Following Dillian Whyte withdrawing from his scheduled April 5 combat in opposition to Joe Joyce as a consequence of a hand damage, Filip Hrgovic will step in because the substitute opponent for Joyce as confirmed by Queensberry promoter Frank Warren.
“It’s a tricky combat for each of them,” Warren instructed Ring Journal. “It’s precisely the identical because the combat he had earlier than, Joe, in opposition to Dillian. The winner goes on, the loser goes to have to consider what he does.”
Hrgovic is most lately coming off a stoppage loss to Daniel Dubois final June and is trying to rebound to get himself again within the combine, the identical as Joyce who most lately misplaced a unanimous choice to Derek Chisora final July.
Warren would add that whereas it is a powerful combat for Joyce, he must earn a win over a reputable opponent if he really desires to get sufficient momentum to propel him in direction of a world title combat.
