Oleksandr Usyk was given a serious scare by kickboxing king Rico Verhoeven, who threatened one of the biggest upsets in sporting history
Oleksandr Usyk defended his WBC heavyweight title but only after surviving an almighty scare with an 11th-round stoppage of kickboxer Rico Verhoeven in Giza.
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Oleksandr Usyk retains his unified world heavyweight titles after a huge scare against kickboxing legend at the Pyramids of Giza
Fighting at the pyramids of Giza, Usyk was seemingly trailing on points against the kickboxer, but he earned a controversial KO at the end of the 11th round
Ukrainian keeps unbeaten record with 11th-round TKODutch kickboxing great threatened to cause huge upsetOleksandr Usyk, Ukraine’s unbeaten heavyweight world champion, stopped the Dutch former kickboxer Rico Verhoeven with one second remaining in the penultimate round to avoid what would have been one of the greatest boxing upsets of all time on …
Usyk remarkably appeared at risk of losing to the impressive Dutchman, who was competing in just his second professional fight in front of the Egyptian pyramids in Giza.
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