Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026

[Taansend]

REMATCH AT MACHU PICCHU

[Goz]

Will be interesting to see the scorecards

[Ruthless-RKO]

I think we’re getting this reaction mostly because NO ONE saw this coming.

Great effort from Rico.

I Saw it coming

Anyone not named Gil.

[johnmanchester]

Peter Fury pretending to drop it as he was putting it in. The early stoppage was karma.

That wasnt peter?

Apologies, his other corner man

Dennis Krauweel, has trained Rico since boyhood

Also the trainer of K1 MAX champion Albert Kraus, father of Gradus Kraus

[Eolaithe]

Sh#t stoppage! Sh#t ref! Usyk underestimated Rico and got “lucky! Prime Usyk beats Rico, but Oleksandr won the “lottery” tonight.

[Taansend]

I think we’re getting this reaction mostly because NO ONE saw this coming.

Great effort from Rico.

I Saw it coming

Anyone not named Gil.

I picked Rico by KO 1

[Ruthless-RKO]

Agit did say he would get in the ring.

[Controversial]

I think it shows that non boxers can cause more problems than regular boxers because they are more unorthodox. Guess we saw this with Ngannou and Fury,

[Boxerbeetle]

Extremely dodgy stoppage, as per usual

[rd350lc]

I think we’re getting this reaction mostly because NO ONE saw this coming.

Great effort from Rico.

I agree, an entertaining fight, Usyk starting to look old but was pushed hard and took more punches than I've ever seen landed on him.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Turki just dictating boxing.

[gregregegg]

Usyk would have stopped him in the 12th, I am sure of it. But you can not stop the guy that is winning on the cards like that.

I want Usyk to retire. He is my favorite and I don’t want to see him lose to somone he is better than.

Also fornicating hell usyk get your family out of ukrain. Especialy when fighting.

He did look spaced out. I guess a text from your daughter in a bomb shelter could have your mind on other things.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I think it shows that non boxers can cause more problems than regular boxers because they are more unorthodox. Guess we saw this with Ngannou and Fury,

100%.. this is always the case.

You never know what you’re gonna get.

[deadpan]

Eff off your excellency Kabayel gets conned again.

[TBA]

If you think Rico wasn't going to recover with 1 minute rest and 3 minutes left then you haven't seen Rico in kickboxing.

He gets hit with harder and gets up.

That's not to say he wouldn't get stopped, but you can't step in and stop it there. Rico was throwing a fookin' punch and the bell had already gone.

That's me done with boxing.

The only thing I will say is that apart from Rico doing great against a sluggish Usyk, is that when he gets hurt he returns to his kickboxing slugging- and that was his downfall.

[Heldenjaeger]

Agit did say he would get in the ring.

Now he's standing there like a boy waiting for the schoolbus. SAY SOMETHING!

[gilgamesh]

I think it shows that non boxers can cause more problems than regular boxers because they are more unorthodox. Guess we saw this with Ngannou and Fury,

It shows that the next time we get dominant MMA fighter or dominant Kickboxer testing himself in Boxing we'd be wise not to write him off as a no hoper.

[qatarm]

Rico coming across really well

[joshj909]

I think we’re getting this reaction mostly because NO ONE saw this coming.

Great effort from Rico.

I agree, an entertaining fight, Usyk starting to look old but was pushed hard and took more punches than I've ever seen landed on him.

Didn't he only take about 50 punches?

[NazNaci1]

His Excellency telling that guy what time it is

[Bullza]

Ref jumped in to save him real quick.

Had that Rico stayed on his feet 3 more minutes he'd have won. They can't be having that. They don't mind putting on a gimmick but they won't allow the gimmick to win.

[gilgamesh]

Ref jumped in to save him real quick.

Had that Rico stayed on his feet 3 more minutes he'd have won. They can't be having that. They don't mind putting on a gimmick but they won't allow the gimmick to win.

Rico is no gimmick

[chucktaylor]

What a great sport Rico is. A rematch would be a blockbuster. It's no novelty fight anymore.

[deadpan]

Usyk ain't wild about Kabayel is he?

[Alba]

Turki just dictating boxing.

And you love it