{"id":606769,"date":"2026-05-27T14:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606769\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:53:08","slug":"rivo-verhoeven-coach-sees-big-things-for-tom-aspinall-in-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606769\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivo Verhoeven coach sees \u2018big things\u2019 for Tom Aspinall in boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rico Verhoeven shocked the world this past weekend when the kickboxing champ took Oleksandr Usyk to the absolute limit and almost beat the best heavyweight boxer in the world (highlights here).<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s an argument to be made that it took the entire boxing apparatus to stop Verhoeven from winning in the end. Not only were the judges stacking the scorecards<\/a> in Usyk\u2019s favor, the referee ended up stopping the fight under dubious circumstances<\/a> in the 11th round.<\/p>\n

Despite the shadiness, everyone knows what they witnessed and respect for Rico has gone through the roof. There\u2019s also been a lot of acclaim for his boxing coach Peter Fury. Yes, another Fury! This one is Tyson Fury\u2019s uncle who trained \u201cThe Gypsy King\u201d en route to his shocking win over Wladimir Klitschko back in 2015.<\/p>\n

At the same time as he was training Tyson, he also worked with a young man by the name of Tom Aspinall. Now the UFC heavyweight champion, there\u2019s been a lot of chatter about Tom trying his hand<\/a> at boxing \u2026 a scenario that Peter Fury believes would go well.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had one pro fight with me from maybe 2015 or something,\u201d Fury recalled on The Ariel Helwani Show. \u201cI can\u2019t remember the exact times, but he was in the gym with us, and he spent two or three years with us training, and he really developed his boxing skills with us. So I regard Andy and Tom Aspinall as part of my team because they are. He\u2019s done a lot with me, Tom, and his dad back in the day. We\u2019re probably three or four years together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo he had one pro fight with me, so he developed his boxing skills. We\u2019ve had a a good relationship. His father\u2019s an exceptional trainer in the MMA. He knows wrestling better than anybody, I would say. He\u2019s top of the draw and such a great guy as well \u2026 So I\u2019m pleased to see what Tom Aspinall\u2019s done.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTom Aspinall\u2019s got super fast arms,\u201d Fury continued. \u201cHe\u2019s quick. He\u2019s agile. For a man at 18.5 stone, 117 kilos. The speed and the way he moves is phenomenal. So could he do something in boxing? Yeah. It\u2019s probably a similar story to Rico, really. He could definitely do the transition because they\u2019ve all been around me for years in boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey know the game because they know me and we\u2019ve had the conversations for hours on end. They know the sport. They know this game because we\u2019ve all been around each other for years. So yes, the transition for Tom Aspinall will be pretty easy. And do I think he can do big things? Yeah. For sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, Tom Aspinall has said he plans on concentrating on MMA<\/a> \u2026 a wise statement considering he still has two fights left on his contract (which also auto-renews due to a champion\u2019s clause). But if there\u2019s anyone from the UFC roster that we want to see box eventually, it\u2019s Aspinall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rico Verhoeven shocked the world this past weekend when the kickboxing champ took Oleksandr Usyk to the absolute…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,30874,101,914,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-606769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}