Who do you think will be more successful? Who is physically stronger, who hits harder? What do you think?
Hrgovic is better (stronger and hits harder) but Yoka may be given better opportunities in the years to come.
Yoka. He doesn’t seem to hit as hard, but his fundamentals are extremely good for such a big man. Great movement and punch variety. Massively underrated on here.
Yoka is absolutely terrible. He definitely won't do much. Hrgovic is definitely overrated, but it won't be difficult to end up with a better record than Yoka.
That fight was a bit of an eye opener. Showed his lack of inside skills and counter punching will make him a Wlad type fighter, get off first then clinch. I suspect at a higher level his athleticism, speed and movement won't be such a big advantage as it has been at the lower level and you'll see him in more ugly unimpressive performances like vs Hammer. Right now I think Yoka is talented but he has big holes in his game. I'd pick Hrgovic over him right now, better chin, more power, knows how to counter and his style is more suited to the pro game. I also thought Hrgovic beat him at the Olympics pretty decisively so right now Hrgovic has to be favourite.
Apparently Yoka is packing some absolute fine China in his mandible. You can only get so far with a legit glass chin. He may make it to world championship level but probably won’t dominate or beat the elite guys and have many successful title defences.
They're both in the Valley of Disillusionment where the excitement of a prospect with potential has worn off but they haven't really fulfilled the potential yet. Yoka seems to have endurance issues and Hrgovic has promotion issues, both of those are real problems that aren't always easy to solve but hopefully at least one of them gets over the top and makes it to the next level.
Just watched the Olympics semi-final between these two for the first time. Hrgovic very unlucky, I thought. He pressed forwards for the duration, landed to the head & body & landed more with more on it, imo. Yoka benefited from a vocal French element of the crowd who cheered even when he clearly missed. Decent mover, but his main gear was reverse. And he didn't go to the body with anything meaningful on it. Who's the better professional prospect? Well, as an Olympic gold medalist based in France presumably that means there's plenty of money behind him. That helps in terms of securing opponents & developing his career properly. Having watched the two of them in a boxing ring together I think Hrgovic is the better fighter but I'm not sure that will translate into a more successful career for the reasons stated in the previous paragraph. In saying that, I think Hrgovic can be Heavyweight Champion of the World if they can get him the right fights & he's not too old before they do. Bakole is a step in the right direction as an opponent so long as Hrgovic doesn't walk into one & get laid out. After that, I think it's time to turn him loose & take on whoever's willing to face him. They need to get a move on though which is why I suspect they've taken the Bakole fight. He's not exactly what I'd call an ideal development opponent.
