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Rico Verhoeven faces a monumental challenge against Oleksandr Usyk on May 23. Trainer Peter Fury states Verhoeven must achieve the greatest heavyweight upset in history. This surpasses iconic wins like Andy Ruiz vs. Anthony Joshua and James 'Buster' Douglas vs. Mike Tyson. Verhoeven, a longshot, enters the ring near the Pyramids of Giza, looking to shock Usyk, the unbeaten WBC champion at 24-0 with 15 KOs. Fury, who guided Tyson Fury to victory over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, believes Verhoeven can replicate that success, emphasizing this would be a historic achievement for a kickboxer. "If people underestimate Rico, they're mistaken," Fury asserts. Verhoeven, a former GLORY heavyweight champion, is unbeaten since 2015 but steps into the boxing ring for the first time in nearly a decade against Usyk, a two-time undisputed champion. The stakes couldn't be higher.
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