Holy Sphinx\u2026The WBC heavyweight world champion, Oleksandr Usyk, now has a date and venue set for his next defense: May 23, in an unprecedented event that will take place at the iconic Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n Usyk, widely regarded as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, will put his WBC heavyweight title on the line against Rico Verhoeven in a bout that has generated global anticipation.<\/span><\/p>\n The fight will headline a special card aimed at delivering a historic moment for boxing, not only because of the level of the fighters involved, but also due to the spectacular setting.<\/span><\/p>\n The Ukrainian Superstar\u00a0 enters the contest as a dominant force in the division, with an outstanding r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and victories over the biggest names in the heavyweight scene, reaffirming his place among boxing\u2019s elite.<\/span><\/p>\n Verhoeven presents an intriguing challenge due to his physical attributes and extensive experience in combat sports, in what will be the most significant opportunity of his career.<\/span><\/p>\n Verhoeven is widely recognized as one of the most dominant fighters in combat sports, particularly for his long reign as GLORY heavyweight world champion, where he held the title for over a decade and defended it against elite competition.<\/span><\/p>\n With everything in place, Oleksandr Usyk looks to add another chapter to his legacy in what promises to be a historic night for boxing.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oleksandr Usyk to defend WBC heavyweight Crown in the shadow of the Pyramids\u00a0 Holy Sphinx\u2026The WBC heavyweight world champion, Oleksandr Usyk, now has a date and [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":178852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,120,68,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-news","category-noticias-en","category-principales-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}