Croatian Olympic medalist and outstanding amateur Filip Hrgovic announced that he might be turning pro soon. Original quote: Translation: I could already turn pro in the first half of 2017. I don't know the details, I don't know when, and I don't know with whom. All I know is that I want to turn pro and beat them all. I'm glad to see that he isn't wasting his time in the ams like a lot of other European prospects tend to do. He's only 24 and still has a lot of time to shake things up. Let's hope his decision to turn pro impacts other talented amateurs, of which there are plenty. We need more young blood for sure!
Hopefully he gets a good promoter and can get some good fights. Seems like a big reason ams don't turn pro is they don't think they can get the fights to take them places.
There were so many prospects that fought in Rio, luckily plenty of them are planning to turn pro, but a lot of the best are staying amateurs.
