Rico Verhoeven
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| Born | Ricardo Verhoeven April 10, 1989 Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands |
| Other names | Prince of Kickboxing, King of Kickboxing |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 257.5 lb (116.8 kg; 18.39 st) |
| Division | Super Heavyweight |
| Reach | 77.0 in (196 cm) |
| Style | Kickboxing |
| Team | Full Kick/Super Pro American Kickboxing Academy |
| Trainer | Jos Verhoeven & Dennis Krauweel |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 1 |
| Wins | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 61 |
| Wins | 50 |
| By knockout | 14 |
| Losses | 10 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 1 |
| Wins | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
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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. Verhoeven is currently ranked the #1 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com, Combat Press and GLORY.
Rico Verhoeven was born in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. He began learning martial arts at age five in kyokushin, being trained by his father, a karate black belt. After transitioning into kickboxing, Verhoeven began training kickboxing at age of 7 and started competing against adults when he was only 16 years old, due to his large size.
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.
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.
He defeated Jhonata Diniz via unanimous decision at Glory 7: Milan in Milan, Italy on April 20, 2013.
He rematched Errol Zimmerman at Glory 9: New York - 2013 95kg Slam in New York City on June 22, 2013. Despite being deducted a point for rabbit punching in round one, he outworked and outstruck Zimmerman for three rounds and won by unanimous decision.
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