IBF orders Oleksandr Usyk vs Filip Hrgovic

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Perkin Warbeck, Nov 12, 2022.


Hrgovic vs Usyk: who will win?

Poll closed Apr 10, 2023.
  1. Usyk by decision

    70.2%
  2. Usyk by stoppage

    20.7%
  3. Hrgovic by decision

    3.3%
  4. Hrgovic by stoppage

    3.3%
  5. Close matchup, difficult to predict

    2.5%
  1. Heavyrighthand

    Heavyrighthand Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

    16,149
    1,045
    Jan 29, 2005
    Usyk needs to schedule this ASAP and get it over with, as quick as possible, so he can be free to fight Fury by April or so
     
    MAD_PIGE0N likes this.
  2. PistonHondai

    PistonHondai Active Member Full Member

    648
    510
    Jun 3, 2019
    Why did they skip over Joe Joyce or better fighters and allow a fighter all the way down the ranks a chance at the belt?
     
  3. miniq

    miniq FURY COMETH 2026 Full Member

    48,670
    28,740
    Oct 23, 2011
    Then another body decides they want to mandate their "mandatory"

    Boxing is a corrupt joke of a sport

    The fighters have to take control and use their power - DROP THE BELT

    It's very simple.

    Then AJ & Hearn will buy the IBF belt AGAIN which HOLDS NO LEGITAMACY
     
    MAD_PIGE0N likes this.
  4. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

    15,332
    12,773
    May 8, 2014
    I think Usyk will regret not taking the December Fury fight. He’s going to be shot by the time he fights Fury late next year.
     
    ShovelHook, MrBarry465 and MAD_PIGE0N like this.
  5. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

    77,930
    42,686
    Jan 22, 2015
    Hes ducking big bang zhang m8
     
  6. miniq

    miniq FURY COMETH 2026 Full Member

    48,670
    28,740
    Oct 23, 2011
    No 37 year old bloated 220 pound cruiserweight on the planet can beat Tyson Fury. Usyk is 35...he has a slim chance still he has to drop the IBF belt.

    The bodybuilder will buy the belt yet again....a fake manufactured champion.
    Always was always will be.
     
  7. OldSchoolBoxing

    OldSchoolBoxing Boxing Addict Full Member

    4,591
    3,882
    Sep 30, 2021
    He stopped Chazz Whitterspoon. He almost stopped Chisora and Joshua.

    Now that he has enough experience, he will definitely stop the low-talented, slow, clunky and inexperienced Hrgovic easily. 100% certain. Unanimous decision is out of the question.
     
  8. Jacques81

    Jacques81 Boxing Addict Full Member

    3,742
    4,171
    Oct 13, 2016
    Dwyer has Hrgovic winning this fight.

    He's really big on him.

    Don't sleep on Hrg
     
  9. Safin

    Safin Boxing Addict banned Full Member

    5,764
    7,723
    Aug 3, 2019
    Hrgovic has been Dwyer's hipster, contrarian pick for the last year. He's sticking by him even though he's going to be a busted flush.
     
    ShovelHook and Jacques81 like this.
  10. Guerra

    Guerra Well-Known Member Full Member

    2,392
    4,350
    May 23, 2020
    As if Dwyer is Emanuel Steward or something
     
    ShovelHook and Jacques81 like this.
  11. Koli55

    Koli55 Active Member Full Member

    921
    1,173
    Mar 19, 2021
    What's the problem?
    Fury is fighting in December and everyone knows that he's not gonna fight (for the undisputed) before July/August 2023 anyways.
     
  12. Vegan Beast

    Vegan Beast Grandpappy Ortiz Full Member

    4,103
    4,345
    Aug 19, 2020
    And it's a good thing they refused to fight him because he did absolutely nothing to earn a ****ing title eliminator.

    A good win? How is beating 50 year old Zhang considered that much of a good win? Who's Hrgovic's best win outside of Zhang? Molina? Booker? These guys would get KO'd by Chisora or Takam ffs.

    Hrgovic hasn't earned a title shot, he hasn't even earned an eliminator.

    He really struggled vs Zhang, and in reality he should be calling out Zhang for a rematch or calling out someone like Takam or Dubois.

    If you're just scraping a win 114-113 vs Zhang you're going to get decimated vs Usyk.
     
  13. DramaShow

    DramaShow 19 banned Full Member

    6,672
    6,405
    Dec 22, 2020
    Chisora and Takam would lose to Zhang. If the entire top 15 avoided the Hrgovic fight, then it only makes sense for him being mandatory as I am sure the Zhang fight was a final eliminator.
     
  14. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. Full Member

    55,255
    10,363
    Jun 29, 2007
    Now that's a fight! I like Hrgovic to win on points if it happens. He's probably get a knockdown in the process and hurt Usyk to the body and he take a good punch to the head, but can be hurt much easier to the body. His weakness was shown before. Few know that. Hrgovic has a good body punch

    Winner of a tough fights vs Zhang that included a wet ring, and a cuffing shot behind the head / push the cost him a knockdown and a accidentally clash of heads he rose up to win . And he wasn't himself for the fight with the lingering death of his father making it hard for him to focus.

    That is behind.
     
    Perkin Warbeck and CroBox29 like this.
  15. Vegan Beast

    Vegan Beast Grandpappy Ortiz Full Member

    4,103
    4,345
    Aug 19, 2020
    No, it doesn't make sense that they just give it to him, because Hrgovic did nothing to earn a title eliminator in the first place. He was avoided because he was high risk low reward, and he was low reward because he's done nothing to earn any shot at anyone.

    They shouldn't have tried to make bigger fighters fight hrgovic, they should have made him work his way up the ranks gradually. But they didn't, they immediately tried to get him a shot, and since he's not a big name, that means the reward for fighting him is low, and his risk is not understood yet, that's why he was ducked. Because fighters would not be adequately compensated for risking fighting him.

    Zhang struggled against Jerry Forrest ffs.

    Now Hrgovic is a mandatory and we potentially have to watch one of the big boys slap this kid around in a meaningless fight. The general public don't want to see Hrgovic, he's not done anything to prove himself, he looked 2nd best against Zhang.

    I guarantee you more people would want to watch Zhang fight than Hrgovic.
     
    Hotep Kemba likes this.