Fight day has finally arrived at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

Oleksandr Usyk avoided one of sport’s biggest-ever upsets against Rico Verhoeven as he delivered a controversial late stoppage of the kickboxer to retain his unified world heavyweight titles.

But the 6ft 5in Dutchman stunned Usyk to enter the 11th round with a narrow points lead over the undefeated world champion in Egypt on Saturday night.