Wiil Usyk drop a belt to avoid Hrgovic?

[PBR Streetgang]

I still have yet to see anything from Hrgovic that makes me think he's anything special compared to the rest of the division.

I have to imagine alot of the avoidance is due to the fact he doesn't generate large purse amounts. The one fellow who picked up the gauntlet arguably should have won the decision.

[baroidi]

Usyk isn't young, if he is looking for a big payday that a Unified Champ deserves, Hrgovic isn't the answer. What did he make for the Dubois fight? I don't think it was much. A fight with Hrgovic isn't gonna generate much of a big payday. Hrgovic will probably take it to the courts if he doesn't get his title shot, he seems steadfast on it. Even if he doesn't get the Fury fight, a Zhang (if he gets past Joyce) fight will be bigger than a Hrgovic fight. Wilder is always dangerous, but they can probably generate huge interest with the American boxing machine. If he's about legacy, he'll fight Hrgovic. I don't know what's in his mind.

[Dr. Z]

I rest my case... You are an idiot. Put yourself in my position: You are claiming Usyk is ducking a fighter... And when I confirm that this might not be, and give an ironclad example...

You could say many things, but unless Lewis had a pathological fear of Puerto Ricans, there is no way he would fear Ruiz as an opponent. There is literally no logical way to make a case that Lewis had motive to duck Ruiz when we consider how Grant was viewed at the time, as compared to Ruiz.

I cannot argue with someone who thinks lewis ducked Ruiz. It is like the Russian thread... Some people are just beyond the pale, off the reservation...

What are you talking about?