Tony Yoka called out Filip Hrgovic: The two of us have a long history.

Yoka's mandible is pure china. Hrgovic will shatter that shaky chin.

 

Yoka would die....

 

Might as well - it's a fight with interesting angles, amateur history... An interesting gatekeeper-gatekeeper scrap where plenty gets landed but neither is getting knocked out.

Honestly though, I suspect Hrgovic will think it's beneath him and aim for something bigger... Partly because it's not a lock that he'd win it.

If Bakole couldn't KO Tony then Hrgovic is unlikely to.
And you know I don't rate Hrgovic on points - equally, Yoka isn't special on cards either and lost decisions to Bakole and Takam.

Hrgovic is on a better trajectory, but I still have a lot more doubts on him than many here (I don't have him as a contender the way many do).

 

It's his gas tank - he just hemorrhages points in later rounds.

Iron chin, but he doesn't have the power to be another Joyce... And there are limits to how far that takes you anyway.

 

It is like if I call out Canelo. What's the point?

Yoka is useless, he must remain where he belongs, local scope

 

Hrgovic has his limitations but he's better at pretty much everything than Yoka the Joka.

 

I think it can be a good fight.
For all his limitations, I think Yoka has a good chin (the Bakole fight proved it) and a decent jab when he bothers to use it. During his last fight, he threw more combinations than what he accustomed us recently.
Of course, Hrgovic has the advantage of power and chin, but I don't think he's more skilled and his footwork is lesser than Yoka.

 

It´s been over a decade since he was last stopped, and Bakole beat the crap out of him. "Pure china" is a bit of a stretch.

 

Yoka is still around? lol. I thought Bakole clubbed him into retirement.

 

Yoka vs Jared Anderson or Yoka vs Mahomudov, winner gets closer to getting back in the mx somewhat, loser can go back to fighting random cans on an undercard somewhere.

Hrgybear is above this fight at this point.

 

Its not Yoka's chin that was the issue, its his heart, he just looks so disinterested in a fight when it doesn't go his way. Sure he can fight Hrgovic, it wouldn't be a complete waste of a fight, but I'm not sure why Hrgovic would take it when he has better pathways in front of him, unless Yoka feels like stumping up the cash.

 

Exactly... And even if Hrgovic has more power than Yoka, it's irrelevant if neither can knock out the other - which is likely, IMHO.

 

Are you seriously suggesting Hrgovic knocking Yoka out is unlikely ? Yoka has lost to lesser fighters and got blown around by Bakole. It was Yokas high guard that saved him, not his weak chin