Filip Hrgovic has reached the level of Tony Tucker.

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  1. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tucker was also an IBF champion who never successfully defended the title, and Hrgovic is currently at the same level Tucker was.
     
    CroBox29, Sep 17, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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  2. Dubblechin

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    Neither did Tyson Fury, or Andy Ruiz, or Hasim Rahman.
     
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  3. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's only about the IBF title winners, not the other belts Winners...
     
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  4. Dubblechin

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    Tyson Fury won the IBF belt, and never successfully defended it once.

    Andy Ruiz won the IBF belt, and never successfully defended it once.

    Hasim Rahman won the IBF belt, and never successfully defended it once.

    Technically, Daniel Dubois only has one IBF title win against Joshua. Dubois was elevated from interim champ. But he only has one win in a fight for the actual IBF title.
     
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  5. Redbeard7

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    Among the best European HW's of all time, Hrgovic now sits at 5th: below Usyk, Fury and the Klitschkos. I rate him above Povetkin because undefeated Zhang and Itauma are better than anyone Povetkin beat, Hrgovic only has one loss, Hrgovic has been more avoided and Hrgovic became a legitimate titlist while Povetkin did not.
     
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  6. vargasfan1985

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    And?
     
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  7. Mark Anthony

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    Yeah, this sounds so random.
     
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  8. Cojimar 1946

    Cojimar 1946 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What about Lewis
     
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  9. Ken Ashcroft

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    Charles Martin won the IBF title in Jan 2016 and lost it 3 months later in an unsuccessful 1st defence against Anthony Joshua.
     
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  10. Redbeard7

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    Jamaican/African heritage.
     
    Redbeard7, Sep 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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  11. slash

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    He was born in England. Doesn't that count?
     
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  12. Redbeard7

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    Not to me. I'm not making a 1:1 comparison, but Axel Rudakubana wasn't a Welshman or a European either.
     
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  13. slash

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    OK

    Axel Rudakubana. That's ****ing disgusting.
     
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  14. Redbeard7

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    The controlled media described him as a "Welsh choirboy", did they not? I'm not going to partake in these sinister delusions.

    Moses Itauma: Slovakian mother, Nigerian father, named after a Jewish resistance leader, claims he has "Nigerian power", not even born in the UK, as Anjem Choudary was for example, but he's British! You must back the Brit!
     
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  15. slash

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    Sickening
     
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