Unbeaten IBF #1, WBA #8, WBO #13, WBC #15 heavyweight Filip Hrgovic (15-0, 12 KOs) and unbeaten IBF #13, WBO #14 Demsey McKean (22-0, 14 KOs) traded barbs before their twelve-rounder on Saturday’s Joshua-Helenius stream on DAZN from London:
Demsey McKean: “He waffles on about ‘who has he knocked out that I haven’t knocked out?’ Well, who has he decisively beaten? He only has Zhilei Zhang and that was a controversial decision, so we have similar CVs as each other. He’s a good fighter, I just think I have the tools to beat him and give him a hell of a night.”
Filip Hrgovic: We will see – anything is possible in boxing and life. But I don’t see how he can beat me. He’s had 22 fights before, but I don’t see anything special in his game and as I said before, it’s one thing to be confident, but another to be delusional.
“I am glad the fight with Zhang happened, I didn’t look very well, but I know that was my worst night, but I beat a good fighter, you saw what he did to Joe Joyce, he showed he’s a top ten heavyweight and on my worst night I beat him. That’s good that I had that performance and people can underestimate me, because I know that I can do much better and I didn’t take this fight with Demsey lightly and I am ready for anything.”
Good to see Flip wore his best t-shirt
McKean looks jacked – probably juicing.
Better fight than Robot vs Helenius
Comical barb’s by both,,both haven’t fought anyone of real note, so each way bet for me
Zhang is someone of note
Zhang was robbed. He was gifted that fight. He can’t beat Joyce anyway.
“Robbed” is a bit heavy. I had Zhang by a single point. It was far from a robbery. Compared to about fifty fights I could name off the top of my head, this was a competitive one that coulda gone either way,
McKean’s got this one!
McKean is slow and robotic. Padded record is ever there was one. He’s not a hope.