Manager Rico Verhoeven about the realization of a boxing fight with Oleksandr Usyk: ‘Almost unreal that this will actually happen’

Nobody knows Rico Verhoeven as a loser. He built a ring reputation that made him The King of Kickboxing. But today, with the Egyptian pyramids of Giza as a historic backdrop, everything is different. Late on Saturday evening, in the world title fight against Oleksandr Usyk, it will be clear whether he can also box. If Verhoeven wins, the sensation may be as great as in 1990 when Buster Douglas beat Mike Tyson in Tokyo. How the born Halstenaar ended up on this world stage, his good friend and manager Karim Erja tells in an exclusive story to De Telegraaf.

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