Trainer Peter Fury spends some time talking about this weekend’s heavyweight fight between champion Oleksandr Usyk, who will be taking on kickboxing champion Rico Verhoeven. Obviously, very few give Rico any real shot at beating Usyk, who is regarded as a generational talent within the sport of boxing, but Fury says he thinks Rico will surprise a lot of spectators with his prowess.
So when asked about Rico getting this chance at the very pinnacle in what will only be his second professional boxing
match, Fury had this to say.
“We’ve got somebody in Rico that wholly believes he can win,” said Fury. “He’s trained like a Trojan, actually. He’s in phenomenal shape — he’s always in good shape, but for this he’s in phenomenal shape. He highly respects Usyk because who wouldn’t? So, yeah, he believes he can win, we’ve trained him so he can win, but obviously he’s up against the best there is in this division. So he’s going to get out there and he’s going to do his very best, and that’s all that you can do.
“Forget having one pro [boxing] fight. That’s rubbish. He’s got a good record. Rico can fight, he’s a fighting man. He’s been sparring with boxers for years, he can hold his own in there, and come Saturday night people will see it’s not going to be an easy fight for none of them.”
Should Rico be able to upset Usyk this weekend in Giza, it certainly would turn the boxing world upside down. Follow along with us live at BLH for complete coverage of the event.
