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Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven: Full 8-fight card confirmed
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Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven: Full 8-fight card confirmed
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Two world title fights and a pair of bouts with world championship implications make up the undercard for ‘Glory in Giza,’ headlined by unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk defending his WBC title against Rico Verhoeven in Egypt on May 23 on DAZN.
Hamzah Sheeraz vs. Alem Begic for the vacant WBO super middleweight title will serve as the co-main event, while Jack Catterall and Shakhram Giyasov will square off for the WBA regular welterweight belt. Richard Torrez versus Frank Sanchez is also on the card after their IBF title eliminator that was scheduled for March 28 was postponed due to the latter suffering a knee injury. Ring and WBO 115-pound champion Mizuki Hiruta will defend her belts against Mai Soliman.
Basem Mamdouh versus Jamar Talley, Mahmoud Mobark versus Michael Kalyalya and Omar Hikal versus Ali Sserunkuma make up the rest of the card.
Sheeraz (22-0-1, 18 KOs), The Ring’s No. 8-ranked super middleweight, will be getting his second shot at a world title and first at super middleweight. In his last fight, Sheeraz, 26, announced his arrival at 168 pounds in emphatic fashion, dropping Edgar Berlanga three times in a fifth-round stoppage. Begic (29-0-1, 23 KOs) of Munich, Bayern, Germany has won seven straight fights since his majority draw against Tiran Metz in 2019. Begic, 39, last fought on April 15 of last year, stopping Mahdi Safdari in the second round.
Giyasov (17-0, 10 KOs) has long been in position for a shot at the WBA welterweight title, though it has yet to come to fruition. The 32-year-old from Uzbekistan last fought on April 12, defeating Franco Maximiliano Ocampo by fourth-round knockout. Catterall (32-2, 14 KOs), a former world title challenger at 140 pounds, will be fighting for the second time at welterweight. The 32-year-old English southpaw turned in a dominant performance in his last outing, stopping Ekow Essuman in the 11th round on November 15.
Giyasov is The Ring’s No. 7-ranked welterweight, while Catterall is No. 10.
Torrez (14-0, 12 KOs), a 2020 Olympic silver medalist, last fought in November, stopping an overmatched Tomas Salek in the first round. Sanchez (25-1, 18 KOs) will be fighting for the first time since February 2025, when he stopped Ramon Olivas Echeverria in the third round.
Hiruta (10-0, 2 KOs) will be making the seventh defense of her WBO title. The 29-year-old from Okayama City, Okayama, Japan, was The Ring’s 2025 Female Fighter of the Year after going 4-0. She’s coming off a unanimous decision win over Gloria Gallardo on Nov. 22.
Mai Soliman, of Cairo, Egypt, has won nine straight fights since suffering the lone defeat of her career.
Full undercard below:
  • 🥊 Hamzah Sheeraz vs Alem Begic
  • 🥊 Jack Catterall vs Shakhram Giyasov
  • 🥊 Frank Sanchez vs Richard Torrez Jr
  • 🥊 Mizuki Hiruta vs Mai Soliman
  • 🥊 Basem Mamdouh vs Jamar Talley
  • 🥊 Mahmoud Mobark vs Michael Kalyalya
  • 🥊 Omar Hikal vs Ali Ssurunkuma

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