Earlier tonight, on the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, Oleksandr Usyk defended his WBC heavyweight title towards kickboxing phenom Rico Verhoeven within the headliner.
This was Verhoeven’s second boxing outing up to now and the long-time GLORY heavyweight champion regardless of having far much less boxing expertise, gained nearly all of the primary 11 rounds.
Within the eleventh stanza, after being knocked down, Verhoeven beat the depend, however Usyk smelled blood and went all out to attain the TKO win, which even the commentators and Verhoeven’s nook labelled as an early stopage.
Had Usyk not secured the knockout and Verhoeven survived the spherical, the Ukrainian champion would probably have wanted a end within the closing stanza to retain his titles. Verhoeven got here extremely near pulling off the upset, and Usyk has already agreed to a rematch.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven: Principal card outcomes
Oleksandr Usyk beats Rico Verhoeven in Spherical 11 by TKO, retains his Ring and WBC heavyweight titles.
Hamzah Sheeraz defeated Alem Begic through Spherical 2 KO to change into the WBO tremendous middleweight world champion.
Jack Catterall defeated Shakhram Giyasov through unanimous determination
Frank Sanchez defeated Richard Torrez Jr. through Spherical 2 KO
Mizuki Hiruta defeated Mai Soliman through unanimous determination
Benjamin Mendes Tani defeated Daniel Lapin through TKO in Spherical 4
Prelims
Jamar Talley defeated Basem Mamdouh through Spherical 2 KO
Sultan Almohammed defeated Dedy Imprax through Spherical 1 KO
Mohamed Mabrouk Yehya defeated Ali Sserunkuma through unanimous determination
Omar Hikal defeated Michael Kalyalya through Spherical 3 KO
