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Rico Verhoeven

1989 - Today

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Ricardo "Rico" Verhoeven (born 10 April 1989) is a Dutch professional kickboxer, former professional boxer and mixed martial artist. He formerly competed in the Heavyweight division of GLORY, where he was the promotion’s longest-reigning Heavyweight Champion, while also defending the title a record thirteen times. A professional since 2004, he also competed in K-1, It's Showtime and SUPERKOMBAT. He is ranked the number one heavyweight in the world by Combat Press. Verhoeven has been continually ranked as the number one heavyweight kickboxer in the world by Combat Press since September 2014, when the rankings were first established. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Rico Verhoeven is the 2,754th most popular athlete (down from 2,619th in 2024), the 1,115th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 1,113th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Dutch Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rico Verhoeven ranks 2,754 out of 6,025. Before him are Martina Jäschke, Giorgio Pellini, Paul Kipkoech, Bombayla Devi Laishram, Galina Murašova, and Eddie Arcaro. After him are Choe Chol-su, Sarah English, Mislav Bezmalinović, Adrián Annus, Erhard Wunderlich, and Sophie Moressée-Pichot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Rico Verhoeven ranks 256. Before him are Timea Bacsinszky, Mario Gavranović, Jung Joon-young, Hamza bin Laden, Park Tae-hwan, and Salah Abdeslam. After him are Takeru Satoh, Hiromi Kojima, DeMar DeRozan, Jang Wooyoung, Masaki Kinoshita, and Daiki Oizumi.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Rico Verhoeven ranks 1,115 out of 1,646. Before him are NikkieTutorials (1994), Tarik Oulida (1974), Wilbert Suvrijn (1962), Nathalie de Vries (1965), Donny van de Beek (1997), and Ryan Gravenberch (2002). After him are Mohammed Bouyeri (1978), Peter Blangé (1964), Ellen van Dijk (1987), Abdelhak Nouri (1997), Pieter Omtzigt (1974), and Servais Knaven (1971).

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Among ATHLETES In Netherlands

Among athletes born in Netherlands, Rico Verhoeven ranks 37. Before him are Gerard Nijboer (1955), Yvonne van Gennip (1964), Ellen van Langen (1966), Jos Lansink (1961), Michael van Gerwen (1989), and Dafne Schippers (1992). After him are Femke Bol (2000), Edward Gal (1970), Henk-Jan Zwolle (1964), Nicolette Hellemans (1961), Niels van der Zwan (1967), and Ronald Florijn (1961).

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