Reigning UFC heavyweight titleholder Tom Aspinall has blasted the stoppage in Rico Verhoeven’s combat with Oleksandr Usyk.
This previous weekend, Verhoeven shocked the world by dismantling boxing’s pound-for-pound king, Usyk, for many of the 11 rounds throughout their heavyweight boxing match close to the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
The Dutchman regarded sharp and didn’t gasoline out until the top, and followers have been satisfied that GLORY’s longest-reigning heavyweight champion would get his hand raised and turn out to be the brand new WBC heavyweight champion in simply his second professional boxing bout.
Nonetheless, in Spherical 11, Oleksandr Usyk dropped Rico Verhoeven with a large shot. The 37-year-old managed to beat the rely, however as soon as the motion resumed, the champion went all out for the end by unloading a barrage of heavy punches.
Though “King of Kickboxing” was nonetheless on his toes, the referee stepped in and waved off the contest, handing Usyk a TKO victory.
After the loss, Verhoeven has confirmed on his socials that he has lodged an enchantment and feels the stoppage to be unfair.
Tom Aspinall is livid after watching the Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven stoppage
Some believe the bout was stopped after the 11th round, whereas others imagine that since Rico Verhoeven gained nearly all of the rounds, the referee ought to have given him an opportunity to field within the closing spherical as an alternative of stopping the bout prematurely.
Even Tom Aspinall isn’t proud of how the bout was stopped. In a current video, whereas watching the bout and blasting the stoppage, the Brit mentioned:
“They don’t even let him make it to the top of the spherical. It’s a fu*king theft. What the f**ok is that? Boxing doesn’t need anybody else to win, easy as that. They need boxers with the newbie type coming in, profitable an Olympic medal, after which switching over and being unbeaten professionals. They don’t like different fight sports activities. It’s bullsh*t.”
Try Tom Aspinall’s feedback beneath:
Even Turki Al-Sheikh feels the identical method as Tom Aspinall.
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