Rico Verhoeven Set To Receive WBC Ranking After Usyk Stoppage

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Rico Verhoeven Set To Receive WBC Ranking After Usyk Stoppage

Rico Verhoeven To Be Ranked By WBC

The former GLORY kickboxing heavyweight champion will receive a WBC ranking, after almost climbing to the summit of heavyweight boxing before eventually sinking to an 11th-round controversial stoppage against the unbeaten Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk.

Rico Verhoeven WBC Ranking

Verhoeven, 37, is set to receive a WBC ranking in what many people might see as an unprecedented move, considering the 37-year-old has only had two professional contests.

The president of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Sulaiman, said the former kickboxing champion deserves it and deserves to fight for a world title.

Could This Hint At A Rematch For Verhoeven?

Does this potentially hint at a rematch for Verhoeven?

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