If I were a ref and a guy was continually walking sideways staring off into space as his opponent just watched him and waited for me to stop it I'm 99% sure I would stop it. All said though, although the judging result was bad, the fight itself ended up being a great 12 round war.
Yes I also think Hrgovic would lose under pressure in the later half of the fight but he is fast strong and conditioned enough to win the early rounds and survive the late bombardment from Joyce. In a 15 rounder i would have went with Joyce straight away but at 10-12 rounds i definitely see Hrgovic as a live dog.
If he fights like against Zhang, he will get KOed in late rounds 100% after winning maybe 3-4 rounds.
Hrgovic starts off promising.Unlike Zhang, Joyce has the stamina and by the fourth round Joyce switches up in gears and lays on a sustained comprehensive beating. Hrgovic panics again, looks bewildered starts turning his back, dropping his arms etc. I believe the towel gets thrown in.
One is a top four Heavyweight, the other just won a robbery v Zhilei Zhang. How do you think it goes?
Somebody would get KTFO and I don't know who in that one... Joyce got the better feet though. Zhang's sneaky left. Hmm