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Two days before Christmas, Joe Joyce sat down at home to watch his heavyweight rivals do battle on the massive ‘Day of Reckoning’ show in Saudi Arabia.
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Two days before Christmas, Joe Joyce sat down at home to watch his heavyweight rivals do battle on the massive ‘Day of Reckoning’ show in Saudi Arabia.

Former heavyweight contender Joe Joyce is looking to rebound from the most brutal defeat of his career. The London-based heavyweight said he expects to return to the ring in March against a yet-to-be-determined opponent,

The trainer of twice-felled Joe Joyce is still optimistic that his heavyweight charge is still in the title contention mix. In a recent interview, Ismael Salas, the coach of London’s Joyce, reflected on Joyce’s consecutive brutal losses to China’s Zhilei Zhang this past year.

NOT SO LONG AGO, in September of last year, many boxing-watchers were confidently predicting that Joe Joyce would become an unstoppable force in the heavyweight division following his showreel KO of Joseph Parker in Manchester.

Sometimes, the other guy is just better. Joe Joyce had several months to plan, adjust, scheme, to focus on one task: reverse the outcome of his first unsuccessful contest with Zhilei Zhang.

Frank Warren rejects the notion that his company has given up on Joe Joyce. Last Saturday night at OVO Arena Wembley in London, China’s Zhilei Zhang stopped Joe Joyce for the second consecutive fight with a brutal right hook in the third round to remain the interim titlist for the WBO heavyweight title. Their first encounter back in April ended with Zhang forcing a stoppage in the sixth round.

Zhilei Zhang isn’t going anywhere. The hard-hitting Chinese heavyweight will remain a Queensberry Promotions-affiliated fighter for the foreseeable future, according to the British company’s founder Frank Warren.

Zhilei Zhang apparently had a little bird or two in Las Vegas keeping an eye on Joe Joyce. Last Saturday night, China’s Zhang dispatched England’s Joyce with a brutal knockout in the third round of their 12-round rematch at OVO Arena Wembley in London. Five months earlier, in April, Zhang stunned oddsmakers by dominating Joyce and handing him his first career defeat with a sixth-round stoppage.

Eddie Hearn, promoter for former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, believes a potential British showdown with Joe Joyce is practically a dead issue for the future.

Joe Joyce is determined that he still has a lot to offer in boxing. The heavyweight suffered a second successive crushing defeat, exclusively live on TNT Sports. Joyce took on Zhilei Zhang in a rematch, just five months after being stopped inside six rounds at the Copper Box Arena in England’s capital, looking to regain the WBO’s mandatory position and the interim heavyweight crown.