{"id":334219,"date":"2026-05-13T23:29:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=334219"},"modified":"2026-05-13T23:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:59:57","slug":"filip-hrgovic-snaps-after-dave-allen-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/filip-hrgovic-snaps-after-dave-allen-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Filip Hrgovic Snaps After Dave Allen Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div style=\"display:flex; justify-content:center; align-items:center; gap:12px; flex-wrap:wrap;\">\n<picture style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google.png.webp\"><\/source><\/p>\n<\/picture>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;\n            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/follow-google-news.png\"><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/div>\n<p>Hrgovic, who faces Allen this weekend at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, suddenly looked much more engaged after hearing concerning the chants and predictions coming from Allen\u2019s side ahead of the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what fans should expect, Hrgovic predicted a knockout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn enormous knockout,\u201d said Hrgovic to DAZN.<\/p>\n<p>The Croatian heavyweight then reacted to a song circulating around Allen\u2019s camp predicting a stoppage victory over him. Hrgovic either misunderstood the lyrics or just refused to take them seriously.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJust see how he looks like, how he dresses up. He says, \u2018Hrgovic in seven rounds.\u2019 It means I win in seven rounds, right? Yeah, that\u2019s how I see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Once the part about Allen wanting to \u201ckick his head in\u201d was relayed to him, the smirk disappeared.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m getting extra strong. I\u2019m destroying this guy on Saturday,\u201d said Hrgovic. \u201cI\u2019m ruining your party, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Allen enters the fight because the underdog but has spent the week embracing the role of hometown spoiler. He has repeatedly pointed to Hrgovic\u2019s knockout loss to Daniel Dubois as proof that the Croatian could be broken down under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>The gang inside the general public workout clearly sided with Allen throughout the exchange, adding to the hostile atmosphere once Hrgovic began responding. What had began as a relaxed media appearance quickly was considered one of the more tense moments of fight week.<\/p>\n<p>Hrgovic has mostly treated the fight like a mismatch. Wednesday\u2019s exchange finally dragged some emotion out of him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-video\" data-provider=\"youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J3UGkrpScQE\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J3UGkrpScQE\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" onclick=\"perfmattersLazyLoadVideo(this);\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/J3UGkrpScQE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sabox-authors\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-wrap\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"author\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-tab saboxplugin-tab-about\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-desc\">\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><strong>Tom Galm<\/strong> is a boxing journalist who has covered the worldwide fight landscape since 2014, specializing in heavyweight evaluation, industry trends, and fighter psychology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hrgovic, who faces Allen this weekend at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, suddenly looked much more engaged after hearing concerning the chants and predictions coming from Allen\u2019s side ahead of the fight. Asked what fans should expect, Hrgovic predicted a knockout. \u201cAn enormous knockout,\u201d said Hrgovic to DAZN. The Croatian heavyweight then reacted to a song [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":334220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[2583,2032,9421,13021,6302,5242],"class_list":["post-334219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-allen","tag-dave","tag-filip","tag-hrgovic","tag-snaps","tag-threat"],"aioseo_notices":[{"message":"The permalink for this post just changed! 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