Rico Verhoeven

Rico Verhoeven
Born	Ricardo Verhoeven (1989-04-10) April 10, 1989 Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Other names	Prince of Kickboxing
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	114.8 kg (253 lb; 18.08 st)
Division	Super Heavyweight
Reach	79 in (200 cm)
Style	Kickboxing
Team	Full Kick/Super Pro
Trainer	Jos Verhoeven & Dennis Krauweel
Years active	7 (2004-present)
Professional boxing record
Total	1
Wins	1
By knockout	1
Kickboxing record
Total	56
Wins	45
By knockout	11
Losses	10
By knockout	3
Draws	1
Other information
Website	http://www.ricoverhoeven.com/
last updated on: June 21, 2014

Rico Verhoeven (born April 10, 1989) is a Dutch kickboxer and current Glory Heavyweight Champion. He has also competed in the K-1, It's Showtime and SUPERKOMBAT promotions. As of 10 November 2014, Verhoeven is ranked the #1 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com.^[1]

Background

Rico Verhoeven was born in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. He began learning martial arts at age six in kyokushin, being trained by his father, a karate black belt. After transitioning into kickboxing, Verhoeven began training kickboxing at age of 14 and started competing against adults when he was only 16 years old, due to his large size.^[2]

Career

Although he was expected to fight in the 2012 K-1 World Grand Prix, Verhoeven was left out of the tournament. He then signed with rival promotion Glory in October 2012.^[3]

He was drawn against Russian mixed martial artist Sergei Kharitonov at the opening round of the sixteen-man 2012 Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam held at Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2012. As he was leading the judges' scorecards after the first two, two-minute rounds, he advanced to the quarter-finals where he lost out to the eventual tournament winner Semmy Schilt by the same margin.^[4][5][6]

He defeated Jhonata Diniz via unanimous decision at Glory 7: Milan in Milan, Italy on April 20, 2013.^{[7][8][9][10]}

He rematched Errol Zimmerman at Glory 9: New York - 2013 95kg Slam in New York City on June 22, 2013.^[11][12] Despite being deducted a point for rabbit punching in round one, he outworked and outstruck Zimmerman for three rounds and won by unanimous decision.^[13][14][15]

He caused a major upset to win the Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States in October 2013.^{[16][17][18][19]} After taking a majority decision over Gökhan Saki in the semi-finals, and scoring a controversial knockdown in round one, he beat Daniel Ghiță by unanimous decision in the final.^[20][21]

He defeated Peter Aerts by split decision in the tightly-contested main event of Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013.^{[22][23][24][25]}

Verhoeven was scheduled to make his professional boxing debut against Nikolaj Falin at Mix Fight Gala XV in Darmstadt, Germany on April 26, 2014^[26] but his opponent was changed to János Finfera for undisclosed reasons.^[27] Verhoeven defeated the Hungarian by second round knockout.^[28]

He rematched and defeated Daniel Ghiță via unanimous decision in a bout for the vacant Glory Heavyweight (+95 kg/209 lb) Championship at Glory 17: Los Angeles in Inglewood, California, US on June 21, 2014.^[29][30][31]

Verhoeven completed a trilogy of fights against Errol Zimmerman when he faced him on February 6, 2015 in the main event at Glory 19: Virginia. The anticipated bout ended in anticlimactic fashion as Zimmerman sustained a knee injury in the second round, allowing Verhoeven to retain his Heavyweight title.

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

• Bloody Elbow.com
  • 2013 Kickboxer of the Year^[32]

• Glory
  • 2014 Glory Heavyweight (+95 kg/209 lb) World Championship Tournament Champion
  • Glory Heavyweight (+95 kg/209 lb) Championship

Boxing record

Boxing record
1 win (1 KO), 0 losses, 0 draws Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record 2014-04-26 Win János Finfera Mix Fight Gala XV Darmstadt, Germany KO (right cross) 2 1:40 1-0 Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Kickboxing record

Professional Kickboxing record

45 Wins (11 (T)KOs), 10 Losses, 1 Draw Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2015-06-05 N/A TBA Glory 22: Lille Lille, France, N/A N/A N/A Defending the Glory Heavyweight Championship. 2015-02-06 Win Errol Zimmerman Glory 19: Virginia Hampton, Virginia, USA TKO (knee injury) 2 2:17 Retains the Glory Heavyweight Championship. 2015-01-03 Loss Andrey Gerasimchuk Kunlun Fight 15: The World MAX Return Nanjing, China Decision(unanimous) 3 3:00 2014-06-21 Win Daniel Ghiță Glory 17: Los Angeles Inglewood, California, USA Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 Wins the Glory Heavyweight Championship. 2013-12-21 Win Peter Aerts Glory 13: Tokyo Tokyo, Japan Decision (split) 3 3:00 2013-10-12 Win Daniel Ghiță Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament, Final Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Wins the Glory Heavyweight World Championship Tournament. 2013-10-12 Win Gökhan Saki Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament, Semi Finals Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA Decision (majority) 3 3:00 2013-06-22 Win Errol Zimmerman Glory 9: New York New York City, New York, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 2013-04-20 Win Jhonata Diniz Glory 7: Milan Milan, Italy Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 2012-12-31 Loss Semmy Schilt Glory 4: Tokyo - Heavyweight Grand Slam Tournament, Quarter Finals Saitama, Japan Decision (unanimous) 2 2:00 2012-12-31 Win Sergei Kharitonov Glory 4: Tokyo - Heavyweight Grand Slam Tournament, First Round Saitama, Japan Decision (unanimous) 2 2:00 2012-06-30 Win Hesdy Gerges Music Hall & BFN Group present: It's Showtime 57 & 58 Brussels, Belgium Decision 3 3:00 2012-05-27 Loss Serhiy Lashchenko K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final 16, Super Fight Madrid, Spain Extra round decision (split) 4 3:00 2012-03-17 Win Ben Edwards Capital Punishment 5 Canberra, Australia Decision 3 3:00 2012-01-28 Loss Errol Zimmerman It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden Leeuwarden, Netherlands KO (Left Uppercut) 1 0:59 2011-11-17 Win Hesdy Gerges SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club Oradea, Romania Decision (Split) 3 3:00 2011-06-18 Win Reamon Welboren Thaiboksgala BlokhuispoortKickboxing Leeuwarden, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2011-05-21 Win Justice Smith SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2011, Reserve Fight Bucharest, Romania TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 2011-03-06 Loss Jamal Ben Saddik It's Showtime Sporthallen Zuid Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Corner Stop) 2 1:00 2010-12-18 Win Frank Muñoz Fightclub presents: It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2010-10-09 Win Michael Duut Ring Rage Part 5 Assen, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2010-09-12 Win Ricardo van den Bos Fightingstars presents: It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 2010-05-29 Win Dzevad Poturak It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 2009-11-21 Win Jantje Siersema It's Showtime 2009 Barneveld Barneveld, Netherlands KO (Left Knee to Body) 1 2009-10-24 Loss Rustemi Kreshnik It's Showtime 2009 Lommel Lommel, Belgium Extra round decision 4 3:00 2009-08-11 Loss Brice Guidon K-1 World GP 2009 Tokyo, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision 3 3:00 2009-08-29 Win Gábor Meiszter It's Showtime 2009 Budapest Budapest, Hungary Decision 3 3:00 2009-05-16 Win Ricardo Fyeet It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2009-03-18 Win Filip Verlinden Fights at the Border presents: It's Showtime 2009 Antwerp, Belgium Decision 3 3:00 2009-03-14 Win Petar Majstorovic Oktagon presents: It's Showtime 2009 Milan, Italy Decision 3 3:00 2008-11-29 Win Dennis Stolzenbach It's Showtime 2008 Eindhoven Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2008-08-09 Win Koichi Watanabe K-1 World GP 2008 Hawaii, Super Fight Honolulu, Hawaii Decision 3 3:00 2008-04-26 Win Christiano Delgado K-1 World GP 2008 Amsterdam, Opening Fight Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2008-02-17 Win Redouan Abdelloui K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008, Super Fight Utrecht, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2007-12-16 Win Brunon Sokołowski Oss Muay Thai Oss, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2007-05-13 Loss Said Eljajaui Fight Night Veghel B Tournament, Quarter Finals Veghel, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 2:00 2007-03-24 Win Zoltán Tóth WFCA Muay thai gala, Zuidwest hallen Roosendaal, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 2006-10-15 Win Brian Douwes Top Team Beverwijk Muay thai gala Beverwijk, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 2006-04-09 Win Reduan Abdellaoui K.O.C. III Goes, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 1:30 2006-02-03 Win Chries Ouweland Thaiboxing Gala, Zuidwesthallen Roosendaal, Netherlands KO 3 2005-11-26 Win Stijn van Tatenhove Thaiboxing Gala, Zuidwesthallen Roosendaal, Netherlands Decision 3 2:00 2005-05-29 Win Sander Duyvis Gala in Zonnehuis Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 3 1:30 2005-04-30 Win Wilbert Dam Impact in de Zuidwesthallen Roosendaal, Netherlands KO 2 1:56 2004-10-15 Draw Brian Douwes Gala in Beverwijk Beverwijk, Netherlands Decision draw 3 3:00 Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

• List of male kickboxers

References

External links

• Rico Verhoeven's official website
• Profile at Glory
• Professional boxing record for Rico Verhoeven from BoxRec