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Rico Verhoeven Reacts to Controversial Stoppage vs. Oleksandr Usyk · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: I feel like we have three fighters him. We're gonna
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  Speaker 1: try and organize this now. Rico, congratulations on an incredible performance.
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  Speaker 1: Your team were very upset with the stoppage only five
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  Speaker 1: seconds left in round eleven.
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  Speaker 2: Were you upset with the stoppage as well?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, of course I thought it was an early stoppage.
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  Speaker 3: But in the end, you know, it's not.
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  Speaker 2: Up to me.
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  Speaker 3: But still I found it a little bit early. You
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  Speaker 3: know that. I believe the referee knows that were almost
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  Speaker 3: at the end of the round, so or let me
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  Speaker 3: go out on my shield or you know, let the
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  Speaker 3: bell go. That's what I thought. But you know, like
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  Speaker 3: I said, it's not up to me. And I was
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  Speaker 3: already super thankful for the opportunity as well. So thats
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  Speaker 3: took this fight. So to the WBC given mediation, giving
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  Speaker 3: me this opportunity. His excellency told me like, oh, I
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  Speaker 3: want to rematch. This was an amazing fight, man, you
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  Speaker 3: were so good. So but I also know this man
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  Speaker 3: is waiting, so you know, it's like I said, it's
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  Speaker 3: not up to me, it's up to the organization.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, let's see what happens. We good. Congratulations on
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  Speaker 2: an incredible performance.
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  Speaker 1: You are so close to shocking the world, and he said,
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  Speaker 1: you was going to.
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  Speaker 2: Shock the world.
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  Speaker 3: I know, I know. That's why I thought, Oh, you know,
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  Speaker 3: don't stop it, man, We're so close, you know, let
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  Speaker 3: me at least or go out on my shield, or
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  Speaker 3: let us go in the twelfth you know.
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, I was close.
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  Speaker 3: So I thought like we were pretty equal on the
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  Speaker 3: scores cards. That's at least what I felt like. So
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  Speaker 3: but like I said, I'm very proud, very thankful, very
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  Speaker 3: thankful for everybody who came out.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my god, thank you guys. Look at that. We're
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  Speaker 2: at the Pyramids. Guys tonight we all wrote history. So
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  Speaker 2: thank you so much, Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you so much, his excellency, of course, thank you
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  Speaker 3: so much to my brother Jason who put my name
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  Speaker 3: out to his excellency.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you to WBC.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you to uh mister Uzik for taking this fight.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm super proud with my with my performance of
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  Speaker 3: being here. Even the boxing world hopefully now embraces me
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  Speaker 3: as a boxer as well. So I, like I said,
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  Speaker 3: I'm just amazingly happy.
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  Speaker 2: To be here.
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  Speaker 1: You are one hundred percent of boxer. I do want
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  Speaker 1: to quickly speed to a get cabo a Gate. You've
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  Speaker 1: waited for a long time for this opportunity. You've been
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  Speaker 1: the WBC number one contender for so long.
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  Speaker 2: Here is your opportunity again.
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  Speaker 4: First of all, congrateration, Alexander. You know I wait so
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  Speaker 4: long for the situation. I'm ready. I think Germany is
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  Speaker 4: ready for the fight. All the German fans wait. I
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  Speaker 4: know many Grangish people have also in Germany. Let's do
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  Speaker 4: it in Germany and stadium. I think the paint, the
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  Speaker 4: fans wanted to fight. All the fans and boxing, let's do.
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  Speaker 5: Let's do it, no problem, yeah if if organization, no problem, brother,
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  Speaker 5: I radio, Yeah, I feel.
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  Speaker 2: Like I have a rematch. I have you sick?
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  Speaker 1: I have Cabael Cavell. You've waited so long on It's
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  Speaker 1: on there. It comes down to you. No, it comes
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  Speaker 1: down to you, Alexander. Alexander, what do you want next?
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  Speaker 1: Do you want the rematch or do you want Cavell?
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  Speaker 5: Uh? I can box and both.
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  Speaker 2: You're special, but maybe even you can't do.
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  Speaker 5: That, bro, No problem, uh, I want to dedicate to
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  Speaker 5: this fight. Ukrainian people and Ukrainian soldier slower bows are
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  Speaker 5: slao Ukrainia.
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  Speaker 1: Finally, before I let everyone go here, congratulations on an
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  Speaker 1: incredible performance. If we see the rematch again, I know
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  Speaker 1: everyone will be very happy. I get Kabaya. We want
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  Speaker 1: to see you fight Alexander who you're in the ring
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  Speaker 1: to make this fight?
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  Speaker 2: Spencer Brown, come in, Spencer.
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  Speaker 4: This is the normal thing and the number one contender
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  Speaker 4: from W Spencer.
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  Speaker 1: Surely we get this fight. Next, I get Cambio Alexander using.
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  Speaker 6: It's going to be ordered, They're going to fire. That
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  Speaker 6: was an unbelievable performance by Rick. Unbelievable. I'm speechless how
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  Speaker 6: we done. He was that good. But we've got a
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  Speaker 6: new challenger. He's in line and there can only be
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  Speaker 6: one fight and both agree to it.
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  Speaker 2: Let's get it on when they're both ready.
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  Speaker 6: Whenever you want, whenever they want. Turkey Ala shaik. He's
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  Speaker 6: got the checkbook. So I'm hoping end of September, October,
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  Speaker 6: unbelievable get Hopefully we see.
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  Speaker 2: That in Germany. In Germany.
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  Speaker 1: In Germany, we are your German fans and Kurdish fans.
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  Speaker 2: Where you go find a one.
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  Speaker 1: Before I let you go, congratulations on incredible performance.
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  Speaker 2: You said to me, I'm going to shock you.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to surprise you, and you shocked me and
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  Speaker 1: you surprised me Rica.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much for saying that.
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  Speaker 3: So uh, what a transition doing wise, guys, se six
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  Speaker 3: months of hard work, transition into boxing. It was crazy.
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  Speaker 3: It was an amazing hard work. All I can say
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  Speaker 3: is I hope it paid off. I hope you guys
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  Speaker 3: liked it. So First of all, I want to say
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  Speaker 3: thank you so much to my whole team for helping
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  Speaker 3: me out, helping me through this transition, putting in all
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  Speaker 3: the work day and night. I love you guys, Appreciate
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  Speaker 3: you guys for everything.
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  Speaker 2: Love you so much. And yeah, I'll be back. You
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  Speaker 2: will be back. Congratulations really quick