Filip Hrgovic is a serial rabbit puncher.

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  1. KINGWILDER

    KINGWILDER Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I really don’t understand how people seem to not be able to recognise this. Hrgovic consistently throws deliberate rabbit punches and the majority of the fights I’ve seen him in have ended after a couple of these shots. The McKean fight was terrible and he was throwing deliberate shots to the back of the guys head. The Molina fight had similarly bad rabbit punching.

    Now some guys turned away and come in low which means that the odd shot to the back of the head can happen. Hrgovic seems to deliberately aim there and throw dirty shots.

    Is he a good heavyweight? Yes, but he fights dirty and the hype that’s formed around him is hardly justified. He has one solid win against McKean and a win against Zhang in a fight where the majority of onlookers felt he lost. He’s a tough guy but I simply can’t understand how he’s been able to get away with rabbit punching like this for so long.
     
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  2. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    AJ will chin him
     
  3. UKDweller

    UKDweller New Member banned Full Member

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    I agree, he should be disqualified from heavyweight division. Also his cherry picking and ducking is out of the control. He ducked Joshua, Fury, Wilder and many top contenderss - YET he is still a mandatory. He needs to be penalized and removed from ranking like Whyte.

    He is holding up the division as mandatory and better fighters should replace him, without fighting him, ofcourse.
     
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  4. BlackDog

    BlackDog Active Member Full Member

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    McKean faul whole fight. He clinches, catch rope and leaning on Filip whole fight.
    Reffery dont react proper way soo Filip punch him where he can.

    Molina is known for turn back to opponents after he take good punch. He done that like DeMori when Filip go for finish.

    You cant turn back when it Hurts. Its illeagal in boxing same as rabbit punches.

    There was almost none of this kind of punch in Zhang fight
    Why? Because Zhang dont turn back to him to save himself.

    And I dont like rabbit punch off course. In ideal world Hrgovic should not do that. But we are not in ideal world.

    Go check on YouTube video film named "Wilder illeagal punch vs Ortiz" and look how illeagal he beat him again and again.
    Just for finish old Man.

    Hope that Hrgovic with better opposition who dont want just survive by fauls themself wont do that on purpose. If he do it then hope reffery will be strong enough to react.
     
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  5. UKDweller

    UKDweller New Member banned Full Member

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    Nahh, Hrgovic is to afraid of real opponents, because against real opponents you cant serial rabbit punch.

    Hrgovic not only got his olympic medal by rabbit punching Tony Yoka, he also lost to Joe Joyce by rabbit punching himself.
     
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  6. peter_uk

    peter_uk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Unfortunately this is an area boxing is too lenient on; the sport doesn't seem to learn from the tragedies of Prichard Colon etc, at most you would see a point deducted for rabbit punching with disqualifications rare.
     
  7. Eclipse

    Eclipse Member banned Full Member

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    Beterbiev is a bigger one and nobody says anything.
     
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  8. BlackDog

    BlackDog Active Member Full Member

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    As I said before. Molina is known for turn on back when he is in truoble. He done this many many time not only with Hrgovic.
    Always try complain then.
    McKean fauls whole fight. If somebody clinching You, hold You again and again and reffery dont react **** happend. Floyd win his fight by KO when Victor Ortiz trying apologise him.

    As I said. He dont do that to Zhilei because Chinese man dont try safe himself that way.
    He done it only with fight when opponents done this strategy to safe themself when felt his power.

    But that's my opinion. We will see how it goes in future.
     
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  9. DaRealJT

    DaRealJT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I wouldn’t even call Mckean a good win tbh
     
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  10. TheShellofKell

    TheShellofKell Nakatani Future P4P #1 Full Member

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    In 1 minute 46s Rabbit Punchovic hit De Mori 6x to the back of the skull, that's disgraceful.
     
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  11. lordlosh

    lordlosh Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    To be fair BlackDog is right on the Wilder case. He is Hrgovic supporter and i disagree on the excuse part, as Hrgovic for real is a dirty fighter with this rabbit punching. Even against guys like De Mori ....
    But Wilder oh dear, he is throwing all kind of illegal shots. Even against Parker he was trying to hammer fist him, absolutely pathetic. It's not just 1 or 2 fights. He is like that, and that's why i have zero sympathy for him when Fury grab hold him to death.
     
  12. lordlosh

    lordlosh Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    This is true as well, even though i like him a lot. :D
    I guess i'm just honest. ^^ Curious why so many other people can't be on here?
     
  13. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Terrible, fighter. Stiff, one-dimensional, lacks defense, oversold power.

    And yeah, he rabbit punches a lot.
     
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  14. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He rabbit punches no more than any other fighter.
     
  15. TheShellofKell

    TheShellofKell Nakatani Future P4P #1 Full Member

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    Absolute crap.
     
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