Usyk v Verhoeven: Richie Woodhall’s Fight Preview
5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
BBC
4.7 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
How will Rico Verhoeven cope against the best boxer on the planet? Richie Woodhall joins Buncey to break down the fight and explain what makes Oleksandr Usyk so dangerous. They also discuss the undercard and hear from Hamzah Sheeraz and Richard Torres Jr.
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| 0:41.2 | Cairo, Egypt, Pyramids, Camels Everywhere. |
| 0:45.2 | Rickover, Hoven, the kickboxing king, against Alexander Usik, the Boxing King. |
| 0:50.6 | Three World Heavyweight Championship belts on the line. |
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| 0:57.0 | So another day in Cairo, another day in the shadow of the three giant pyramids, but today we broke cover. |
| 1:05.0 | We got in a cab, we cued up, we went through turnstals, we went through metal detectors, we went through |
| 1:12.8 | one security system, we jumped on a bus, we jumped off a bus, we negotiated with the camelman |
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| 1:27.6 | We forgot everything for an hour or so. |
| 1:29.6 | Richie Woodle and I were like two children in a playpen, a soft toys playpen. |
| 1:35.3 | Richie, was that one of the best afternoons you and I have had in 20 odd years of working together? |
| 1:41.7 | Absolutely number one, that was. |
| 1:44.3 | We've been to some iconic places around the world, Steve. |
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