Massive Rico Outweighs Usyk By 25 Pounds In Egypt!
Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk (L) faces off with Netherlands' Rico Verhoeven during the ceremonial weigh-in ceremony at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza on May 22, 2026, on the eve of their WBC World Heavyweight Championship 'Glory in Giza' boxing match in Egypt. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images Rico Verhoeven will be taking on one of his toughest challenges ever in combat sports when he battles the current Heavyweight king of boxing, Oleksandr Usyk , tomorrow (Sat. , May 23, 2026) for his WBC title in front of the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo, Egypt , but he will be the taller and heavier man when they meet on DAZN pay-per-view (PPV).
The two men weighed in earlier today (May 22) for the historical bout and Usyk tipped the scales at 233. 3 pounds ( replay here ), while the challenger and former world kickboxing champion, Verhoeven, came in over 25 pounds heavier at 258. 7 pounds.
That said, height and weight disadvantages have never bothered the world champion, as Tyson Fury outweighed him by 50 pound in the rematch, and was also six inches taller. Usyk went on to defeat Fury a second time via unanimous decision. Check out their final staredown before the finally get to swinging on one another on DAZN pay-per-view (PPV) .
Also on on deck for the official weigh ins were Hamzah Sheeraz and Alem Begic who will fight for the vacant WBO super middleweight title, as well as Jack Catterall and Shakhram Giyasov , who will do battle for the WBO welterweight title. ONE MORE SLEEP UNTIL USYK VS RICO 🔥 Glory in Giza | May 23rd | LIVE on DAZN 🥊 pic. twitter.
com/VFWUBM7i1m — Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) May 22, 2026 Hamzah Sheeraz (167. 9) and Alem Begic (166. 9) Hamzah Sheeraz and Alem Begic share a final face-off before their WBO super middleweight title bout tomorrow night ⚡ Glory in Giza | May 23rd | LIVE on DAZN 🥊 pic.