Johnny Nelson On Oleksandr Usyk-Rico Verhoeven, Boxing Snobbery, And What Happens Next
Boxing Life Stories
Tris Dixon
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🗓️ 24 May 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | My name's Mark and this is my NHS story. The sensation in my neck was painful all the time. |
| 0:07.3 | Once I spoke to my GP, they referred me to my CDC. They got me in very, very quickly. |
| 0:12.1 | The amount of pain I went through for something so easy, why hadn't I done this four months before? |
| 0:16.9 | The government is opening new community diagnostic centres with many already available 12 hours a day, seven days a week, so the NHS can be there for all of us when we need it. Find your closest one at gov.uk.com slash NHS Fit for the Future. Available England wide. |
| 0:33.1 | So, that was a shock last night, right? |
| 0:38.4 | When we get to the final third of the fight, |
| 0:41.2 | are you thinking bloody hell? |
| 0:43.5 | Yeah, and you know what? |
| 0:44.7 | It's boxing snobber, isn't it? |
| 0:46.3 | I thought it doesn't stand a chance. |
| 0:47.7 | This guy, if he's fit, I'd expect him to go the distance |
| 0:51.8 | because, you know, coming from mixed martial arts, |
| 0:55.3 | those guys were unbelievably fit, |
| 0:56.9 | and they used to getting kicked in their head. |
| 0:59.0 | So I thought if he's fit, he'll go the distance. |
| 1:03.2 | If he's under some kind of illusion, |
| 1:06.3 | he'll absolutely get slaughtered. |
| 1:07.8 | And I thought, from the second line onwards, |
| 1:30.0 | I thought, two six second line onwards, I thought, Toisic's back foot was flat. He wasn't on the ball of it. It was flat. I said, he's going to get knocked out here. And because Rico was slinging big right hands and we're just whizzing past his chin. And so if they, if they had landed, he has landed straight on his back. And if you watch the fight again, you'll see him, just whizzing past. |
| 1:31.2 | And he was like a duck. |
| 1:32.6 | He pulled back a couple of times. |
| 1:34.0 | He didn't see it coming, got caught in the stomach. |
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