Comments Thread For: Hrgovic: I Heard That Joseph Parker Wants To Fight Me In March... I Accept Your Offer, Joe

[Atypicalbrit]

Parker v Hrgovic and Wilder or Sanchez vs Zhang yes please.

[Butt stuff]

And after taking big hits from ZZ, he bounced back every time. I'm a little surprised that people don't notice that about Hrgovic, how tough he is.

Yeah the guy was also definitely concussed. He didn’t seem to know what was going on at one point. Lesser fighters have quit when in that position.

[TheOneAboveAll]

Parker by a KO. Hrgovic`s slow Frankenstein style will not look good.

Agree with this, but maybe a UD. Parker's better foot speed will be the difference.

[TheOneAboveAll]

There's less than three weeks between Fury - Usyk and March 8th. The IBF can almost certainly be strung along by the winner past that date.

Fury will not be there. He is doing ******* right now dealing with his anxiety.

[El_Mero]

Should be fun

[theface07]

Meh, people overrate Hrgovic`s win over Zhang. First, Zhang entered the fight as a fringe contender, with a very little belief in himself. He had no game plan and he was probably badly prepared. When he realised how beatable Hrgovic was it was too late.

Parker will not have the same problems. And, if Hrgovic had so much problems with lazy Zhang``s punches, imagine what will Parker`s fast hands do to him.

easy fight for Parker. Easier than Wilder. If you fight Wilder, you are in danger to get knocked out every second.

A few things wrong here.
One: how do you know Zhang had very little belief in himself prior to the Hrgovic fight?
Two: how do you know he had no game plan and was badly prepared? Did you ever think that maybe he had a game plan but it didn't work as well as expected in the fight?
What kind of trainer would he have had to not prepare him properly or have a game plan in place, especially considering it was his biggest fight up to that point?
Three: Wilder was a shadow of his former self against Parker. He was so laid back that it looked like he was still high on the hallucinogenic drug he took during his spiritual retreat.

Styles make fights and triangle theories don't always apply in boxing, especially in the heavyweight division.

[Roberto Vasquez]

I go for Parker but it's hard to tell tbh. Parker has at least showed heart and skills in (almost) every fight he has been in. Last fight he boxed perfectly to a game plan. I feel that Parker didn't get the credit he deserved for nullifying Wilder.

Hrgovic is still unproven. He did well against Zhang but as of yet Zhang is unproven too. We do know Zhang has power though. Not sure why Hrgovic fought that bum in his last fight? Hardly good preparation for the top fights!

[pollywog]

Shifu Lee and The Mighty Oilskin Parker working to clear out the division.

Hrgovic, Zhang, Joshua...BOOYAA!!!

[body_sz]

A few things wrong here.
One: how do you know Zhang had very little belief in himself prior to the Hrgovic fight?
Two: how do you know he had no game plan and was badly prepared? Did you ever think that maybe he had a game plan but it didn't work as well as expected in the fight?
What kind of trainer would he have had to not prepare him properly or have a game plan in place, especially considering it was his biggest fight up to that point?
Three: Wilder was a shadow of his former self against Parker. He was so laid back that it looked like he was still high on the hallucinogenic drug he took during his spiritual retreat.

Styles make fights and triangle theories don't always apply in boxing, especially in the heavyweight division.

@theface07:
you are right. Zhang was well confident going into the fight with hrgovic. Of course he was prepared and had a strict belief in himself.
He collected so many hard Hits from El Animal but was so obsessed to win that fight that he forget to continue his good performance until the last round.

[sege64]

Good fight. I don't rate Hrgovic, but styles make fights and I think he would be too big, solid, and too good a boxer with his jab for Joe maybe.
Joe is solid, but nothing special. He fought to a rigid game plan against Wilder and never had to worry about Wilder making an adjustment Lol.

The most obvious game plan against someone like Hrgovic would be to peek a boo inside and then scare Hrgovic with fast combinations. But I don't think Joe is good enough for that. Anything else I could envisage Hrgovic just jabbing his way to a pretty easy victory.

But Joe is improving all the time under Andy Lee, such a shame this has come late in his career. So you never know what he might bring new on the night, so it still makes it an intriguing fight i think.

I think Zhang would actually be an easier fight for Joe, as he could potentially avoid the early pressure and drown the old boy down the stretch.