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Usyk Defends WBC Heavyweight Title Against Verhoeven at Pyramids of Giza
Oleksandr Usyk will defend his WBC heavyweight title against Rico Verhoeven on Saturday at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. The main card begins at 1 p.m. ET on DAZN.
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Oleksandr Usyk will defend his WBC heavyweight title against Rico Verhoeven on Saturday at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. The event is scheduled as a voluntary defense with only the WBC belt at stake.
Broadcast Schedule The main card starts at 1 p.m. ET, 12 p.m. CT and 10 a.m.
PT in the United States. DAZN's pay-per-view broadcast opens earlier, around 10 to 11 a.m. ET, to carry the undercard. The U.S. pay-per-view price is listed at $59.99.
Multiple outlets project ring walks for the main event at approximately 5:48 p.m. ET. That time converts to 4:48 p.m. CT, 2:48 p.m. PT and 10:48 p.m. BST. In Egypt the projected ring walks fall near 12:48 a.m. on Sunday. The timing can shift by 10 to 20 minutes depending on the length of the undercard.
Usyk enters with a record of 24-0 and 15 knockouts.
Verhoeven holds a professional boxing record of 1-0. The undercard includes Hamzah Sheeraz, Jack Catterall and Richard Torrez Jr. The event streams worldwide on DAZN.
