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    I believe Usyk would’ve taken him out in the 12th anyway Rico was badly hurt
     
  11. Tony Speed

    Tony Speed New Member Full Member

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    ANother black eye for boxing - 100% FIXED
     
  12. Austinboxing

    Austinboxing British Boxing fan Full Member

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    The fight wasn’t close. Usyk got battered and the ref stepped in to save the face of boxing.
     
  13. Tyson379

    Tyson379 Active Member Full Member

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    Stoppage didn’t really matter Usyj won 6 rounds with a KD means he would have won on the cards
     
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  14. MixedMartialLaw

    MixedMartialLaw Combat sports enthusiast Full Member

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    Let the people see that then.

    Not this blue balls, crap stoppage.

    End him rightly in the last round without the ref ruining things.
     
  15. thehook13

    thehook13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ref shouldn't have worried about the mouthguard either

    Bad performance
     
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