Comments Thread For: Joe Joyce Exercises Rematch Clause For Zhilei Zhang

[nghtmr111]

Rematches suck, especially when the first fight was so one sided.

You beat me to it. I'm sick of these rematches to be honest. It wasn't even competitive lol.

[57Blues]

This is basically a career defining fight now, isn't it? At 37 years old, losing twice to an outsider might be a blow he'll struggle to recover from.

Nothing is signed yet there is not a deffinite site date or fight date as of this time.......that said it is good that J.J. is about righting a wrong that was his last fight proving he can beat Zig Zag in a rematch is a good fighters atttitude-- after all there is interest in a second fight with a lotta fans. Good let them wail it out again Zig Zag was in great shape mentally and physically last time will he be able to repeat ? Can J.J. adjust somehow in some way to make it a dif fight ? Maybe maybe not, good little scrap if it happens. No matter who is better prepared there will be blook there will be knock downs there will be a draw for the second fight. Let Fury find another fool.

[Liondw]

Joyce should step aside and allow Zhang to fight Fury.

Don't deny the big man from Asia his title shot and biggest purse ever.

There's no way Joyce can beat Zhang anyway.

[hugh grant]

Yeh let Zhang fight fury. If fury wins, you get fury fight. And Zhang may give you rematch just for sake of it at later day.
Just get warm up fight under belt against top 30 heavyweight

[gooderz84]

lets just hope he exercises head movement as well as the rematch clause!!!

[Cyborg Fangerloo]

Perfect fight for us to see if we have hopes for Joyce or give up on him. If he can't dodge that one punch, there is little reason to get excited about him fighting any of the good guys.

[BlackRobb]

You got a 6 round fighter against a guy who could probably go 15. If Joyce does nothing for the first 6 rounds but throw an occasional punch and keep stepping away from the Zhang left hand, I like his chances.

Anything but stand still in front of a man who's left is faster and straighter than his own right.

Except for one thing: When has Joyce ever exhibited patience in the ring? You're asking a 37 year set in his ways with virtually no defense to patiently work behind his jab for half the fight. Not happening.

[hugh grant]

Zhang v Joyce was a great match up. The rematch will be intriguing also. But Zhang v fury is probably more in demand now. So what the public want should probably come first, no disrespect to Joyce.
But make no mistake we want Joyce v Zhang down the line

[PRINCEKOOL]

So do you know what this means possibly? That Tyson Fury is not fighting Zhang.

And as I suspected, the mentioning of Zhang vs Fury was once again 'Just somebody building a narrative'.

Joyce activates a rematch clause, but simultaneously at the same time Zhang is one of the main potential opponents for Tyson Fury.

Joyce really if he wants to get a title fight, this was the best move he could make 'It was difficult enough for fighters to fight him before his loss to Zhang, so trying to fight down another route would not be optimal'.

I just think Joyce has to win, not even in style 'Just get the win'.

This fight win or lose will most likely be a brutal fight for both fighters. I have highlighted and pointed out, that Joyce win or lose 95% of the time is getting whacked.

Joyce may well be burnt out even if he gets past Zhang, just like Dillian Whyte was by the time he got his title fight vs Fury.

But at-least if Joyce does achieve the win, he will be in contention for a title fight again.

Note: Many people over exaggerated the dominance of Joyce's win vs Parker, it was a good win 'But Joyce was whacked and beaten up in the process'. So coming into his fight vs Zhang, I was one of the very few people who did not back Joyce to beat Zhang 100%.

There were signs that Joyce can beat Zhang, but it will be difficult. Joyce will most likely prepared differently, and understand that he is getting whacked early on in the fight etc.

[Toffee]

So do you know what this means possibly? That Tyson Fury is not fighting Zhang.

And as I suspected, the mentioning of Zhang vs Fury was once again 'Just somebody building a narrative'.

Joyce activates a rematch clause, but simultaneously at the same time Zhang is one of the main potential opponents for Tyson Fury.

Nah, Fury's just unlucky. One of the biggest draws in the sport just happens to land unluckily whenever he wants a half decent fight. Incredible how often things like rematches pop up and derail his plans.

Time to look at the boxrec ratings again.