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Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:16
by Taansend
REMATCH AT MACHU PICCHU

Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:16
by Goz
Will be interesting to see the scorecards
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:16
by Ruthless-RKO
gilgamesh wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:15
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:15
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.

Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:16
by johnmanchester
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:14
jonp wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:13
Ricky wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:09
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
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:17
by Eolaithe
Sh#t stoppage! Sh#t ref! Usyk underestimated Rico and got “lucky! Prime Usyk beats Rico, but Oleksandr won the “lottery” tonight.
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:17
by Taansend
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:16
gilgamesh wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:15
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:15
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
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:17
by Ruthless-RKO
Agit did say he would get in the ring.
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:17
by 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,
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:17
by Boxerbeetle
Extremely dodgy stoppage, as per usual
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Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:17
by rd350lc
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:15
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.
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:18
by Ruthless-RKO
Turki just dictating boxing.
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:18
by 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.
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:18
by Ruthless-RKO
Controversial wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:17
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.
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:18
by deadpan
Eff off your excellency Kabayel gets conned again.
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:18
by 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.
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:19
by Heldenjaeger
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:17
Agit did say he would get in the ring.
Now he's standing there like a boy waiting for the schoolbus. SAY SOMETHING!
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:19
by gilgamesh
Controversial wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:17
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.
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:19
by qatarm
Rico coming across really well
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:19
by joshj909
rd350lc wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:17
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:15
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?
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:20
by NazNaci1
His Excellency telling that guy what time it is

Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:20
by 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.
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:21
by gilgamesh
Bullza wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:20
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
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:22
by chucktaylor
What a great sport Rico is. A rematch would be a blockbuster. It's no novelty fight anymore.
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:22
by deadpan
Usyk ain't wild about Kabayel is he?
Re: Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven - 23 May 2026
Posted: 23 May 2026, 19:22
by Alba
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 19:18
Turki just dictating boxing.
And you love it