What happened: Usyk badly faded or Rico much better than expected?

I mean, before two hours ago, people wouldn’t have thought Rico could potentially beat Usyk in two million years.

I’d give Semmy the edge in a fight, sure, but Rico has proven you just cannot ever count this guy fully out.

 

Can we now PLEASE finally give Floyd Patterson the credit he deserves for the KO of Rademacher?!!!!

 

Can't believe there isn't a Rico vs Ali thread yet

 

i really think it was ricos fast hands and awkward timing that usyk couldnt deal with. there were shots that caught usyk as if his eyes were closed. rico has a lightning jab for such a big fella, and thats a big problem when hes so long. that lead right is also very fast and you dont see him set for it, it just shoots out suddenly. also, usyk didnt fight him very intelligently, there were things he should have been doing given what rico was showing him.

 

Rico was fighting like Jim Carrey made me roll on the ground. 1000% stealing that line. Rico will get pummeled in his next fight against decent competition.

 

Verhoeven looked great and fought the perfect fight to trouble a fighter like Usyk. He was in constant motion so Usyk’s feints and setups weren’t working and he knew how to work at the right range and impose his size. Usyk didn’t look good but you have to give most of the credit to Verhoeven.

 

You guys are a bunch of noobs and casuals posing as intellectual hardcore boxing fans. Verhoeven looked great with no asterisk. He fought a technically brilliant fight. He wasn’t just ‘awkwardly effective’ , he put on a world class performance. He still got ktfo but all props and respect too him.

 

Father time is a body puncher.

 

Rico was a big buy and fighting kinda bent forwards, I think this threw Usyk as all the big guys he fought previously were stood upright and punching down. This surprised me and must've thrown Usyk somewhat.

 

Rico would have been absolutely the KING OF BOXING had he chosen that path. A lot of Dutch kickboxers would have been great boxers. Nieky Holzken gave Callum Smith a run for his money too. Kickboxers are underrated.

You want to hear a funny joke? Elite boxers.

 

Maybe more of those Dutch kickboxers should look to transition to boxing. I feel like the HW division is wide open now and could use some contenders from outside the British Isles.

 

And Ngannou kept switching stances and wrestled in the clinch. Both Usyk and Fury had no tape on Rico or Francis and were underprepared, trying to fight them as traditional boxers.

 

Por que no los dos?

both are true. Usyk did get old overnight. And Rico was far better than anybody expected.

 

This! A bit of both AND Peter Fury did an excellent job!