Rate Hrgovic's chances against Joshua from 1 to 10

if 1 means no way he wins and 10 means guarantee he wins, i'm thinking 6.
hrgovic is a solid fighter and has a good chance at an upset.

 

I have said 3

 

Hrgovic is a solid dude who can take a battering. He's got decent skills himself. Honestly at this point 50-50.

 

Joshua will show him what elite level means.

 

Hrgovic showed a great beard against Zhang, and he has pop that could make AJ gunshy if he can connect.

He has a decent chance but I think would need to get AJ's attention quickly and not let him get settled.

I put his chances at a 7 - I think he at least tests AJs chin and that could very well change the course of the matchup

 

Joshua isn't invincible and Hrgovic is a decent fighter but he's the clear underdog for me. I don't think Hrgovic has the usual skills that trouble Joshua, namely movement and counter punching.

Hrgovic is there to be hit as the Zhang fight showed, his lean back defence might work against shorter plodders but big fighters with reach will punish him from just leaning back from shots and he doesn't have the movement to out manoeuvre Joshua or the inside skills to stand with Joshua and trade as we saw how Zhang exposed his complete lack of inside skills whenever he got up close to Hrgovic.

Hrgovic will do what he usually does and try to walk opponents down and look to set up the right hand by using his left to control Joshua. But I don't think he has the better lead hand control, Joshua will take away his left hand and out jab him, counter him and break him down and stop him around rds 8-10.

But Hrgovic does have a punchers chance, his chin is good, so he won't just be blasted out early. I'd give him maybe a 20% chance of an upset. Not hopeless but unlikely.

 

Zero!

 

Not much head movement, slow hands, very slow feet.. can't see him going the distance against AJ.

 

If that scale means "out of ten"... Then 2 (2/10) pretty much at best.

Unless he's everything he's been hyped as (with limited evidence) he's got very little chance - he didn't look special enough against Zhang, who may be heavy handed but gasses early (he's old, it's his own fault for stepping up way too late) and isn't top drawer skilled either.

Joshua's sometimes on the robotic side, but he's got skills and he's done the business against a variety of styles and numerous fighters more proven than Hrgovic... He'd be a very clear favourite for good reason.

There's always a point where the torch passes to the next generation... Maybe I'll get a massive surprise and this is the start of it - I doubt it, though.

 

AJ has looked great against Helenius and Francis but Hrgo is neither of them.

 

For me at last 6.
Hrgovic is big, got puncher power and probably one of the best chin in division. He got good jab and he is same size as Joshua.

If somebody like Helenius last few rounds and was able to make Joshua blood for sure Hrgovic can do even better.

But Joshua still favorite. Expirience, speed and also power on his side. And Joshua is more responsible fighter in defence. Filip is "crazy" still.

If fight happend Hrgovic probably pay high for this lost years where he dont go forward with expirience. He should learn more in that time.

But for sure he is dangerous fight for anybody if he got good day.

 

Solid 8. Hrgovic is a good fighter. He has a great chin and posses good power.

 

This. And people are forgetting already that Joshua has been clipped before when he was on top of the division and full of confidence. By a lesser puncher than Filip. It can happen again.

All it will take is for Hrgovic to put a charge into Joshua’s skull to get that panic party started all over again for him. Just like in the Ruiz fight. Just like in round 12 of the Usyk fight when the UK ringside officials had to ring the final bell several seconds early to save him.

I really like Hrgovic in this fight. This is an Olympic caliber (He should’ve made the final in Tokyo) who has plenty of experience and a chip on his shoulder. Not an overconfident 0-1 MMA fighter.

 

Well we don’t really know that to be true because he hasn’t fought anyone except zang. Anyone can have one good fight but a champion beats many. He seems fine just sitting there fighting bums like de mori rather than risk his zero. I’m not impressed at all with him, where’s the risk, where’s the chasing glory. He can **** off