While Oleksandr Usyk vows he is not looking past Rico Verhoeven, Turki Alalshikh is already planning the heavyweight champion's next fight. Usyk is scheduled to put the WBC heavyweight belt on the line against Verhoeven in the 'Glory in Giza' main event on Saturday in his seventh consecutive world title fight.

Oleksandr Usyk says he will fight two or three more times after his next bout with Rico, dismissing suggestions he will retire immediately.

Lineal heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) will defend the WBC heavyweight title against kickboxing star Rico Verhoeven (1-0). WBC president Maurcio Sulaiman has talked about the bout.

Agit Kabayel was shocked when he first heard that the WBC had sanctioned Oleksandr Usyk’s upcoming title defense against kickboxing great Rico Verhoeven.

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Why is Oleksandr Usyk, the reigning unified heavyweight world champion and former two-time undisputed heavyweight crown holder, fighting a kickboxer

When looking back at history, perhaps all is not lost for Rico Verhoeven, the kickboxer with a 1-0 boxing record being granted a shot at Oleksandr Usyk

In any decade in boxing history, you'll find great fighters. The 1920s had Dempsey, and the 1950s had Marciano. But the 1970s had an ecosystem of heavyweight champions and top contenders who could have held the belt in any other era. One of the names on ...