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1okstcsb wrote: ↑22 Aug 2022, 00:40 I thought Zhang won a close decision, Main Thing I got from this fight is Hrgovic should NOT have been avoided by all those ranked Fighters who were offered a fight with Hrgovic before Zhang accepted the fight. Hrgovic is not that good, every time he got hit solid, he turned and started walking away like it was the end of the round, allowing Zhang to hit him with several clean shots to Hrgovics face. He looked like he was daydreaming when he turned away, If Zhang was hitting hard enough to make him not no where he was that many times Zhang probably won, It was clear Zhang's punches were more damaging. Hrgovic will not be avoided anymore, he is not good enough to be avoided

Finkel wrote: ↑24 Aug 2022, 04:41

1okstcsb wrote: ↑22 Aug 2022, 00:40 I thought Zhang won a close decision, Main Thing I got from this fight is Hrgovic should NOT have been avoided by all those ranked Fighters who were offered a fight with Hrgovic before Zhang accepted the fight. Hrgovic is not that good, every time he got hit solid, he turned and started walking away like it was the end of the round, allowing Zhang to hit him with several clean shots to Hrgovics face. He looked like he was daydreaming when he turned away, If Zhang was hitting hard enough to make him not no where he was that many times Zhang probably won, It was clear Zhang's punches were more damaging. Hrgovic will not be avoided anymore, he is not good enough to be avoided

Regarding Hrgovic being avoided, I think that was more down to money. Ortiz, Parker and Joyce didn't like the idea of being forced to earn a small purse as the IBF B-side against Hrgovic.
Ortiz went the WBC route, Parker and Joyce have gone the WBO route.

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 14:35 Does anyone seriously believe that Hrgovic would be competitive against the likes of Joyce and Parker?

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑24 Aug 2022, 06:20

Finkel wrote: ↑24 Aug 2022, 04:41

1okstcsb wrote: ↑22 Aug 2022, 00:40 I thought Zhang won a close decision, Main Thing I got from this fight is Hrgovic should NOT have been avoided by all those ranked Fighters who were offered a fight with Hrgovic before Zhang accepted the fight. Hrgovic is not that good, every time he got hit solid, he turned and started walking away like it was the end of the round, allowing Zhang to hit him with several clean shots to Hrgovics face. He looked like he was daydreaming when he turned away, If Zhang was hitting hard enough to make him not no where he was that many times Zhang probably won, It was clear Zhang's punches were more damaging. Hrgovic will not be avoided anymore, he is not good enough to be avoided

Regarding Hrgovic being avoided, I think that was more down to money. Ortiz, Parker and Joyce didn't like the idea of being forced to earn a small purse as the IBF B-side against Hrgovic.
Ortiz went the WBC route, Parker and Joyce have gone the WBO route.

Exactly!

The fighters ordered to face Hrgovic in the IBF eliminator would have been compelled (according to the IBF’s rules) to only accept a 25% purse split, with Hrgovic receiving the remainder, since Filip was rated 2nd.

But most fight fans are stupid, and prefer to believe the “everybody is ducking the fearsome Hrgovic” narrative, rather than conceding the rather obvious and more mundane factually accurate reason.

Basically, the likes of Hunter, Parker, Ortiz etc. all flatly-refused to take massive pay cuts and receive tiny purses, earning much less than a commercially unpopular anonymous fighter that constantly engages in mismatches against janitors, road sweepers, cab drivers etc.

Mexi-Box wrote: ↑25 Aug 2022, 02:26 The real question is can Ortiz beat Zhang? I don't think so. Ortiz would not be able to take half those punches that Hrgovic did.

IRL25 wrote: ↑24 Aug 2022, 17:48

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 14:35 Does anyone seriously believe that Hrgovic would be competitive against the likes of Joyce and Parker?

On that showing I think Hrgovic gets knocked out by Joe Joyce in the mid to late rounds, Joyce brings constant pressure for the whole round and shows good variety in his punches when not eating them up.