Rico Verhoeven seeks rematch with Oleksandr Usyk after contentious stoppage

The Guardian Sport Thursday 28 May 2026, 15:50 UTC By Reuters 1 min read

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WBC title bout stopped with one second of penultimate round to go‘I feel like I’m the uncrowned king,’ says VerhoevenRico Verhoeven, the Dutch former kickboxer who has switched to boxing, wants an apology as well as a rematch, after being stopped one second before the end of the penultimate round in a World Boxing Council (WBC) title bout with the unified world heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk, last Saturday.The stoppage was controversial, with Verhoeven feeling he could have continued...

WBC title bout stopped with one second of penultimate round to go
‘I feel like I’m the uncrowned king,’ says Verhoeven

Rico Verhoeven, the Dutch former kickboxer who has switched to boxing, wants an apology as well as a rematch, after being stopped one second before the end of the penultimate round in a World Boxing Council (WBC) title bout with the unified world heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk, last Saturday.

The stoppage was controversial, with Verhoeven feeling he could have continued and some replays suggesting the bell may have rung before the referee signalled the end of the fight – Verhoeven’s second since switching sports – at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

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Rico Verhoeven seeks rematch with Oleksandr Usyk after contentious stoppage

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