Now let's be honest. So many experts. Who can show that they picked for Hrgovic?

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  1. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    I can
    I openly picked for Hrgovic inside the distance.
    I know there are a few others that can, but so many posters now spouting rubbish after a 21 year old did brilliant and acting so knowledgeable
    Let's be honest now as many of the threads seem rather spiteful about a young fighter who did himself proud and gave his all
     
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    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    misd669 Member Full Member

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    i did!!!
    posted quite a few comments on youtube sites predicting the fight, and was ridiculed
    on the rbr post on this forum, i said
    ''and the new heavyweight champion of the world
    from zagreb croatia
    filip hrgovic!!!!
    as an avid boxing fan, a croatian from australia, and following hrgovic's career ever since i first came across him on this forum in 2015.
    i've been following his career ever since
    what a day for hrgovic
    what a day for croatian boxing
    what a day for croatia
    what a day for croatians in the diaspora
    this was a sweet victory
     
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    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    A forum member on "Mendoza" writes under their profile picture "Hrgovic = next HW world champion". He predicted this about 10 years ago.
     
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  5. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I was hoping Hrgovic would win but no, I certainly didn't think he would.

    The closest I came to backing him was to have a bet on either fighter to win in rounds 1-6 and even that lost
     
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    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    I said it was an either-way fight and openly questioned what would happen in round 7. I also have an extant thread where I told everyone that Itauma has something wrong with him.
     
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    Tankatron Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My mate put a fiver on Hrgovic to win by stoppage at 10/1....crazy abd downright disrespectful odds to be honest and I thought that if Hrgovic could get to the halfway stage relatively unscathed, then we really dud have a fight on our hands.....
     
  8. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    I never picked him but always acknowledged he might win

    Some were giving him 0 chance which was bonkers
     
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  9. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nope

    I picked Itauma before the fight

    During Round 3 however I had a suspicion that there could be an upset when I Hrgovic start pushing Itauma back.
     
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    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Me.

    I thought Hrgovic was going to win easily and Itauma being a wide favorite was cray cray.

    The core problem was people reacting wrong to the Dubois loss. Hrgovic fought well and the takeaway should have been Hrgovic could beat anyone at HW. But instead people decided they were going to use the loss to write Hrgovic off as "less than a gatekeeper"(to quote one poster). So there's a real disconnect there.
     
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  11. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    I openly picked him on multiple threads going back months.
     
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    Bigplatts Active Member Full Member

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    I did. I even wrote a substack about my reasoning for picking him. I thought it was pretty obvious Hrgovic was going to win - it’s the only fight in the last year I’ve put a bet on (I’m usually terrible at predicting fights).

    Altho I did pick Hrgovic to win on points. I was surprised how the fight actually went down.
     
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    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Did you post on here beforehand?
     
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    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    That is honest
     
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  15. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Not being sarcastic or dismissive bit saying either way is sitting on the fence somewhat
     
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