LONDON: Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will face former kickboxing world champion Rico Verhoeven for the WBC heavyweight title in a crossover showdown billed as “Glory in Giza” on May 23 in Egypt.
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The bout was announced on Friday by Turki Alalshikh and The Ring, with the contest at the Pyramids of Giza set to be broadcast globally on DAZN.
The event will see Usyk put his WBC belt on the line against Verhoeven, who has been undefeated in kickboxing for more than a decade and returns to the boxing ring for the first time in 12 years.
Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) last fought in June, stopping Daniel Dubois in the fifth round in front of more than 80,000 fans at Wembley Stadium to claim the IBF heavyweight title and secure his status as unified heavyweight champion.
