Usyk vs Verhoeven LIVE: Start time, undercard, fight updates and results tonight

‘C’ denotes champion

Oleksandr Usyk (C) vs Rico Verhoeven (WBC heavyweight title)

Hamzah Sheeraz vs Alem Begic (vacant WBO super-middleweight title)

Jack Catterall vs Shakhram Giyasov (vacant WBA Regular welterweight title)

Frank Sanchez vs Richard Torrez Jr (heavyweight)

Mizuki Hiruta (C) vs Mai Soliman (women’s WBO super-flyweight title)

Daniel Lapin vs Benjamin Mendes Tani (light-heavyweight)

The main card just got under way, with main-event ring walks due at roughly 10.45pm BST (2.45pm PT / 4.45pm CT / 5.45pm ET).

Welcome to our live coverage of Oleksandr Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven!

Still, the unified champion cannot afford to be complacent against Verhoeven, 37, who is one of the greatest strikers that combat sports has ever seen.