Moses Itauma and Demsey McKean square off on Saturday December 21 as part of the exciting Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury 2 Reignited fight card, set to be broadcast live on DAZN Pay-Per-View.
Being part of another Riyadh Season card shows just how quickly Itauma has built his reputation, and the WBO Intercontinental heavyweight champion knows another W at his young age at the end of the year will catapult him even faster to stardom.
The 19-year-old is currently 10-0, with 8 knockouts, and comes up against the vastly experienced McKean in this fascinating heavyweight battle.
Australian born McKean, 34, possesses a 22-1 record, with 15 KO's, but he has not fought since suffering that one loss to Filip Hrgovic by TKO in August 2023.
As part of three heavyweight duels on the fight card, everything is on the line for both fighters for very different reasons. Here is everything you need to know about this fight.
Moses Itauma vs. Demsey McKean date and UK start time
The Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury 2 fight card is on Saturday December 21, and is again held at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fight times will be fully confirmed around a week before the fight, and will be updated on this page.
But the main card, including Moses Itauma vs. Demsey McKean, is expected to begin around 7pm UK time.
The main event of Usyk versus Fury 2 is expected to start around 11pm UK time.
- Date: Saturday December 21
- Time: 7pm UK time
- Main event ringwalks (approx): 11pm UK time
How to watch Moses Itauma vs. Demsey McKean
Moses Itauma against Demsey McKean, Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury 2 and the full undercard will be broadcast live on DAZN Pay-Per-View worldwide in over 200 countries.
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Usyk vs. Fury 2 fight card
Itauma and McKean's battle is part of the huge Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson 2 Reignited fight card, with the Riyadh Season yet again delivering a thrilling undercard.
Another heavyweight bout on the card see's Johnny Fisher and Dave Allen meet in an all-British battle.
Former WBA light middleweight champion Israil Madrimov comes up against Serhii Bohachuk, and European super bantamweight champion Dennis McCann will defend his title against Peter McGrail.
Isaac Lowe is set to open the card in a featherweight bout against Scotland's Lee McGregor, who has won his last two fights by knockout.
- Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury; For Usyk's WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight titles
- Serhii Bohachuk vs. Israil Madrimov; Light middleweight
- Moses Itauma vs. Demsey McKean; Heavyweight
- Johnny Fisher vs. Dave Allen; Heavyweight
- Dennis McCann vs. Peter McGrail; For McCann's European super bantamweight title
- Isaac Lowe vs. Lee McGregor; Featherweight
Itauma vs. McKean fight history
Moses Itauma has been an unstoppable force in his career to date, with 10 wins from 10 bouts, eight coming via knockout.
Riyadh has already proved a fruitful battle ground for the 19-year-old British-Slovakian boxer. He claimed the vacant WBO Intercontinental heavyweight title with victory over Germany's Ilja Mezencev via a second round stoppage on the undercard of the Fury vs Usyk original bill in May.
He then successfully retained his newly claimed title with another second-round stoppage of Mariusz Wach in July at The O2 Arena.
McKean, a former MMA fighter is a former Australian National heavyweight champion, who will feel he never got the world title shots he deserved and has come close to time and again, with seemingly timings never on his side.
A sparring partner of Anthony Joshua, the 34-year-old last fought in August 2023, losing to Filip Hrgovic by technical knockout, being stopped in the 12th round at the O2 Arena.
That is McKean's only career defeat and before that he had defeated the likes of Patrick Korte, Donald Haynesworth and Kiki Toa Leutele.
Itauma vs. McKean Tale of the tape
As well as experience, McKean will have the height advantage, standing four inches taller than Itauma. However the British-Solvakian has the slightly longer reach.
Moses Itauma record and bio
- Nationality: British-Slovakian
- Date of birth: 28/12/04
- Height: 6'2"
- Reach: 78.7"
- Total fights: 10
- Record: 10-0-0 (8)
Demsey McKean record and bio
- Nationality: Australian
- Date of birth: 25/09/1990
- Height: 6'6"
- Reach: 78"
- Total fights: 23
- Record: 22-1-0 (14)
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