On August 12, 2023, a 32-year-old Demsey McKean (22-0, 14 KOs) and a 31-year-old Croatian boxer Filip Hrgović (15-0, 12 KOs) met in the ring.
McKean came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 28 days. Hrgović was on a 15-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 23 days.
Filip Hrgović stopped Demsey McKean via TKO in the 12th round. Hrgović improves his record to 16-0 (13 KOs), while McKean adds a loss to his record at 22-1.