Hrgovic drums out Molina

By Scott Shaffer

07/12/2019

Hrgovic drums out Molina

Filip Hrgovic KO3 Eric Molina... The gates to heavyweight contention swung open for Croatia's Filip Hrgovic, but the big man (6'6", 240 pounds) still has some questions to answer before he can be considered a future champion. Hrgovic knocked out Eric Molina of the United States in round three. Hrgovic was credited with a pair of knockdowns, but the referee missed two more. It was an ugly fight with Molina ducking his head low and getting hit behind the head by Hrgovic, although Molina's ducking contributed to the problem.  Hrgovic needs to work on his porous defense as Molina had some success landing quite a few wild overhand rights, one or two of which stopped Hrgovic in his tracks. Hrgovic is listed at 10-0 but is more accurately 36-4 due to pro bouts in the World Series of Boxing. Molina (27-6) has already fought both Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua in his career, but he has a full-time teacher's job in Texas and is well advised to retire. source: dazn