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![Oleksandr Usyk [left] and Rico Verhoeven shake hands in London on April 14, 2026](https://photo.boxingscene.com/uploads/OleksandrUsyk-RicoVerhoeven-London-presser-April-2026.webp)

![Rico Verhoeven [right] clouts Oleksandr Usyk in Egypt on May 23, 2026](https://photo.boxingscene.com/uploads/Oleksandr-Usyk-Rico-Verhoeven-20.webp)
It could be argued that Verhoeven’s success against Usyk – both in landing the fight, then nearly winning it – is, for the purist, as much a cautionary tale as a cause for celebration, writes Elliot Worsell

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“He’s continuously getting better – his IQ’s off the charts,” Bobby Benton, the trainer of O’Shaquie Foster, told BoxingScene on the eve of Foster’s latest fight.

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