Gentleman & GangsterIMHO, Rico Verhoeven was robbed of the victory.
"Rico Was Winning on the Cards… Then Boxing Panicked"
/ The Modern Martial Artist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipk1JbZjFTw
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FightScore@gentlemangangster Be fair, there was no robbery against Verhoeven. Usyk put him to the canvas. He "lost" the mouthpiece. He was not defending effectively. It was the right decision from the ref. 🤷♂️
@gentlemangangster And for the life of me, Verhoeven was not winning on my cards. Usyk had the cleaner punches landed. Verhoeven just wrestled Usyk to the ropes, leaned on him and punched him to the side. 🤷♂️
For the next fight, it might do well for Usyk to copy a page from Mayweather's (and Paquiao's) book against Hatton, and agree prefight with the opponent and the ref to not allow wrestling or tackling, as it is a disadvantage to the other (and with Pacquiao and Usyk, smaller) guy.