Usyk VS Verhoeven Pyramids in Giza May 23 Unified Heavyweight title

[aioc]

Oleksandr Usyk will defend his undisputed heavyweight titles against Rico Verhoeven. Some of us will wonder who Rico Verhoeven is. He happens to be a legendary kickboxer.

Verhoeven (1-0) reenters the world of boxing for the first time since 2014. The 36-year-old Dutchman is who many believe to be the greatest heavyweight kickboxer in modern history. Verhoeven (66-10 kickboxing)

Turki Alalshikh revealed a boxing match between unified heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk and kickboxing legend Rico Verhoeven – at the Egyptian wonder of the world. The May 23 bout will stream on DAZN.

Pyramids in Giza hosts Oleskandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven boxing match

Even if he is a legendary kickboxer, the fact that this is boxing and he cannot use his legs to attack or defend against the pound-for-pound heavyweight champion, I did not start a poll here, as obviously, Usyk will be the winner of this match.

[coin-investor]

I don't know why being a legendary fighter in other combat sports made him an outright world title challenger. This is boxing, and boxing is very different from kickboxing; kickboxers rely on distance and legs for attack and defence, without these two, kickboxers are helpless.
But will Verhoeven not be tempted to use his legs because of all the combat experience he relies on? Without his legs Usyk will just impose his power and boxing skills. I expect an early knockout here.

[robelneo]

Without his legs, he will looked like an amateur against Usyk. I'm surprised that DZAN will put up a fight like this. I also love watching kickboxing, but its fundamentals are very different from boxing.
Usyk will just break him down and eventually knock him out. The match could be even if it's an MMA type of fighting, but it's boxing and against the best heavyweight? 

[AmoreJaz]

I don't know why being a legendary fighter in other combat sports made him an outright world title challenger. This is boxing, and boxing is very different from kickboxing; kickboxers rely on distance and legs for attack and defence, without these two, kickboxers are helpless.
But will Verhoeven not be tempted to use his legs because of all the combat experience he relies on? Without his legs Usyk will just impose his power and boxing skills. I expect an early knockout here.

A mismatch and for sure, the promoters are just after for the money that they will generate from it and not really if both fighters are appropriate with each other. They will see it right away that this match should not happen in the first place. So yeah, we can understand if the fight will have heavy favorite in favor of Usyk.

[Yaunfitda]

Probably might end up like Joshua vs Ngannou. Pure boxer with power against a MMA fighter. And obviously it will end bad for the MMA fighter. Somewhat disappointed though that Usyk is willing to go this route as sort of like a exhibition fight. But hey, if HE Turki is behind this fight then Usyk will probably that the lion share of the split here and more and easy work money for him. And from the looks of it, this is just a get busy fight for Usyk. As he could be looking for the winner of the fight between Wardley vs Dubois. And checking the odds, Verhoeven is a 12:1 underdog here.

https://www.oddschecker.com/boxing/fights/oleksandr-usyk-v-rico-verhoeven/winner

[LogitechMouse]

Being a legendary kickboxer doesn't mean he will have the same performance in boxing.

We've seen fighters like McGregor, Woodley, Ngannou, and many more who tried to be a boxer after fighting in the MMA, and all of them didn't end up well after they fought a "REAL" boxer. Now it's the same scenario as this one. A REAL boxer against a kickboxer. He can't use his feet on the ring, and that could affect his overall performance because along the fight, he will always have the hesitation because he thinks that he will be using his feet, but he can't, and that alone could affect his focus - let alone his whole performance.

Well, whenever I see these kind of fights, I always treat it as an "exhibition" even though it's not. I mean it's already a mismatch just by looking at the fighters, and knowing how dominating Usyk is in the heavyweight, for me this kickboxer despite of being a legendary at his sport, will not stood a chance against another legendary boxer like Usyk.