Comments Thread For: Joe Joyce Drops Christian Hammer Four Times For Stoppage in Four

[famicommander]

You can assume that all you want but I’d like to see what would happen. Joyce’s chin is the best in the division IMO.

Joyce is far better than you’re giving him credit for. He’s been matched very tough too. Dunno what your issue is with his opposition.

My issue with his opposition is you can count the number of good heavyweights on one hand and he hasn't fought any of them.

[Boro]

But he has been hit by people who can actually punch in both pros and amateurs, that’s the weird thing.

Actually, no. The real weird thing is that, unlike most boxers whose “granite chin” is in fact the ability to see a shot before it detonates and react a split second early by slightly adjusting their head, Joyce doesn’t appear to know they’ve been thrown until the fight’s over. Yet he’s still standing.

Joe just seems to be blessed with retárd strength, truth be told though he hasn't been in with any huge punchers, Dubois is arguably a big puncher or Stiverne who wasn't even really a serviceable HW at the time but most if not all HWs look like big punchers until their opposition is stepped up.

[VislorTurlough]

Second best HW in UK

[Roberto Vasquez]

My issue with his opposition is you can count the number of good heavyweights on one hand and he hasn't fought any of them.

Dude he's only had 14 fights. Who else has fought the guys he had after 14 fights? Wilder fought Danny Sheehan on his 14th fight (yes me neither) Joyce was due to fight Parker but Parker pulled out

[Sparked_26]

Wilder is never ever ever gonna fight Joyce.

He kills him in a fantasy match up.

Never risking it now. High risk, low reward

[famicommander]

Dude he's only had 14 fights. Who else has fought the guys he had after 14 fights? Wilder fought Danny Sheehan on his 14th fight (yes me neither) Joyce was due to fight Parker but Parker pulled out

He's 36. It's time to stop trotting out shot fighters like Hammer, Stiverne, and Takam. Parker sucks too.

[Cyborg Fangerloo]

“He has fought nobody” is a tired and crap argument, specifically when stated in an attempt to bash him. Just quit it would you? In explanation, at some point the best fighters in history have fought nobody, he has not had a lot of fights so we could not expect him to have fought the top 4 guys, and he says (and there is no reason not to believe him) that he wants to fight the best. So why would someone want to be so negative?
I can see the argument with a guy that says he is the best ever and other people are touting him like they were Berlanga, but this is not Joyce.
Get a room people, quit being goobers, don’t suck your thumb because it leads to an anterior open bite, don’t lick a wooden nickel, and Mike Tyson hit an old lady in the stomach. I love you.

[Sparked_26]

[QUOTE=famicommander;n31481629]

He's 36. It's time to stop trotting out shot fighters like Hammer, Stiverne, and Takam. Parker sucks too.[/QUOTE

To ask the queation another way - who do you think would jump in with Joe Joyce without a big pay cheque?

[jonnyc420]

The man is a tank. He is a risk for any HW.

[Toffee]

But he has been hit by people who can actually punch in both pros and amateurs, that’s the weird thing.

Actually, no. The real weird thing is that, unlike most boxers whose “granite chin” is in fact the ability to see a shot before it detonates and react a split second early by slightly adjusting their head, Joyce doesn’t appear to know they’ve been thrown until the fight’s over. Yet he’s still standing.

Agree. I'm always dubious about the concept of a fighter having a good chin. Taking a shot well isn't usually about just being able to get hit. It's usually about how you move, how you react, or how you stay composed after being hit.

With Joyce he seems to genuinely have a Homer Simpson type head thing going on.

But that doesn't last forever. Everyone's punch resistance reduces over time. Joyce isn't young, and he's taken a lot of shots.