Rico Verhoeven and Alistair Overeem in talks for Boxing bout in Amsterdam

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  1. BoxerMaurits

    BoxerMaurits I’m from Sherdog Full Member

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    Alistair Overeem and Rico Verhoeven are reportedly in talks to fight under boxing rules at the 70.000-capacity Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam.

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    The two were originally set to meet in 2021 for the GLORY Heavyweight Championship after Overeem left the UFC, but he was forced to withdraw due to injury, leading to the incredible bloodbath between Verhoeven and Jamal Ben Saddik.

    Now, years later, we could finally see the Dutch combat sports greats share the ring.

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    Verhoeven and Overeem also faced off after Alistair defeated Badr Hari at GLORY Collision 4 back in 2022:

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    Reem’s current shape at 46

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    Rico fit like always:

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  2. Potwash

    Potwash The Real Untouchables Full Member

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    Overeem got no chance. He completely shot to pieces.
     
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  3. AlwaysFirst

    AlwaysFirst Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I dislike when fighters in their prime calls out fighters that’s retired, especially someone as shot as Overreem.

    Uberreem was something special but the version after that got hurt by the wind blowing, plus as of late Overrem been on some health journey and lost a lot of weight and losing weight usually doesn’t help punch resistance either.

    I know it’s a lot of money involved but I hope someone close to Overeem talk him out of it.
     
  4. MixedMartialLaw

    MixedMartialLaw Combat sports enthusiast Full Member

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    Rico can KO him within the first 3 rounds in Boxing. Alistair hasn't had a chin for near 15 years now.

    Quite a mismatch to even have them fighting in anything.
     
  5. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold The Hype Job Spotter. Full Member

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    How old is Overeem these days? :D
     
  6. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Overeem has no Chin. None.
     
  7. BoxerMaurits

    BoxerMaurits I’m from Sherdog Full Member

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    I agree with all that, but Reem actually is the one who called out Rico:

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  8. BoxerMaurits

    BoxerMaurits I’m from Sherdog Full Member

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  9. Hi-Tech

    Hi-Tech Active Member Full Member

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    Out of all the heavyweights from MMA, I would have loved to see Stippe Miochic make the transition to boxing as he had a pretty decent amateur background of being a golden gloves champion. Either him or Petr Yan in the lower weight classes.
     
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  10. lobk

    lobk Original ESB Member

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    Have you guys seen Overeem since he got of the juice? He's got no chance even if he goes back on juice. That body has taken a toll.


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  11. NoChin

    NoChin Sir Tim Tszyu - Knighted! Full Member

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    Overeem looks like a pigeon. He's done.
     
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  12. AlwaysFirst

    AlwaysFirst Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wow! DelusionalReem is his new nickname. I hope the best for Reem but this doesn’t end well.
     
  13. AlwaysFirst

    AlwaysFirst Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think that if Francis wasn’t so hardheaded and untrainable it could have been fun to see what he could have done, especially if he took his time and went through the ranks instead of jumping ring into the deep end.
     
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  14. TMLT87

    TMLT87 Active Member Full Member

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    Pointless fight, Reem is beyond washed. Rico/Ngannou would be much better.

    Yan has good boxing for an MMA guy but Stipe wasn't all that exceptional. JDS, Kharitanov, Aleks E, Gane, Arlovski, Aspinall etc had/have better hands than him as far as HWs go, there were plenty of guys that punched harder too like Ngannou, Lewis, Carwin, Hunt etc.
     
  15. BoxerMaurits

    BoxerMaurits I’m from Sherdog Full Member

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