Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven: If anyone deserves an easy fight, it's boxing's pound-for-pound king
Saturday's main event at the Pyramids of Giza is an absurd mismatch of levels, experience and skill, and will probably look every bit as one-sided as it should.
Oleksandr Usyk’s fight with Rico Verhoeven this Saturday is likely not going to be competitive in the slightest — and Uncrowned isn’t here to try and convince you otherwise. At the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter shares the ring with a man who has just one professional boxing bout to his name.
It is an absurd mismatch of levels, experience and skill, and will probably look every bit as one-sided as it should. But that is exactly the kind of night Usyk deserves. He has just 24 fights to his name — 13 of the last 15 have been world title fights.
Undisputed at cruiserweight and heavyweight. Two wins apiece over Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois, alongside victories over every top cruiserweight from nearly a decade ago. The Ukrainian has completed boxing.
Play 2026 Soccer Pick 'Em with FOX One and make your picks for the world's biggest soccer tournament Now that Usyk may be in the final stretch of his career — the unified heavyweight champion told media outlets earlier this week that he believes Saturday will be his antepenultimate appearance in a boxing ring — he finally deserves a break. It’s not as if Usyk is doing exhibitions while boxing fans are still waiting for genuine superfights to happen. No, Usyk has fought and beaten everybody he needed to.
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