Comments Thread For: Dillian Whyte-Joe Joyce, Lawrence Okolie-Richard Riakporhe rumored for April 5

[Cyborg Fangerloo]

Of all the intriguing fights that can be made at HW, we get this.

[dan_cov]

I really wish Joyce would retire, Zhang ruined him.
His eyes are glazed, he is slurring his words, constantly switching off mid-sentence and forgetting what he is saying. He clearly has CTE.
The worst part is he *might* beat Whyte who is also way past it then he'll get pushed towards a title shot and its not going to end well for him and all involved.

As for Okolie vs Riakporhe - I think it's either going to be a fun shootout or the worst fight ever, no in between.

[VislorTurlough]

2 dangerously washed fighters. Time for an intervention

[Tecnoworld]

Huge step-up for moses

[BoxerFreddy]

Okolie has been speaking of getting a shot at the WBC title. He needs to establish himself as someone who can fight quality HWs, so why tf is he fighting a cruiserweight coming of a loss? Really peculiar...

[PRINCEKOOL]

So, this potential fight between Joe Joyce and Dillian Whyte 'Takes out in my opinion, the least likely opponent for Anthony Joshua's comeback fight. Many critics of Joshua where already anticipating or secretly hoping for a fight between Dillian Whyte and Anthony Joshua. So they can mock the level of opponent Joshua is fighting even as a contender attempting to build back after a traumatic loss'.

For any other fighter besides Anthony Joshua 'A fight against Dillian Whyte would be a solid level fight. Dillian Whyte is rated as one of Tyson Fury's best wins, and hardcore Fury fans reacted to that win. Like it was comparable to Mike Tyson knocking out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds'.

I suppose that just goes to show the standard to which individual fighters hold themselves to 'And the standards to which the certain folk within the boxing community hold individual fighters to. Anthony Joshua whether that is as a Champion or contender, is held to the highest standard of fighting conduct out of all active Heavyweight fighters'.

Note: I personally never believed that Anthony Joshua would fight Dillian Whyte for the third time 'Because quite simply there is nothing to gain in that fight for Joshua. Joshua has already beaten the best version of Dillian Whyte in 2015. And since that fight? Whyte in my opinion as a fighter, has gone backwards. Dillian Whyte may have achieved his best wins since 2015, but? In terms of conditioning, he has definitively regressed as a fighter'.

To conclude: I would rate Joe Joyce as the favourite in this match up 'I have stated it before in my previous post. This version of Joe Joyce would still be a formidable opponent for 95% of the world's top level Heavyweight fighters. Stylistically I would still give Joyce a chance of beating both Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker'.

The rematch between Joe Joyce and Derek Chisora, is another fight 'Where many people in my opinion, would back Joyce for the win. Beating Joe Joyce is definitively rated in Derek Chisora's top-3 best wins in his entire career. And the fight between Joe Joyce and Derek Chisora, skill for skill was an underrated match up. It was one of the best Heavyweight fights overall in terms of the action produced in 2024'.

If Dillian Whyte is to win this fight, he will have to increase the level of his game considerably 'Joe Joyce is still operating at a solid level. We have no indication of Dillan Whyte's current form, his recent fights have been very underwhelming and not really at a very high level'.

This is a difficult fight to gauge, but right now 'I would say Joe Joyce is the favourite, quite simply because his form is still solid' etc.