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There is no real basis to say that the Ring would abandon Boromir as it did Isildur. It might have, but the fact that it happened to Isildur makes it no more likely that it would happen to Boromir. And again, the attitude of Isildur towards the Ring is quite contrary to that of Boromir.
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It doesn't have anything to do with the bearer's intentions. Isildur didn't use the Ring and lost it. Gollum did use the Ring and lost it. Hobbits were the only race to prove they could keep up with it. The Ring was part of Sauron, and didn't want to be divided from him.
If Boromir had took it or been given it, do you think he would've been able to use it and make it all the way back to Minas Tirith before being caught? It would abandon him by chance or be taken. I know not which, but I don't think he would've made it. This would mean losing it as a result of an attack. That's what happened to Isildur.
Isildur wasn't killed specifically because he had the Ring, nor did they find it, but it wasn't simply by chance that he lost it.