Is Filip Hrgovic next up after Oleksandr Usyk retires?

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Is Filip Hrgovic next up after Oleksandr Usyk retires?

Poll closed Jan 24, 2025.
  1. YES!

    12.5%
  2. NO.

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  1. Boxingiq2020

    Boxingiq2020 Active Member Full Member

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    What do you guys think?
     
  2. Kiwi Casual

    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nah. Hrgovic needs to step up the quality of his opponents quicker to be in the mix.
     
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  3. Bigcheese

    Bigcheese Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He'll be in the mix but he's not the kind of guy to dominate a division imo.
     
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  4. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    I thought he lost to Zhang who lost to Parker so……..
     
  5. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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    I think so, he's still basically at prospect level so he's timing it quite well if Usyk retires after beating Fury again.

    If Usyk sticks around for a bit longer he'll beat Hrgovic
     
  6. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think so. If he blasts Dubois out we'll know for sure.
     
  7. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Hrgovic sucks.
     
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  8. serioussam

    serioussam Active Member Full Member

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    It's still difficult to say because somehow we still don't know how good he really is

    Did he just have a bad day against Zhang, or does his soul like always leave him when being under pressure
     
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  9. Carl_Frochs_hair

    Carl_Frochs_hair New Member Full Member

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    Dubois will end the fantasy
     
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  10. piprules

    piprules Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Come on bro, nothing screams “I deserve a title shot “ more than sitting on your ass fighting bums like de mori.
     
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  11. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'll give a charitable assessment.
    Now I scored the fight for Zhang, though I will acknowledge he lost his father.
    BUT officially he won the fight. So Hrgovic became IBF mando.

    First, he is expecting the winner of Usyk v Fury. So he fights a big southpaw, and gets some practice in for either Fury or Usyk = Kean
    Kean comes in confident looking to exchange early, but at the first taste of Hrgovoc power, he completely goes into his shell and starts hugging and spoiling. He tries to finally open up to nick it in the 12th, and gets stopped by Hrgovic. - Solid win

    Then, his title shot gets delayed again, so he takes a tick over before his shot = De Mori.
    In a criminal mismatch, Hrgovic did what was expected and stopped him fast.

    Then, it becomes clear he isn't actually going to get title shot as they push ahead with Undisputed, so he lines steps up the level of the opponent to one he can look good against that Usyk already fought = Dubois
    Let's see, but I suspect Dubois is about to ship a fair amount of punishment
     
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  12. fencik45

    fencik45 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dubois is a bum, he isn't ever beating anyone good.
     
  13. Carl_Frochs_hair

    Carl_Frochs_hair New Member Full Member

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    muahahaha :eatingburger
     
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  14. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Quoting myself because of how terse, prophetic, eloquent, and just plain sensible I really was.
     
  15. likeafire

    likeafire Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I don’t know why people were hyping this guy up. He only fought one top guy, zhang, and he looked awful in that fight
     
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