Oleksandr Usyk ended 'Glory in Giza' with a knockout win over Rico Verhoeven, but his stock could not have dropped much lower in the process. Despite closing as

Unified heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk defended his crown against one of the best kickboxers in history in Rico Verhoeven in front of the pyramids

Usyk was seemingly trailing on points against the kickboxing icon, but he earned a controversial KO at the end of the 11th round at the pyramids of Giza

GIZA, Egypt: Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk survived a scare to earn an 11th-round stoppage against Rico Verhoeven, a Dutch kickboxer who pushed the undefeated Ukrainian to…

Oleksandr Usyk narrowly retained the heavyweight world title in a controversial stoppage of kickboxing champion Rico Verhoeven at the Egyptian pyramids, while British stars Hamzah…

Oleksandr Usyk got the knockout win everyone expected against Rico Verhoeven, but not in the way anybody saw coming. Usyk closed as a 20-1 favorite over Verhoev

Heavyweight boxing king Oleksandr Usyk retained his titles after a dramatic and controversial stoppage victory over kick-boxer Rico Verhoeven with a second left of the 11th round…

Heavyweight boxing king Oleksandr Usyk retained his titles after a dramatic and controversial stoppage victory over kick-boxer Rico Verhoeven with a second left of the 11th round…

Kickboxing world champion Verhoeven had the unbeaten Usyk under pressure in the shadow of the pyramids, but the Ukrainian clinched victory with a second left in the 11th round

Oleksandr Usyk retained his WBC heavyweight title with a controversial 11th-round TKO of Rico Verhoeven in Egypt. Was Verhoeven robbed? Here are the facts.

The kickboxers was up on one scorecard late in the fight.

Ukrainian great stops Dutch kickboxer in 11th round after laboured performance in shadow of Pyramids of Giza

World heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk got the better of kickboxer Rico Verhoeven in controversial fashion after the referee stepped in towards the end of the 11th round

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Oleksandr Usyk ended 'Glory in Giza' with a knockout win over Rico Verhoeven, but his stock could not have dropped much lower in the process. Despite closing as

The kickboxer was seemingly on the verge of a historic upset of the WBC heavyweight boxing champion, but Usyk scored a controversial KO at the end of round 11

Oleksandr Usyk has officially defended the WBC heavyweight title with a TKO win over Rico Verhoeven in a fight that nobody is pleased with. While Usyk scored a

Usyk has for so long looked untouchable but came dangerously close to an all-time shock defeat against kickboxing icon Verhoeven in front of the Pyramids

As upset as he is with the result of Rico Verhoeven's WBC title fight against Oleksandr Usyk, Peter Fury understands where referee Mark Lyson is coming from. As

Replay of Oleksandr Usyk's controversial 11th-round TKO of Rico Verhoeven appears to show the stoppage came after the bell. Here's why the win looks worse.

Jake Paul and Francis Ngannou criticized the controversial 11th-round stoppage in Oleksandr Usyk's win over Rico Verhoeven, each calling the kickboxer the real winner.