Today at Glory in Giza, Oleksandr Usyk defends the WBC Heavyweight Championship against Rico Verhoeven. Uysk, 39, is 24-0 with 15 knockouts and is regarded as a top-three pound-for-pound boxer in the world. Currently, Usyk is the WBC, WBA, IBF, and The Ring boxing Heavyweight Champion, but the WBC title is the only one on the line in this contest. Verhoeven competed in kickboxing from 2008 to 2025, with a 66-10 record, and was the longest-reigning Heavyweight Champion in GLORY history.

On DraftKings Sportsbook, Usyk is a -2500 favorite with Verhoeven as a +1100 underdog. In the co-main event, Hamzah Sheeraz is also a -2500 favorite as he is facing Alem Begic for the Vacant WBO Super Middleweight Championship.

I will be updating this live blog throughout today’s Glory in Giza card, headlined by Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven.

Main card

WBC Heavyweight Title Bout: Oleksandr Usyk (c) vs. Rico Verhoeven

WBO Super Middleweight Title Bout: Hamzah Sheeraz vs. Alem Begic

WBA Welterweight Title Bout: Jack Catterall vs. Shakhram Giyasov

Heavyweight Bout: Frank Sanchez vs. Richard Torrez Jr

WBO Super Flyweight Title Bout: Mizuki Hiruta (c) vs. Mai Soliman

Light Heavyweight Bout: Daniel Lapin vs Benjamin Mendes Tani

Prelims

Jamar Talley def. Basem Mamdouh via second-round KO

Sultan Almohammed def. Dedy Imprax via first-round KO

Mohamed Mabrouk Yehya def. Michael Kalyalya via unanimous decision

Omar Hikal def. Ali Sserunkuma via third-round KO