Comments Thread For: Zhang: Joe Joyce Doesn't Move His Head, Doesn't Change Angles - Makes My Job Easier

[hugh grant]

Zhang so confident he's giving Joyce tips.

[landotter]

I have been picking Joyce in the rematch and will not change now, but I sure do like Zhang. He is a good boxer and an honest, fun personality.

[MONGOOSE66]

Chinese giant Zhilei Zhang had few problems in shocking Joe Joyce earlier this year at the Copper Box. Back in April, Zhang captured the WBO interim-heavyweight title - and handed Joyce his first career defeat - with a stoppage win in the sixth round.
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You mean he’s PREDICTABLE???
I never would have thought of that.

[wrecksracer]

In the interview before their last fight, Joyce was asked about his sturdy chin. He got a goofy grin on his face and said "Nobody has dented it yet." His whole style is based around his sturdy chin. What about the rest of his face? He doesn't have other skills to fall back on.

[paulf]

Zhang was hurting Joyce with shots from the opening bell.

I don't see Joyce standing up to the power or reinventing himself and fighting defense-first Saturday. Zhang by KO.

[Corelone]

Joe is doing all of that. Moving his head and using angles, but in super slomo. His head started moving yesterday with angles like a bowling ball. No disrespect for Joe the person, but SloJo the boxer, is bragging about his chin not getting dented, yet. There's more to a head than a chin, Joe's eye fell apart last time, Joe lumps up.

[Boxing2695]

Styles make fights and Joe is Tailor made for Zhang. Slow doesn't move his head predictable with what he's gonna throw so Zhang is just counter him and ping him with big shots so unless Joyce has changed his style coming into this big time then it will just be a repeat

[Tatabanya]

Let's see.

Joyce overwhelmed and stopped Joseph Parker, who was held in higher regard than Zhang, and became a monster in the process.

Then he had Zhang closing his eye with precise punching, but was still in the fight, and my feeling is that without the swollen eye he would have stopped Zhang late. Still, Joyce has now turned into a complete bum because of that loss.

I trust Joyce will be smart enough not to get his eye reduced to a slit again, and will complete the job he could not do last time. Physically speaking, there's no comparison between the two. My prediction is Joyce by stoppage from round 8 to 11.

[baroidi]

Parker is a light hitting HW, that was the problem, Joyce took every clean shot from Parker and just laughed it off. He thought he can fight the same way against Zhang, but Zhang is a big puncher, he rocked Joyce in the 2nd round(?), but for some reason the ref jumped in and stopped the action.

[TMLT87]

He may have to eat those words tbh. Dont write Joyce off just yet. If the fight goes long this time the tide may turn.