At the end of a long night, there was relief for Oleksandr Usyk in the shadow of the pyramids in the great Giza Plateau.
It finished with Rico Verhoeven in the arms of referee, Mark Lyson, with just one second left on the clock in round 11; there should be no debate about Lyson’s stoppage. A fight is finished by the referee with no consideration for the clock, just a desire to make sure that a boxer is healthy.
