PBP GLORY Collision 6: Rico Verhoeven vs Tariq Cookie Osaro, Sat Nov. 4 at 12:30pmET/9:30amPT, PBPthread

[BoxingMMA]

unpopular opinion: Rico is overrated

You never know, it might become a popular opinion if he gets KTFO’d here.

 

[FrappeDuRocma]

Rico is huge, those calves are immense...

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

damn ricos got some thick legs. cookie barely engaging for now

 

[WolverReem]

Cookie 1-0

 

[Liverkick-king56]

unpopular opinion: Rico is overrated

The dude looks like a LW with how fundamentally sound and smart he fights. Sure he isn't the most dynamic or heaviest hitter but most HW's aren't as layered in their approach as Rico.

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

ricco up 2

 

[BoxingMMA]

Rico hasn’t looked this “rico” for a long time, dude is composed today.

 

[gosuasus]

Evolving into a routine fight for Verhoeven.

 

[Liverkick-king56]

Cookie either needs to go for broke or start feinting like crazy he's just a sitting duck here.

 

[spooNN]

Rico reminds me if Earthworm Jim.

 

[usernamee]

The dude looks like a LW with how fundamentally sound and smart he fights. Sure he isn't the most dynamic or heaviest hitter but most HW's aren't as layered in their approach as Rico.

That's the thing for me though. I would expect this level of skillset from a lot of hw's but I guess the shallow talent pool strikes again.

 

[Pepy]

Cookie either needs to go for broke or start feinting like crazy he's just a sitting duck here.

he got solid underhooks tho, maybe he should go to UFC

 

[FrappeDuRocma]

Osaro is slow

 

[CatchtheseHands]

Rico is not overrated lol

 

[cooljay1622]

Osaro is horrible. How is fighting for a title. Lol

 

[FrappeDuRocma]

Bro is looking like Rozenstruik and Black beast, when they do nothing...

 

[BoxingMMA]

The problem is this version of Rico was nowhere to be seen in his previous fights, he looks amazing today.

 

[Liverkick-king56]

That's the thing for me though. I would expect this level of skillset from a lot of hw's but I guess the shallow talent pool strikes again.

Rico showing a more impressive skill set here than both Wisse and Abena did IMO.

I get it it sucks the talent isn't up to parr with Rico but he is a very very skilled striker.

 

[GreenGorilla]

The dude looks like a LW with how fundamentally sound and smart he fights. Sure he isn't the most dynamic or heaviest hitter but most HW's aren't as layered in their approach as Rico.

True I think most HWs get by on being big and strong since HWs are like the top 1 or 5 percent of people. When everybody is big that goes out the window, probably the reason the netherlands with the highest average height has the best HW kickboxers.

 

[jspn]

dude is just taking pictures