Would Dubois beat Hrgovic without the headbutts?

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Dubois beats Hrgvoic without headbutts?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  1. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Internet virgin Full Member

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  2. senpai

    senpai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I have a problem with a man, who abondoned everething he believed and stand for all his life. suddenly he is not doing anything, not protecting people who wants to pray, when there are being attacked in churches, refused to speak in his fathers language on cameras, when in private he speaks with his team, not following the traditions, when he was doing that every single year before that.

    It was said that he is doing that to protect his family, but Loma was in similar situation and he never changed. He is still the same, protecting everything he believes in. That's a real man. Loma is the example of how to behave outside of the ring.

    Maybe you don't know, but both Usyk and Loma was in traitors list of the country before.
     
  3. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    Everything is legal, if the refree doesn't see it, or if he allows it.
    I am not saying that it is sporty and gentlemanly, nor that I agree with it.
    Hrgović should have had tactics on how to adapt to that.
     
  4. Jab in the Face

    Jab in the Face Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hrgovich thought he was a world beater because he kept fighting bums.

    The Mark De Mori match up was legit embarrassing.
     
  5. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hrgovic should have kept his distance and use his jab, as soon as he got into a fight with Dubois, it didn't end well for him...
     
  6. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    That would of been the smart thing to do, follow the Joyce strategy and keep him on the outside as Dubois has always had loads of power.

    But that's never really been Hrgovic's style. He doesn't have a traditional authoritative jab, he paws with it as a range finder for the right, uses it to pull down guards to set up the right, frames with it, to create space for the right, in fact everything he does with it, is to simply set up the right hand, which is why his right hand always lands with regularity. That makes Hrgovic offensively pretty damn effective, but it also makes him terrible as an out boxer who fights from range which is what he really needed to disarm and beat Dubois.

    Until he develops a more traditional jab that he can use to control range he will always struggle with aggressive guys that try to walk him down and force him onto the back foot or make him stand and trade.