Rico Verhoeven details wild Jason Statham-led journey to Oleksandr Usyk

Rico Verhoeven details wild Jason Statham-led journey to Oleksandr Usyk

When it was announced this past Friday that Oleksandr Usyk will defend his WBC heavyweight title against kickboxing legend Rico Verhoeven on May 23 at Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza, the news got here as a shock to many. Although Verhoeven was closely linked to a Feb. 14 bout with Anthony Joshua, the shift to combating boxing’s pound-for-pound No. 1 in Verhoeven’s second professional boxing match was sudden.

Verhoeven detailed to Uncrowned’s “The Ariel Helwani Show” on Tuesday his journey from leaving GLORY Kickboxing this past November to touchdown a shock fight with the unified heavyweight champ.

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