Hrgovic was offered six candidates to choose from. The Croatian's opponents could be Daniel Dubois (20-2, 19 KOs), Jared Anderson (16-0, 15 KOs), Frank Sanchez (24-0, 17 KOs), Agit Kabayel (24-0, 16 KOs), Jarrell Miller (26-1-1, 22 KOs), or Martin Bakole (20-1, 15 KOs).
Hrgovic achieved International Boxing Federation challenger status after defeating Zhang Zhilei a year and a half ago.