I was wrong too, Mansour wasn't good enough to get Hrgovic out of first gear and show us anything we didn't already know. Hrgovic looked good, light on his feet, though could of moved laterally more, boxed brilliantly from the back foot albeit against a much shorter opponent. He shortened his left hook nicely at times too. Mansour clearly could of gotten up but chose not too, he's clearly faded, Mansour a few years ago wouldn't of quit so easily. I suspect you might be right in regards to his marketability. He'll likely need to go the mandatory route to a title as he'll be too much risk for too little reward.
I think that his marketability will be fine as long as he fights often and wins. The fact that he's taken on Mansour in his 6th fight is a good sign. People want to see threatening boxers taking on solid opposition.
Hrgovic has a rugged charisma about him. He's there to fight, doesn't mind exchanges or challenges. He won't be hard to market. His footwork is amazing for a man his size, and yes he does have some Vitali Klitschko in him, except he might be a better in-fighter. He's still a bit of an unpolished diamond, so I hope he keeps active because he's in the molding stage of his career with a new trainer. His next opponent doesn't need to be a step forward, rather he needs an opponent who can give him a chance to shine in the areas he needs to. I'd pick him over Wilder right now. Form now to the end of 2019, I'd like to see him fight 5 more times. The goal should be to move into Ring Magazine's top ten.
Was watching Hrgovic against Mansour last night and he does remind me somewhat of Vitali Klitschko. It remains to be seen whether he has the same killer instinct and toughness of Vitali, but he looks the part at the level he is fighting at now. Looking forward to a couple of step up fights for him in 2019.
He did box a bit like him vs Mansour with a loose languid style that Vitali used. But there's a few differences, he's smaller for one, Vitali countered more, Hrgovic's movement isn't as good, he's very light on his feet like Wlad and quick with his feet but he moves back in straight lines and stands in front of opponents unlike Vitali. Vitali would punch then move off the centre line, make his opponent reset, punch them again and move off to the side again, he was always circling opponents, it's his most underrated skill. But Hrgovic is young maybe this is something he can pick up later on, with his light feet combined with some lateral movement he would be very tough for anyone.
I often think who is better Tischenko or Hrgovic, so far it is Tischenko because he have superior movement and technique but for one Hrgovic have better power. Hrgovic will be top heavyweight no doubt but he would loose to past heavyweight greats.