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Who won the Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven fight? Live WBC Heavyweight title updates from Glory in Giza

Who won the Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven fight? Live WBC Heavyweight title updates from Glory in Giza

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By: Ryan Wohl

Oleksandr Usyk defeated Rico Verhoeven by 11th-round knockout to retain the WBC Heavyweight Championship in the Main Event of today’s historic Glory in Giza boxing event. Usyk is currently the WBC, WBA, IBF, and The Ring boxing Heavyweight Champion. Now, Usyk is 25-0 with 16 wins by knockout in his career. Although Usyk won this fight, Verhoeven delivered an unbelievable performance and pushed Usyk to the limit.

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Verhoeven competed in kickboxing from 2008 to 2025 and became the longest-reigning Heavyweight Champion in GLORY history. In kickboxing, Verhoeven is highly regarded as one of the greatest kickboxers in the sport’s history. This was Verhoeven’s second career boxing match and first since 2014.

On DraftKings Sportsbook, Usyk was +10000 to win this fight in the 11th round before the contest.

Through 10 rounds, two judges had it even (95-95), and one judge had Verhoeven winning (96-94).

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