Richie Woodhall
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1,693 appearances
9 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 13 Sep
Richie Woodhall’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yeah, with the fireworks.
I thought the ring walks were absolutely spectacular.
And it was really, really fitting.
And obviously with the pyramids in the background, yes, it was.
It was sensational.
Well, if you didn't listen to our commentary on Five Live, which was exceptional, which I will say that.
Basically, the venue is about 800 metres away from the three main pyramids here on the Giza Plateau, where those pyramids are, the two highest pyramids in the world, side by side there.
Now, the actual ring...
was built on sand but not really on sand because it's built on a whole raised six or seven foot or eight foot platform the entire thing and at two o'clock in the afternoon on the afternoon of the fight they were still putting the serious final touches in I don't mean dusting off the throne that certain people sit on at ringside I'm talking about basic things like runways toilets everybody involved with this needs to pat themselves on the back they did an incredible job brilliant and then
A fight happened that nobody, and I don't care what you say, even if you're inside Rico Verhoeven's camp, you didn't think we were going to get what we got there.
Oleksandr Usyk and his people, they had no idea what, they did not expect what they got.
The fight finished with one second left in the 11th round.
That means that Rico Verhoeven was three minutes and one second away from going the distance with the world heavyweight champion, one of the best modern fighters there has been, one of the best heavyweights there's been in the last, well, one of the best heavyweights period.
And what's so amazing about that, and I'll give the stats out before we talk about the boxing, is I went over to the ringside official once Mark Lyson had stopped the fight.
Mark Lyson of Liverpool, one of the best referees in the world.
And I got the official score, they call it the main sheet.
And I took a picture of it and I've looked at it.
And one judge had it a draw after 10 completed rounds, Richie.
One judge had it to Oleksandr Usyk by two points after 10 completed rounds.
And the third judge had it...
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