Usyk v Verhoeven: Richie Woodhall’s Fight Preview
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What makes Oleksandr Usyk a dangerous opponent for Rico Verhoeven?
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Tee säästämisestä numero. Aloita säännöllinen kuukausisäästäminen S-Pankissa vaikka kympillä kuussa tai valitse juuri sinulle sopiva summa. Klikkaa itsesi S-Pankkiin ja tutustu kuukausisäästämiseen. Ihana mutkatonta. S-Pankki. Suomen mutkattomin pankki. Onko kaikki rahat tuhlattu? Kansainvälisen tason limonaadi. Rauhotu. So pirkkaa. Uudet Pirkka fanituotteet vain K-ruokakaupoista. Edelleen Pirkka. Jo nelkyt vuotta.
This is Five Live Boxing. Cairo, Egypt, pyramids, camels everywhere. Rick Overhoven, the kickboxing king, against Oleksandr Usyk, the boxing king. Three World Heavyweight Championship belts on the line. I'm Steve Bunce, and this is Five Live Boxing. So another day in Cairo, another day in the shadow of the three giant pyramids. But today we broke cover. We got in a cab. We queued up. We went through turnstiles. We went through metal detectors. We went through one security system. We jumped on a bus. We jumped off a bus. We negotiated with the camel man. And we managed to hire five camels. We were on the road, five lives. We're at Giza on camels. We forgot everything for an hour or so. Richie Woodle and I were like two children in a playpen, a soft toys playpen.
Richie, was that one of the best afternoons you and I have had in 20 odd years of working together? Absolutely number one, that was. We've been to some iconic places around the world, Steve. This sport of ours has taken us to places like Beijing, you know, the bird's nest. And I always say that that day off I had in Beijing, commentating for the BBC at the Olympics in 2008, when I went to the Great Wall of China, that wasn't bad. That was the best day I've ever had off in terms of going to sea sites or whatever. But today was the day that topped it all, mate. It was absolutely fantastic. And I always wanted to get on a camel and ride a camel. And it will be the last time that I ever... step or should i say sit on the camel didn't you rich i was walking like john wayne for about an hour afterwards rich is there any way that you could explain to the listeners how big i was the last person to get on a camel the camels are on the floor you have no idea how tall they are you step on them on the floor you got on your camel paddy got on his the producer stacy copeland got on hers could you just explain to people just give them some kind of idea of how big my giant camel
camel was. My giant camel. I was on Goliath of camel. You was on the big boy or the big girl, I don't know, whether it was a male or female, but you were on the biggest camel, Steve. Ever seen. And the thing is, once you first get on, because obviously they're sort of, they've got their legs under them, as they're sort of kneeling down, if you like, and then the way you put your actually leg takes you over the sort of saddle, if you like. There's no steer. so you just gotta grab onto this sort of thing at the front. Called the neck. Called the neck, yeah. And then all of a sudden, the camel just rises. And mine just kept going. Yours just kept going. You sort of fall forward and you've got to grab onto this thing at the front of you.
Man, it was... And you're so high up. And yet you was even higher. You were the boss, my mate. You were the king of the camels. And then you float through over the sand and you go in between the three main pyramids. three of the greatest relics, three of the greatest sights in the world, and there you are, clomping along on a camel. But, Steve, I was clomping along because I was looking at you guys. But you had a racing camel. Oh, you know what? I thought I was on a bucking bronco. Mine was unbelievable. It seemed to have three umps, mine did. Yeah, it wasn't a pleasant experience. It was great for what we did, but I couldn't wait to get off it, mate. Richie, I'll just give you a word of warning. People will be listening to this.
It's going to be a heat wave, but it's also they're going to be at work. They're going to be in factories. They're going to be on the shop floor.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What makes Oleksandr Usyk a dangerous opponent for Rico Verhoeven?
0:00–5:46
2
How did Usyk perform in previous heavyweight matches?
5:46–11:30
3
What insights does Richie Woodhall provide about Usyk's boxing style?
11:30–16:48
4
What factors could influence Rico Verhoeven's performance in the fight?
16:48–22:51
5
How does the undercard feature British boxers in world title fights?
22:51–28:40
6
What are the expectations for Hamza Shiraz and Jack Cattrell's upcoming fights?
28:40–34:31
7
What challenges does Richard Torres Jr. face in his match against Frank Sanchez?
34:31–39:22
8
What are the final predictions for the Usyk vs. Verhoeven fight?
39:22–50:52