His Excellency Turki Alalshikh and The Ring Magazine announced details of the undercard for ‘Glory in Giza’ taking place in Egypt on Saturday May 23rd supported by Matchroom Boxing. World heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk faces former kickboxing champion Rico Verhoeven as the headline bout, live worldwide on DAZN. Hamzah Sheeraz (22-0-1) and Alem Begic (29-0-1) lead the undercard in a clash of unbeaten fighters for the vacant WBO super middleweight title, with Sheeraz returning to the ring for the first time in 2026 following a fifth-round knockout of Edgar Berlanga in New York last July. The title was vacated when wrold champion Terence Crawford retired last year. 

 

Jack Catterall (32-2) will faces Uzbek contender Shakhram Giyasov (17-0-0) for the WBA regular welterweight title, with Catterall coming off a victory over Ekow Essuman in November... Cuban contender Frank Sanchez (25-1) will take on unbeaten Olympic silver medallist Richard Torrez Jr. (14-0) in an IBF heavyweight eliminator... Mizuki Hiruta (10–0) will defend her WBO super flyweight title against Egyptian-born Australian Mai Soliman (10–1). This will be Hiruta’s seventh straight defense of her WBO belt, which she won back in September 2022, and her first bout on a major card... Egyptian cruiserweight Basem Mamdouh (10-2) is set to compete on home soil, taking on undefeated American Jamar Talley (6-0-0)... The undercard will also showcase emerging Egyptian talents with Mahmoud Mobark facing Michael Kalyalya and Omar Hikal taking on Ali Sserunkuma.