Suddenly going out on your feet in the 9th round against Dubois doesn't look so bad. Come back Filip, all is forgiven.
Not really. He took a ferocious beating, and we have yet to see if he is even interested in coming back.
He could have won that fight if he bothered coming in shape. He dominated early on. Both he and Joshua underestimated Dubois big time.
Hrgovic beats Joshua. He has serious holes in his game for sure, but he hit Dubois with some massive right hands and went out on his feet, and he survived 12 rounds with Zhang, he has some skills and his chin is decent. Hrgovic would crack Joshua's chin.
Hrgovic was dominating Dubois until he gassed. He possesses the raw ingredients: Size, granite chin, strength, power (albeit this is an area he could and should have improved on) but the problem is he hasn't improved since the amateurs and he was very overconfident going into the Dubois fight. The funny thing is everytime they show a clip of Dubois vs Hrgovic on TV Dubois is headbutting him
Hrgovic outfoguht Dubois, but headbutts did their thing - but it is still Hrgovices fault for not anticipating them, and not having the power to KO Dubois earyl, and not having a stamina to outscore him late, that was a championship fight. But he is quiet, real quiet and that is not good
I wouldn't go that far. I think the poor opposition Joshua has been facing has made him complacent and just like with Hrgovic's lack of quality opponents has seen Joshua regress. Having said that I'd favour Hrgovic over Joshua now. As bad as Hrgovic is, Joshua's ability has fallen off a cliff, I'm not sure that Joshua against DDD beats Chisora right now.
I never got the idea his heart was in it. I would not be surprised if he doesn't come back for a couple of years and never regains the form that he had. Maybe it was his father's death...maybe he is just tired of the sport. But anyone can see he never really wanted to be in there.
Well I wouldnt say Hrgovic is bad, he outfought Dubois and won them 5 rounds in grand battle, not like Klitcko style everyone said he was gonna do. If he was to do that to a champion, and that champion (Dubois) then took a really big ex-cham, the grand champ - Joshua. Hrgovic is top 5 for sure.
