Usyk rocked before stopping Verhoeven to retain heavyweight belts

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 in Egypt on Saturday.

In the shadow of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Verhoeven had rocked the Ukrainian champion and seemed to be leading before he was dropped and eventually stopped.

“I thought it was an early stoppage but in the end it’s not up to me,” Verhoeven told DAZN.

المصدر: Al-Monitor