Hrgovic

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Liverpool’s Callum Smith (28-1, 20 KOs) returns to face France’s reigning European Champion and No.2 ranked WBC 175lbs contender Mathieu Bauderlique (21-1, 12 KOs) in a Final Eliminator for the World Title currently held by Artur Beterbiev. Avoided Croatian Heavyweight star Filip Hrgovic (14-0, 12 KOs) meets China’s undefeated Zhilei Zhang (24-0-1, 19 KOs) in a Final Eliminator for the IBF Heavyweight World Title. [>>>>CLICK HERE FOR THE LIVE SCORECARD<<<<](https://www.boxingscene.com/schedule/event/filip-hrgovic-vs-zhang-zhilei--1226/scorecard)

Filip Hrgovic won a controversial decision over Zhilei Zhang, Callum Smith knocked out Mathieu Bauderlique, and more.

Basically as soon as Ali (7-0, 2 KO) landed a decent combination, she was down and done, had no interest in continuing. Nova (10-3, 10 KO) has a truly nothing record, even by women’s boxing standards with the lack of depth and all that, and did not come to fight here. In the end, “Zizo” had too much fire, and scored a pair of knockdowns before the ref stopped it late in the first round, which was a fair call. That eighth round was also awful and fully went against him, because when he should have been getting a breather, Jack was landing big shots. That said, he was definitely the better boxer here, and can still fight. For what it’s worth, Bad Left Hook had this 95-95 on our unofficial card, and Jack (27-3-3, 16) just does not look like a proper world-level cruiserweight. That’s inexcusable, frankly; it’s not the first time in history it’s happened, of course, but I mean, this is supposed to be a world-class event and it’s a high-level, meaningful fight. Beterbiev also has the IBF and WBO titles, and has a WBO mandatory due against Anthony Yarde, which was meant to happen Oct. He’s now going to be a mandatory for Artur Beterbiev, at least for the time being. The 32-year-old Smith looks sharp and strong at 175, and I think Buddy McGirt’s plan to turn him into a bit more of a pressure fighter seems to be a good call. Bauderlique had been down once before that in the round, as well. It was a grueling, hard-hitting fight, and one where both deserve real credit.

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There was a clash of heads right at the start of the third round, with Hrgovic left bleeding from the high up on the left side of his head, with Zhang picking up some damage to his forehead. Hrgovic, who went down in the opening round, this from a right hand that hit him in the back of the head, looked exhausted at times during the engrossing, somewhat odd encounter. From here on in, it was a slugfest, at times one that appeared to be being fought in slow-motion.

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Then in the eighth, Zhang landed a nasty left, which the Croatian man handled. [Hrgovic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_Hrgović) moved and looked to get angles in the opener. The Chinese whacker hurt Hrgovic in the fifth. In the third, we saw a slice drip on Filip Hrgovic, the RING prospect of the year in 2018, on his scalp, outside the left eye. In the second, Hrg tried to take it to 2008 Olympic silver medal winner Zhang more, though he still looked to respect the Chinese man's power. The bout had been put off when the Croatian Filip Hrgovic suffered the loss of his father.

Filip Hrgović has beaten China's Zhang Zhilei on points in the IBF final eliminator tonight at The Jewel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to earn a fight for a world ...

[#UsykJoshua2] [#RageOnTheRedSea] [pic.twitter.com/gX2mDPkkCc] [August 20, 2022] Hrgović would find his rhythm again and begin to dominate more in the later rounds as Zhang began to tire. [#UsykJoshua2] [#RageOnTheRedSea] [pic.twitter.com/aVZgtyDaCA] [August 20, 2022]

Heavyweight contender Filip Hrgovic pulled out a close decision victory over Zhang Zhilei in a grinding, grueling and punishing final elimination bout on ...

Zhang landed a heavy left hand in the opening seconds of the eighth round but walked through and returned fire with his own heavy right in what had become a grueling fight. Hrgovic (15-0, 12 KOs), 30, of Croatia, now trained by Ronnie Shields in Houston, came back strong in the second round and rocked Zhang with a right hand. He had a dominant sixth round, sending Hrgovic reeling as he landed many hard shots.

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ET / 9 p.m. Victory leaves Smith with only a single loss to Canelo Alvarez, as a mouth-watering world title shot potentially awaits with Artur Beterbiev in 2023. From the off, Bauderlique got off to a quick start with the southpaw jab as he beat Smith to the punch. The Croat stepped on the gas, boxing well from the outside with the jab. Hrgovic finished strongly in a bout where Zhang played his part. With the pace slowing, Hrgovic’s second wind followed, hitting Zhang at will. Hrgovic slowly grew into the round with more sustained success after initially appearing jaded. But once again, the Chinese refused to go away. A clash of heads followed in the third, as both fighters drew blood. Hrgovic started the next much better, only for Zhang to remind Hrgovic of his power with some counter lefts. ET / 1:30 p.m. Meanwhile, Callum Smith was looking to follow up his devastating second-round knockout of Lenin Castillo against Mathieu Bauderlique in the light-heavyweight division.

Filip Hrgovic got off the floor to scrape home with a narrow but unanimous decision over Zhilei Zhang in their IBF heavyweight final eliminator, ...

Hrgovic was up on his toes at the start of the eleventh, but Zhang landed a solid left. Hrgovic fired back as Zhang caught his breath, but he trudged back to his corner looking despondent at the end of the round. From somewhere, Zhang landed a series of punches that rocked Hrgovic and made him cling on. The action slowed to a pedestrian pace in the ninth round, as they plodded after each other. Hrgovic was now getting on top and, after they both landed in an exchange, Hrgovic started to put his punches together. But it was Zhang who came forward throughout the round, sting Hrgovic with a series of straight left.