Where the hell is Filip Hrgovic?

If you think back to the fighter he was back in 2018 and 2019 as a professional when he first turned over. He was an animal back then and looked super fit.

However, its clear he lacks the motivation to train now, and does not appear to take the sport as seriously as he did as an amateur.

Do I think he recovers the motivation? I very much doubt it, after 4 years now coming in half **** and not appearing to care. Its pretty clear boxing is not Filip's life anymore and he will probably end up selling his name to a few up and comers and retiring with a streak of losses.

Perhaps he lost motivation because he did not have the promotion or financing to get the big fights? Therefore he just ended up going through the motions knowing what he got for fighting was pocket money at a lower level...I think that is how it played out with him. A disappointing professional career, but a common story.

 

odds are he is frozen out by the promoters like most non American or Brit fighters.

 

He has clearly always been a marginally dedicated guy. He's quit now that they won't give him a belt.

 

Hrgovic no longer has motivation for boxing, especially after he became the father of a daughter, earned some money and has his own company, I don't think he will fight anymore...

 

I hate saying it but like the captain in the Sopranos says when Tony challenges them on the money getting passed up...he "died on the vine".

Hrgovic sat around on the shelf for years being avoided and wasting time with bad promoters. By the time I saw him arrogantly writing off Dubious pre fight I figured he might be getting a bit ahead of himself thinking Dubious was still the kid from sparring from 10 years before.

The fight confirmed everything I was thinking...he spent to long sitting on the shelf. "He died on the vine." It's going to take a huge effort mentally to come back from that.

 

Dubois crushed him and his confidence. He will never be back as a serious contender. Maybe for some pocket money as a gate keeper.

 

One of the laziest world level boxers I've ever seen.

 

He has come over as someone who lacks desire, but don't know how true that is. Some will say he's been frozen out, just like they did before, despite being moved into a mandatory spot, but that also maybe true, he simply isn't very marketable and now without the mandatory position and the 0, this is even more true.

Reality is if he is to become some what relevant again he has to take any opportunity that comes his way, he isn't in a position to pick and choose. He really should just be staying busy, even if it's fighting journeymen on undercards or in small events in Croatia. But I would be surprised if he did that, he didn't do that before. I doubt we'll see him in the ring any time soon.

 

Hrgovic will probably slide even deeper unless he beats a good fighter, I would like to see him with Wardley it would be a great fight for both of them, he needs to pull himself together, recover and fight, other fighters have also gone through crises so they came back so why not would he too?

 

Great to hear he got a business and a decent sounding life out of the sport .

 

I think his dad dying took a lot out of him. Couple that with losing his mandatory spot and I think he just doesn't have the motivation at the moment.

 

Poor management has always been his problem. He needs a decent promoter.

 

I was shocked to read that he’s only 32, clearly he has the talent to make the big bucks in big fights considering how well he did against Zhang and Dubois before he gassed. Hopefully he doesn’t just fade away into obscurity.

 

I believe the death of his father impacted him a lot. Don’t think he enjoys boxing anymore or has the same level of ambition.