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SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA

AUGUST 20

UNDERCARD

FILIP HRGOVIC earned his place in the queue for Oleksandr Usyk as he got off the floor to win a hotly-disputed but unanimous decision over Zhilei Zhang in a gruelling heavyweight eliminator on the undercard at the King Abdullah Sports City Arena.

The first round knockdown came from a right hook that seemed to land behind the Croatian’s head, but referee Malik Waleed counted. Hrgovic struggled to get going during the first half, while Zhang, who won a silver medal at the Beijing

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