IBF Grants Usyk Exception for Verhoeven Bout, Sets Conditions
The International Boxing Federation has granted unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk an exception to participate in an unsanctioned contest against ...
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Oleksandr Usyk Says Retirement Plan Is Not 100% Final
Usyk has said his current plan is three more fights, starting with Rico Verhoeven on May 23 in Egypt, followed ...
Update on The Heavyweight Division : Usyk Next, Joshua-Fury Signed, Dubois Champion
By Larry Goldberg Back in April, we laid out the heavyweight road map and the five fights that would set ...
Jarrell Miller Backs Rico Verhoeven To Beat Oleksandr Usyk
Verhoeven steps into just his second professional boxing fight against a reigning unified champion. His only bout came in 2014 ...
The Heavyweight Who Beat Deontay Wilder and Oleksandr Usyk — Gone by 25
A heavyweight who beat Deontay Wilder and Oleksandr Usyk was gone before most had even heard his name. Osmay Acosta ...
David Benavidez Says Usyk Fight Possible In Future Move Up
Benavidez mentioned Oleksandr Usyk when discussing how far he is willing to go in his career, viewing it as something ...
Oleksandr Usyk Would Be Easier In Bare Knuckle Than Tyson Fury, Per BKB’s Emperor
Oleksandr Usyk would be an easier task in a bare knuckle boxing bout than Tyson Fury according to one of ...
Oleksandr Usyk Brushes Off Verhoeven Fight Backlash
“I say thank you so much, guys. I love you,” said Usyk to Ring Magazine, reacting to the criticism he’s ...
Oleksandr Usyk Says He Feels No Pressure Vs Verhoeven
“When I land my best shot on him, he will go down because it’s a 20-kilo weight difference,” Verhoeven said. ...
Usyk and Verhoeven Trade Words at London Press Conference
Oleksandr Usyk and Rico Verhoeven came face to face in London on Tuesday for the official launch press conference ahead ...