What is the story about?
Oleksandr Usyk
returns to face Rico Verhoeven in a meeting of the top heavyweights of a generation in boxing and kickboxing today from the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.Bad Left Hook will have live results and reactions as the fights end within this post, and Wil Esco will have live round-by-round updates down in the comments section, so join your fellow boxing fans to discuss the fights as they happen today!
How to watch Usyk vs Rico
Start time: 1:00 pm ET (Main Card) / 11:00 am ET (Prelims)
Streaming: DAZN (Ultimate subscription
or Pay-Per-View)
Venue: Pyramids of Giza, Giza, Egypt
Usyk vs Rico full card and ring walk times
Main Card – Undercard (1:00 pm ET)
- 1:00 pm ET – Daniel Lapin vs Benjamin Mendes, light heavyweights, 10 rounds
- 1:53 pm ET – Mizuki Hiruta vs Mai Soliman, super flyweights, 10 rounds, for Hiruta’s WBO title
- 2:37 pm ET – Frank Sanchez vs Richard Torrez Jr, heavyweights, 12 rounds, IBF eliminator
- 3:39 pm ET – Jack Catterall vs Shakhram Giyasov, welterweights, 12 rounds, for vacant secondary WBA title
- 4:42 pm ET – Hamzah Sheeraz vs Alem Begic, super middleweights, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO title
Main Event (~5:56 pm ET)
- 5:56 pm ET – Oleksandr Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven, heavyweights, 12 rounds, for Usyk’s WBC title (WBA title will also go vacant if Usyk loses)
Prelims (11:00 am ET)
- Omar Hikal vs Michael Kalyala, middleweights, 4 rounds (11 am ET)
- Mohamed Mabrouk Yehya vs Ali Sserunkuma, super lightweights, 4 rounds (11:30 am ET)
- Sultan Almohammed vs Deny Impart, featherweights, 4 rounds (11:55 am ET)
- Basem Mamdouh vs Jamar Talley, cruiserweights, 6 rounds (12:20 pm ET)
