On March 3, 2023, a 39-year-old Mike Balogun (20-0, 16 KOs) and a 29-year-old Russian boxer Murat Gassiev (29-1, 22 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Balogun came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 25 days. Gassiev was on a 3-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 5 days.
Murat Gassiev stopped Mike Balogun via TKO in the 2nd round. Gassiev improves his record to 30-1 (23 KOs), while Balogun adds a loss to his record at 20-1.