Joe Joyce vs Filip Hrgovic: Eddie Hearn Predicts Tough Night for ‘The Juggernaut’

Queensberry Promotions are now exclusively part of DAZN, and April 5 will mark the beginning of this new partnership with the card dubbed ‘Heavy Impact.’ In the main event at the Co-op Live Arena, Manchester, we will see Joe Joyce vs Filip Hrgovic in the main event. Ahead of this heavyweight clash, Eddie Hearn spoke to The Stomping Ground, predicting the outcome of the fight.

Eddie Hearn Predicts Joe Joyce vs Filip Hrgovic

Joyce vs Hrgovic: Hearn Weighs In

The entire card will be streamed live on DAZN in over 200 countries. The main event is a must-win for both. Joyce (16-3, 15 KOs) is looking to rebound from his loss to Derek Chisora, and Hrgovic (17-1, 14 KOs) is eager to bounce back from his stoppage defeat to Daniel Dubois.

Ahead of the main event, Hearn reflected on the last fight for Joyce: “He had a very close fight with Derek Chisora in his last fight,” said Hearn.

“Without the knockdown, it would have been very close.”

Looking ahead to April 5 and reflecting on where Joyce is in his career, the Matchroom Sport chairman said: “He can whack, he’s got a great chin, [but] as his career has progressed, the punch resistance has changed. Shots that hurt him against Chisora would never have hurt him before.

“The thousands of rounds of heavy sparring have been a problem. If you want a prediction, he will be well-beaten on Saturday and it will be inside three or four rounds.”

Joe Joyce vs Filip Hrgovic Full Fight Card

• Joe Joyce vs. Filip Hrgovic, 10 rounds, heavyweights
• David Adeleye vs. Jeamie “TKV” Tshikeva, 10 rounds, heavyweights
• Jack Rafferty vs. Cory O’Regan, 12 rounds, for Rafferty’s Commonwealth super lightweight title
• Delicious Orie vs. Milos Veletic, 4 rounds, heavyweights
• Mark Chamberlain vs. Miguel Angel Scaringi, 8 rounds, super lightweights
• Khaleel Majid vs. Alex Murphy, 10 rounds, super lightweights
• Juergen Uldedaj vs. Gerardo Mellado, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
• Royston Barney-Smith vs. Cesar Paredes, 8 rounds, super featherweights
• Nelson Birchall vs. Rodrigo Matias Areco, 6 rounds, featherweights
• Ramtin Musah vs. Robbie Chapman, 4 rounds, super middleweights
• Alfie Middlemiss vs. Alexander Morales, 4 rounds, featherweights
• Louis Szeto vs. Nabil Ahmed, 4 rounds, bantamweights

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