Rico Verhoeven weighed in at 258.7 pounds for Saturday’s Glory in Giza boxing event, more than 25 pounds heavier than Oleksandr Usyk who came in at 233.3 for their WBC heavyweight title fight in Egypt.
Usyk being the smaller man on the scale is consistent with his career trajectory — he rose to prominence as a cruiserweight before moving up to heavyweight and scoring victories over Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, and Daniel Dubois. He defeated Dubois via fifth-round knockout in July 2025. Fury had an even larger weight advantage over Usyk when Usyk beat him.
Verhoeven competes in his first boxing bout since 2014, when he scored a second-round knockout over Janos Finfera. The longest-reigning champion in Glory Kickboxing history, he reigned as Glory’s kickboxing champion for over 11 years before parting ways with the promotion as a free agent following a title defense over Artem Vakhitov last June.
Full Glory in Giza weigh-in results:
Main Card (DAZN PPV, 1 p.m. ET)
- Oleksandr Usyk (233.3) vs. Rico Verhoeven (258.7)
- Hamzah Sheeraz (167.9) vs. Alem Begic (166.9)
- Jack Catterall (146.8) vs. Shakhram Giyasov (145.7)
- Frank Sanchez (240.4) vs. Richard Torrez Jr. (229.5)
- Mizuki Hiruta (114.7) vs. Mai Soliman (114)
- Daniel Lapin (173.8) vs. Benjamin Mendes Tani (174.4)
Preliminary Card (11 a.m. ET)
- Basem Mamdouh (192.8) vs. Jamar Talley (197.7)
- Sultan Almohammed (127.8) vs. Deny Impart (125.7)
- Mahmoud Moubarek (138.9) vs. Ali Sserunkuma (141.5)
- Omar Hikal (161.1) vs. Michael Kalyalya (160.2)