Rico Verhoeven lodges immediate appeal against controversial Oleksandr Usyk loss

Rico Verhoeven Makes Official Move to Overturn Oleksandr Usyk Loss

Rico Verhoeven has officially filed a protest against his 11th-round TKO loss to Oleksandr Usyk, after referee Mark Lyson stopped the fight one second after the bell sounded. The disputed result complicates Usyk's stated plan to fight three more times before retiring, with a rematch against Verhoeven now likely displacing the super fight Turki Alalshikh had targeted for early 2027 in Turkey.