Comments Thread For: Joe Joyce gets solid replacement for injured Dillian Whyte in Filip Hrgovic

[4truth]

A couple of used to have hopers.

[brankobugarski]

Whatever Joyce once had has seemingly gone. Can’t see anything but a Hrgovic win here.

I agree. Joyce had a granite chin until Zhang cracked it. Now he has nothing. Hrgovic will not gas because he will not go for an early KO like he foolishly did against DDD.

[landotter]

I do like this fight much more. I was wondering if Hrgovic was done. I have not even typed his name to irritate spell check in what seems like a year. Joyce can be at least respected for taking on a name.

Hrgovic by UD sounds like an early favorite to bet.

[Bob]

If Hrgovic has been training i fear for Joyce in this one.
Hrgovic could be top 5 if he had any urgency in his career but he vanishes between fights.

[NihonJim]

Joyce bullied Hrgovic in the amateurs and he would be well advised to try and do the same here.

He's never beating Hrgovic at a finicky points scoring boxing match so just brawl him and Joyce has half a chance.

[Left Hook Louie]

Thought Hrgovic had quietly retired.

Yes, and he did exactly that in the DDD fight.
We all saw it.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Joyce can't move his head and his chin is gone since Zhang fights. Hrgovic should win. Hrgovic himself is his biggest enemy. Man looks like he lacks a fighting desire.

[body_sz]

Joyce bullied Hrgovic in the amateurs and he would be well advised to try and do the same here.

He's never beating Hrgovic at a finicky points scoring boxing match so just brawl him and Joyce has half a chance.

I don’t know which fight you saw between them but in the amateurs it was a very competitive close fight.

today I see Hrgovic as the Favourite because Joyce has lost his special chin and workrate as we saw it against Chisora and the second loss against Zhang. If Hrgovic boxes like against Zhang it will be more than enough. Because in the fight against Zhang he for example won the last round easily while Zhang didn‘t throw any punch in the last 3 minutes. That means there was enough Gas in his tank to finish the fight. And this would be enough for a Juggernaut who had his best days 3 years ago.

if Hrgovic makes the mistake like against DDD and to gass out too early, then JJ could use it for his purpose

[Dr Z]

While I agree, I would say a chance exists that Hrgovic completely gasses before he can put Joyce away and turns into a punching bag. We have seen him fatigue in the past and this is pretty short notice.

If Hrgovic trains hard and works on his stamina, he will look like a beast. He lost vs. the best version of Dubois ever and his dirty tricks ( head buts ). It was a combination of the above. I still believe in him. He will beat the man who beat Dubois.

[Dr Z]

Joyce bullied Hrgovic in the amateurs and he would be well advised to try and do the same here.

He's never beating Hrgovic at a finicky points scoring boxing match so just brawl him and Joyce has half a chance.

Hrgovic was 20 years old then...