Joyce vs. Hrgovic, a battle for relevance: “I’m going to win”, predict Joyce

Joe Joyce plans to defeat the heavy contestant Philip Hrgovic in his tenth -round holder this Saturday, April 5, Live in Dazn At 14:00 ET/11: 00 PM PT of the co-op Live Arena de Manchester, England.

None of the fighters can afford to suffer another loss if they want to be hunting on a world shot. 32 -year -old Hrgovic was eliminated in the eighth round by Daniel Dubois last June in Riyadh in a struggle in which he was a favorite to win.

Hrgovic appeared as a substitute after Dillian Whyte left the fight with Joyce due to an injury. This is Joyce’s hard replacement and it doesn’t look good.

“The Juggernaut” Joyce (16-3, 13 kos) has a record 1-3 in its last four fights and searched for the first 15 rankings after its last defeat against Derek Chisora ​​on July 27 last year. Joe’s performance in this struggle was one of the worst of his career, as he was slow at 281 pounds.

Weight clock

Joyce does not appear to have been cut for the Saturday struggle against the Hrgovic replacement rival (17-1, 14 kos), which could be bad news for him. In the last three Joyce fights, it is weighted in the 280’s, and this has too much weight because it is too slow to carry this kind of size. It must be in the 250’s, but that doesn’t seem to happen.

In 2013, Joyce defeated Hrgovic for a five -round divided decision in the world boxer series. However, he was much younger, thinner and faster than now.

“It is very well valued and is a name that will rise again to the top,” said Joe Joyce to Queensberry On his fight against the contestant Philip Hrgovic this Saturday, April 5 in Manchester, England. “Bookies do not always have it well. Let’s see. It’s a big struggle,” the Joyce “The Joyce” said when he was asked why Hrgovic has become the favorite despite having caused Daniel Dubois to defeat.

Hrgovic is number 6 IBF, #6 WBA and #6 WBC. After the way he looked at his loss in Dubois, he will probably have to focus on putting themselves in a position to fight a world title eliminator to become mandatory. None of the champions will give Hrgovica a world title in a voluntary defense because it is too dangerous.

Woman round

“It’s not the best situation, but it’s a great recovery,” Joyce said about his thoughts about Dillian Whyte who came out of his struggle. “Yes, it is a shame what happened to his finger, but that can happen in boxing.”

Whyte would still have been a very hard struggle for this version of Joyce, but more winning than against Hrgovic. It is a bad game for Joyce unless you can find the youth source.

“I am familiar with his stature, his style and whom he is training,” Joyce said about Hrgovic. “I have a good idea to do and how to overcome it. It was a great performance and I want to do the same thing again,” Joyce said about his five-round victory about Hrgovic in the world boxing series in 2013.

“We have had fights, we learned and we will fight a lot. There is a story, but I will win.”