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‼️ 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐎 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐇𝐎𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐔𝐒𝐘𝐊 𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃𝐍’𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 👀 🗣️ “It is a mistake. It is a championship fight!” 🗣️ “They would have never stopped that fight [if Usyk was hurt in the 11th round]. Never! They would have let him go down and keep his hands up to get to the end of the round.” 🗣️ “That is the only thing I am looking for, just say ‘yeah, you are right.’ “If it was the other way around or any other boxer, we would’ve done differently.” 🗣️ “It goes both ways.” (via SunBoxing)

Turki Alalshikh tells The Ring’s @MikeCoppinger that he believes Rico Verhoeven deserved to continue in his fight with Oleksandr Usyk, which was stopped in the final second of round 11, but gives Usyk the option to choose what he does next.

Rico Verhoeven has confirmed on social media that he has lodged an appeal after his fight with Oleksandr Usyk was stopped in round 11 👀 #UsykRico | @ringmagazine

‼️ 𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙆𝙄 𝘼𝙇𝘼𝙇𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙆𝙃 𝙎𝙇𝘼𝙈𝙎 𝙐𝙎𝙔𝙆 𝙑𝙎 𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙃𝙊𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙉 𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙋𝙋𝘼𝙂𝙀 😳 🗣️ “It was a bad stoppage, Rico deserved to continue the fight… I had Rico up three rounds entering the 11th round.” 📺 (via Ring Magazine)

🚨 Rico Verhoeven suggests he'll appeal the loss to Oleksandr Usyk after seeing it was stopped after the bell "They stopped the fight after the bell. I think we might just go and appeal it because this doesn't make any sense. When the referee came in, I wasn't dazzled or whatever. I was looking at the referee like 'why are you stopping, we're almost there'. It didn't make any sense to me. That's something he should be aware of. Of course mistakes can be made, but the referee should admit his mistake. Look back at it and say it's either a No Contest, or we go to the scorecards. And if we go to the scorecards, I was ahead." (via @BoxingNewsED)

Another angle of the Usyk vs Rico stoppage The stoppage came after the bell 🤦‍♂️ #UsykRico

Let it be known now that these boxing judges are about to ROB Rico Verhoeven They will never allow a 1-0 boxer to come in from a different sport and beat their heavyweight champion #UsykRico

Rico Verhoeven just had his win over Oleksandr Usyk STOLEN by the ref‼️ Dominating Usyk as a 1-0 boxer and they stop the fight AFTER THE BELL⁉️ #UsykRico

🚨Turki Alalshikh tells Usyk they want the rematch with Rico Verhoeven but it doesn’t look like they will accept The boxing commission is so corrupt #UsykRico

Outsiders will never win, trust me I know, but Rico was the winner tonight. Period.

Vous allez me dire que l’arbitre n’arrête pas Fury face à Usyk à ce moment là, cependant il arrête Rico Verhoeven alors qu’il était complètement conscient ptdrrrrrrrrr 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

Rico Verhoeven didn't agree with the stoppage, and wanted to go out on his shield 🛡️ Glory in Giza on DAZN 🥊

Scorecards at the time of the stoppage 👀 @DAZNBoxing @ringmagazine

@MatchroomBoxing @DAZNBoxing @ringmagazine Wow so they were going to rob him either way. Rico was clearly ahead on rounds 🤦‍♂️

Listen back to the stoppage. Final flurry came just after the bell. You do not stop a heavyweight championship fight like that. Full stop.

Rico > usyk

@jakepaul Francis Ngannou arguably beat Tyson Fury You couldn't even beat Tommy Fury

Crazy that Rico Verhoeven the best boxer of our generation and he ain’t boxed hahahah Shits insane It’s like when yall think Francis better than me and he goes unconscious in 1 round

I mean that’s the most insane shit I’ve ever seen Rico winning every round and the moment the ref sees to end it then he ends jt are you kidding Im the biggest usyk fan but bro you lost that shit Shoutout to rico for beating his ass every round and getting jipped Damnnnnnn

@ringmagazine ROBBERY. FIRE THAT STUPID REF. THE ROUND WAS LITTERALLY OVER. RICO WAS WINNING THAT FIGHT

OLEKSANDR USYK RETAINS HIS RING AND HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLES AFTER A THRILLING 11TH ROUND FINISH 😤 Glory in Giza | May 23rd | LIVE on DAZN 🥊

No joke I’m pretty sure the round was over.. Usyk was still throwing punches after the bell, then the ref stepped in