A snowball surviving in the Sahara Desert?

Or +1100 betting underdog and Dutch kickboxer Rico Verhoeven beating boxing’s heavyweight pharaoh Oleksandr Usyk at the Pyramids of Giza?

When you ask Verhoeven, he says in a stone-cold demeanor that a shocker is in store, as he aims to dismiss the saying that denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

“I'm bringing something different to the table that he hasn’t seen before. That’s the biggest difference on why I will beat him,” Verhoeven said on DAZN.

“He's an amazing champion, and I respect his career. Looking at him is like looking in the mirror because I have done in kickboxing what he's done in boxing. I have conquered everything in kickboxing.

“Why not accept the challenge? Never get comfortable. It's an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to share the ring with him.”

Fighting is in Verhoeven’s blood.

Verhoeven is a 36-year-old from the Netherlands who has a kickboxing record of 66 wins (21 KOs) and 10 losses. He’s also fought once as a professional boxer, scoring a second-round stoppage win in 2014. He also has a victory in the lone MMA contest of his career.

When Verhoeven vacated his GLORY heavyweight title in November after reigning as a champion for 12 years, all signs pointed toward facing Anthony Joshua in a boxing match. But when AJ survived a fatal car accident in December that killed two of his friends, plans changed.

With The Ring, IBF, WBA and WBC heavyweight champion Usyk looking for a new challenge after twice beating Joshua, Tyson Fury and Daniel Dubois, the 39-year-old Ukrainian took a page from Joshua and Fury’s book for a crossover boxing match.

Verhoeven believes he’ll have more success against the slick Usyk than former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou had in his boxing matches.

Ngannou dropped Fury in October 2023 but suffered a 10-round split decision loss in a surprise performance that might have resulted in a win if it were a 12-round fight. But five months later, Ngannou met his match in Joshua, who dropped him three times and blasted him out with a violent second-round knockout.

Verhoeven has visions of landing lightning in a battle like Ngannou did against Fury, but coming away as the victor in his 12-round matchup.

“Everyone expects him to win, because he always wins," the Dutchman said.

“But I'm coming in as a kickboxer, and that's not something he's ever seen before. He's dissected the sport of boxing like no other, but he doesn't know about a kickboxer [who will be boxing]. I think I can beat him.

“Maybe [he's overlooking me]. He's talking about [other fights], but he definitely knows that there is a challenge in front of him. Everyone is asking him what's next because everyone expects him to win, but let's see if he can.”