{"id":674328,"date":"2026-05-16T08:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/674328\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T08:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:12:09","slug":"filip-hrgovic-reveals-the-one-fight-he-wants-most-ahead-of-dave-allen-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/674328\/","title":{"rendered":"Filip Hrgovi\u0107 reveals the one fight he wants most ahead of Dave Allen bout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filip Hrgovi\u0107 is set to return to action this Saturday when he faces Dave Allen in a crucial heavyweight clash<\/a>. The bout represents another important step for Hrgovi\u0107 as he continues rebuilding momentum and aims to return to world title contention.<\/p>\n

The Croatian enters the fight following victories over Joe Joyce and David Adeleye after suffering the first defeat of his professional career. Meanwhile, Allen comes into the contest with confidence of his own and has repeatedly insisted he believes he can produce a major upset.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the fight, Hrgovi\u0107 spoke about his long-term ambitions and revealed that one particular matchup remains high on his wishlist.<\/p>\n

Filip Hrgovi\u0107 calls Daniel Dubois rematch a dream fight<\/p>\n

During the final press conference backstage, Hrgovi\u0107 was asked whether becoming heavyweight world champion in a rematch against Daniel Dubois would make the achievement even more special, as Dubois captured the WBO heavyweight title defeating Fabio Wardley last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course that will be for me a dream fight,\u201d Hrgovi\u0107 said.<\/p>\n

The Croatian explained that a rematch with the world titles involved would represent the perfect opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo have a rematch and to challenge for world titles both in one punch. So it will be amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Hrgovi\u0107 admitted boxing can change quickly and stopped short of looking too far ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see. You never know in boxing what will happen next, who is going to fight who.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hrgovi\u0107 believes things would be different against Dubois<\/p>\n

Hrgovi\u0107 also reflected on his previous fight with Dubois and explained what he believes went wrong.<\/p>\n

According to the heavyweight contender, Dubois\u2019 jab became a major factor throughout the fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only punch he connected was the jab,\u201d Hrgovi\u0107 said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has a great jab and I wasn\u2019t blocking his jab.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Croatian also claimed he was dealing with several issues heading into the fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was sick before the fight. I was injured. He cut me from round one, so I was in a bad shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hrgovi\u0107 admitted he approached the fight too aggressively and believes his mindset ultimately worked against him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was too confident, coming forward too much, rushing too much. I thought I was going to destroy him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Hrgovi\u0107 believes a different approach would change everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will have a different mindset and I really think I\u2019m a better fighter and I can beat him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Hrgovi\u0107 squared off against Dubois in June 2024, where he was stopped in the eighth round, marking his career-first and only defeat. If the path gets crossed, Croatian will definitely try to avenge and capture the title.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reports have been swirling that if he gets past the Allen<\/a> challenge without suffering major injuries, he could fight Moses Itauma<\/a> in August. <\/p>\n

For now, Hrgovi\u0107\u2019s focus remains on Dave Allen, but a future meeting with Dubois clearly remains one of the heavyweight contender\u2019s biggest ambitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Filip Hrgovi\u0107 is set to return to action this Saturday when he faces Dave Allen in a crucial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,7701,23809,58050,85],"class_list":["post-674328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-daniel-dubois","tag-dave-allen","tag-filip-hrgovic","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}