Dutch footballer of Liverpool Virgil van Dijk turned to Rico Verhoeven before the fight against WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs).

On ZN. UA will have an online text broadcast of the fight between Alexander Usik and Rico Verhoeven.

" Do your job, have fun. This will be a fight with Usik. And again, good luck. Blast him,” van Dijk is quoted as saying by TikTok “DAZN Boxing”.

Van Dijk, 34, is Verhoeven's compatriot and long-time Liverpool leader and captain..

The boxing evening will take place on May 23 in Giza, Egypt..

Verhoeven will claim the WBC title, which belongs to the Ukrainian.

37-year-old Verhoeven had one professional fight in April 2014 and knocked out little-known Hungarian boxer Janos Finfera. At the same time, Rico is a kickboxing legend, with 76 fights and 66 victories (21 by knockout). He defended his championship belt a record 13 times in the Glory promotion..

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Earlier, Usyk and Verhoeven gave their final comments before the fight.