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Title: RIC OF NATURE - Rico Verhoeven ... From Tyson Fury’s punchbag To Hollywood supersTar --- The undispuTed ‘King of Kingboxing’ on his incredible rise from obscuriTy
Source: thesun.co.uk
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Published: Apr 27, 2018
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RIC OF NATURE Rico Verhoeven: From Tyson Fury’s punchbag to Hollywood superstar… the undisputed ‘King of Kingboxing’ on his incredible rise from obscurity

Martial arts icon was schooled by the Gypsy King when their sessions started around 2013 but has never looked back since

Wally Downes Jr

27 Apr 2018

RICO VERHOEVEN is not easy to sum up.

It would be unfair to call him kickboxing's answer to Anthony Joshua or John Cena - those compliments are still not enough.

Rico Verhoeven trains with Peter Fury at the boxing coach's Bolton gym

Unlike AJ, Rico is the undisputed heavyweight king of his sport and while Rico and WWE legend Cena both share amazing physiques and the same Hollywood film role, only one is a real hard man.

The 29-year-old posterboy for premier kickboxing promotion Glory has just voiced the Dutch version of Ferdinand - the animated story of a fighting bull that banked over £200million at the box office.

And he is defending his nine-fight unbeaten run - dating back to 2015 - in the UK in Birmingham on June 2 with the help of long-time co- trainer Peter Fury - the brain behind Tyson Fury's world title win.

His fans include the Dutch royal family - who want him to help fight youth obesity - Iron Mike Tyson and ex-heavyweight world champ Fury who is a former sparring partner.

Since the most recent addition in September, Rico is also a doting dad to three children who are more thrilled by his cartoon character than his incredible fight record and belt haul.

Rico Verhoeven is a champion kickboxer, a film star and a dedicated daddy

Peter Fury trained nephew Tyson to heavyweight world title glory and Rico sparred with the giant

Rico Verhoeven sat down with SunSport to explain his incredible career in and out of the ring

But the giant who sits on the ring apron at the Team Fury gym and talks about legitimising a once crime-associated sport and granting the dying wish of a fan, is far from terrifying.

And he is quick to admit in his early rounds with Fury - before his incredible 2015 heavyweight title win over Wladimir Klitschko - he was schooled by the Gypsy King when their sessions started around 2013.

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Rico told SunSport: “The Furys were training in Belgium and I wanted to evolve in boxing.

“So we went sparring and it just kept happening, Tyson was sparring with a lot of guys but most of them - after one or two sessions - said ‘that’s enough for me’.

“I got my ass kicked as well but I knew I could learn a lot from Tyson and from his then trainer Peter.

“We sparred and sparred and sparred and finally I asked Peter if he had the time to train me and he said yes.

“There was a mutual respect because they were having trouble finding sparring partners and we were more than willing to do it.

“I think they have helped with my strengths in kickboxing, people tell me I am the best because of my footwork and movement and fitness and switch-hitting but that is what we have got from them.”

Heavyweight contender Hughie Fury now spars with Rico Verhoeven

Netherlands star Rico Verhoeven fights for Glory in Birmingham in June

Since graduating from being Fury’s personal punchbag, Verhoeven’s career and profile have soared.

Four of Verhoeven’s last five wins have come emphatically inside the distance - top-level opponents from Morocco and Brazil in venues across China, Germany and New Jersey have been blasted out of the ring.

The rewards are coming thick and fast for the man once nicknamed ‘The Prince’ but now regarded as ‘The King’.

His professional kickboxing record reads 53 wins, 10 losses and 1 draw and he has since avenged two of his early losses later in his career.

The makers of Ferdinand reached out to him after he had a small role in the latest sequal to iconic martial arts film Kickboxer and Rocky legend Sly Stallone has a phone full of his photos.

Hollywood is a long way from the small Netherlands district of Bergen op Zoom that Rico raced out of but he’s already made a massive impression on some of the world’s biggest stars.

He said: “Being in Ferdinand was amazing, I enjoyed it so much.

Rico Verhoeven is a student of boxing and and is soaking up Peter Fury's knowledge

Rico Verhoeven was a sparring partner for Tyson Fury and now works with his cousin Hughie

Tyson Fury used to beat Rico Verhoeven up in sparring but they are firm friends now

“Just before I came here it arrived on iTunes so we bought it and had a watch. It is still strange when I watch it and hear my voice, it’s crazy.

“It’s very strange, the first time I met Mike Tyson he said ‘Hey man, I was only talking about you last Saturday’.

“I could not believe he was talking to me, about talking about me!

“And when I went to L.A for an audition with Sly Stallone I saw him scan through his phone and he had all these photos of me and I had no idea what was going on.”

Mike Tyson tunes in to Rico Verhoeven fights

John Cena played the American version of Ferdinand but Rico Verhoeven was the Dutch voice

Rocky legend Sly Stallone is a big fan of Rico Verhoeven

Rico’s three most recent defeats have come via decision, meaning you have to go back to 2012 to find his last KO defeat.

It’s an incredible career for a young up-and-comer who used to get schooled by Fury in Belgium when no other fighters could stand the Gypsy King’s beatings.

Verhoeven has every reason to get carried away with his own success - like Conor McGregor and his recent New York bus attack.

Conor McGregor is a Rico Verhoeven fan

But the dedicated martial artist - who was originally trained by his karate black-belt father - shows no sign of careering off the rails.

Instead, Verhoeven recently took the time out of his gruelling and lucrative schedule to visit a terminally ill fan.

Manon Janine Verhoef was a keen female kickboxer who idolised Rico and even attended one of his classes.

In the space of three months, a rare form of cancer robbed of her of her health, hair and eventually her life.

But one afternoon the agony of her impending departure and the crippling chemotherapy she withstood was lifted by a surprise date that she defied the odds to make.

In the bearpit of a boxing gym in Bolton surrounded by hardened fighters, Rico allows himself a rare moment of vulnerability.

He said: “She was a real fan, she had been at a few of my fights and even came to one of the clinics I run where we had a photo taken together.

“It was pretty special, she had one last dream to meet me one last time and a friend of her reached out to my manager.

“She was diagnosed on October and I think she passed away in January - it was so sad.

Rico Verhoeven rushed to the hospital bedside of fan Manon Janine Verhoef

Heavyweight kickboxing star Rico Verhoeven is a huge star in and out of the ring

“My schedule was insanely busy and I could not see how we were going to do it.

“On a Friday we decided to cancel an appearance and go to see her on the Tuesday but then we were told that such was her condition that she might not even make it to the Tuesday.

“She had a surgery to remove fluid on her lungs which luckily worked and she was fine for Tuesday.

“It may sound strange but we had a fun time, we had a great talk and a laugh. We shared a few tears together but if i could take her pain away even a few moments then it’s a blessing.

“To be honest I did not want to publicise our meeting - I don’t want that sort of credit or attention - but she asked me to post some photos on my Instagram to help highlight her charity and her blog, she always thought of others.”

As the summer and Glory 54 approaches, Rico will put all his media opportunities and good deeds on the backburner.

The laser-like focus will be on Mladen Brestovac, who has 35 knockout wins on his record but also a 2016 points defeat to Verhoeven.

A spike in savagery has been noticed on his record and the wish- granting, cartoon-character voice has every intention of continuing the brutal trend.

He said: “If you look at my last six or seven fights, I think my KO record is hitting 80 per cent.

Rico Verhoeven towered over the 5ft 9in SunSport reporter

Birmigham will get to see the giant Rico Verhoeven in action in June

MMA companies want to sign Rico to follow in the footsteps of UFC champ Daniel Cormier

"People before said I was the best but criticised that I was not knocking people out.

“The thing for me always is to get the win if that comes by decision then fine and the same for a KO, I will not force it.

“I do not want to get hit, too many fighters want to go toe-to-toe but I know that getting punched in the head is not good for me - it’s not good for the looks or the brain!

“Peter always tells me to fight smart, fighting is a thinking man’s game. I want to win and stay safe and if I can knock his head off, I will.”

Glory kickboxing heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven training Despite his model-good looks, frightening record and remaining potential, Verhoeven insists he is a simple product of hard work.

There is he insists nothing special about him and like many of his fans he is just a kid who went to school and fell in love with a sport that happens to have a brutal reputation.

But his daughters are already following him into the gym - after years of late nights - and it's parenthood that is driving him more than anything around his waist or in his bank account.

He said: “I have been to school and gone on to do international business studies but I love this sport and I am just good at it. I am just your average joe.

“Everyone sees that and can realise that it is not only crazy guys who jump into fighting.

Kickboxing has a clean-cut poster boy in Rico Verhoeven to be proud of

Dutch master Rico Verhoeven is the Glory heavyweight world champion

“It’s good for young kids and girls to feel confident through training and martial arts, my girls are training.

“I want them to be tough and not crying as soon as they fall down - I want them to feel strong and confident about themselves.

“I am enjoying parenthood again - I started off with two girls but every night they were up three or four times but my son either gets up once or sleeps right through - he’s making it very easy, a real blessing.

“They are the motivation behind all of the hard work, we have to make sacrifices with diet and training and asking a lot from our bodies and minds and our loved ones. That’s the hard part of that’s also the reward.”


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“It’s good for young kids and girls to feel confident through training and martial arts, my girls are training.

“I want them to be tough and not crying as soon as they fall down - I want them to feel strong and confident about themselves.

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TwitterRico The King of Kickboxing Verhoeven

Reigning GLORY Heavyweight Champion (9 Defenses)

Rico Verhoeven was five years old when he first entered the martial arts.

His father, a karate black belt ... brought young Rico to the dojo --- started him on a path which, years later, would take him around the world and to the top of the heavyweight pile. *

Training was a consistent part of Verhoeven’s life growing up and his father was strict about it. After school his friends would head to the park to play football or ride bikes while Verhoeven would accompany his father to the dojo for training.

As he got older he moved into kickboxing. At the same time, it became clear that he was a natural heavyweight who would grow to a considerable size. At 16 years old he was so big that he couldn’t find opponents his own age in competitions, and had to face adults.

That hard road has done him good. Verhoeven was marked out as a prospect several years before his 2012 debut for GLORY. Before joining the organization he had racked up wins over experienced international opposition such as Hesdy Gerges, Ben Edwards and Filip Verlinden.

His record also now includes wins over Errol Zimmerman, Gokhan Saki and Daniel Ghita, plus victory in the GLORY 11 CHICAGO Heavyweight Championship Tournament.

A very intelligent fighter, Verhoeven is creative and focuses a lot on technicality. He has a wide arsenal of attacks and a tight defense. He also works closely with the British heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury, who he credits with making his jab into the highly effective weapon it is today.

http://glorykickboxing.com/fighters/rico-verhoeven:faa66b1a-f5eb- 4649-9125-23df560c770f/

* Reminds me of Donald Trump !

If you ... don'T use exclamaTion poinTs --- you should'T be Typeing ! Commas - semicolons - quesTion marks are for girlie boys !

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Reminds me of Donald Trump

Video: Rico Verhoeven defeats Hesdy Gerges and Tarik Khbabez to win GLORY 77 heavyweight tourney

Parviz Iskenderov

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Glory 77 Rico Verhoeven vs Tarik Khbabez

Rico Verhoeven and Tarik Khbabez met in the GLORY 77 tournament final

Rico Verhoeven was on top at GLORY 77 on Saturday, January 30, adding a couple of wins to his official fight record. Partaking in the four- man knockout tournament, heavyweight champion went through his old foe Hesdy Gerges and Tarik Khbabez in the semi-final and final bouts of the contest, respectively.

Gerges took the fight on a short notice, after Jamal Ben Saddik was forced to withdraw from the original main event due to injury. It was a fairly easy win for Verhoeven, who scored a unanimous decision.

To credit the 2010 It’s Showtime heavyweight champion – he was able to go through the whole three-round fight, despite having only ten days to prepare.

It was Verhoeven’s third win over Gerges, following their bouts in November 2011 and June 2012. After being rivals for quite sometime, in the end it was all respect.

In the final bout of the tournament, which was also the last fight of the evening, Verhoeven met Tarik Khbabez. On the way to finale, the latter went head to head with Levi Rigters for three rounds, and took the majority decision.

The championship round didn’t go the distance. It was all over after the first round, when Khbabez’s corner instructed the referee to call it a day.

Ultimately, Rico Verhoeven earned the win by TKO and took all tournament.

While there was no GLORY heavyweight title on the line, the champion updated his record to 57-10, 18 KOs, and is now expected to face either Jamal Ben Saddik (pending recovery) or Benjamin Adegbuyi in his next defense. The latter stopped Badr Hari in the third round in December 2020.

The full ... fight results --- from GLORY 77 can be found here.

https://www.fightmag.com.au/2021/01/31/video-rico-verhoeven-defeats- hesdy-gerges-and-tarik-khbabez-to-win-glory-77-heavyweight-tourney/

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It was Verhoeven’s third win over Gerges, following their bouts in November 2011 and June 2012. After being rivals for quite sometime, in the end it was all respect.

In the final bout of the tournament, which was also the last fight of the evening, Verhoeven met Tarik Khbabez. On the way to finale, the latter went head to head with Levi Rigters for three rounds, and took the majority decision.

The championship round didn’t go the distance. It was all over after the first round, when Khbabez’s corner instructed the referee to call it a day.

Ultimately, Rico Verhoeven earned the win by TKO and took all tournament.

previous fighT ... five rounds --- over jamal-ben-saddik

https://www.fightmag.com.au/2021/01/30/kickboxing-full-fight-video- rico-verhoeven-vs-jamal-ben-saddik/

If you ... don'T use exclamaTion poinTs --- you should'T be Typeing ! Commas - semicolons - quesTion marks are for girlie boys !

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