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Joyce, Zhang BoxingScene Scorecard LIVE - The main event features a WBO interim heavyweight title clash between knockout artist Joe Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) and Chinese contender Zhilei Zhang (24-1-1, 19 KOs).
Joyce, Zhang Live Streaming Blog - BoxingScene.com will provide live streaming coverage of the big heavyweight showdown taking place at the Copper Box Arena in London, U.K.
Joe Joyce realizes he could’ve chosen a safer opponent than Zhang Zhilei. The unbeaten WBO interim heavyweight champion is already the mandatory challenger for one of Oleksandr Usyk’s four championships. The better business move might’ve been for Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) to stay busy by boxing someone less dangerous than China’s Zhilei (24-1-1, 19 KOs), who dropped and pushed unbeaten Croatian contender Filip Hrgovic in
Terry Lane respects Joe Joyce and has enjoyed watching his rise in the heavyweight division. Zhang Zhilei’s co-manager is convinced, however, that “The Juggernaugt” hasn’t encountered a puncher as powerful as Zhilei in any of his 15 professional fights. Lane expects their 12-round battle to be difficult for the huge Chinese contender, too, but he predicted during a press conference Thursday in London that Zhilei will test Joyce’s renowned chin.
Joe Joyce is prepared for a long night in the ring versus ‘Big Bang’ Zhang Zhilei. He’s just not in the mood for one. London’s Joyce (15-0, 14KOs) has only seen the twelfth round once in nearly six years as a pro but was forced to go deep in his two most notable knockouts to date.
Fans and reporters have heaped praise upon Joe Joyce for becoming the first fighter to knock out Joseph Parker in Joyce’s most recent fight. Zhang Zhilei, Joyce’s opponent Saturday night at Copper Box Arena in London, wasn’t overly impressed with Joyce’s
Joe Joyce is still in the contender phase of his career but also of an age where he can’t afford to squander any of his prime. Not that it’s in his DNA. The 2016 Olympic Silver medalist and current top-rated heavyweight refuses to coast to his first title shot. London’s Joyce has earned a reputation for taking on any tough challenge thrown his way, further proven with this weekend’s
PATERSON, New Jersey – Zhang Zhilei realizes it won’t be easy to upset Joe Joyce on Saturday night. The powerful southpaw from China sees flaws in the unbeaten WBO interim heavyweight champion, however, that have instilled confidence in an experienced puncher who feels he is the more complete fighter entering their 12-rounder. Joyce and Zhilei will square off in a main event BT Sport 1 will televise and ESPN+ will stream from Copper Box Arena in London.
By Cliff Rold - If 2023 is the year of the matchmaker, and the results in the ring suggest it has been, this weekend should be another feather in their caps. Saturday (ESPN+, 3 PM EST), fans in the UK are going to be treated to a clash of mammoth heavyweights with implications for a future title opportunity hovering over the proceeding. It’s a pair of Olympic silver medalists with big punches, big chins, and a willingness to scrap.
Joyce, Zhang Weights Photos Gallery - Undefeated British knockout artist Joe Joyce and former unified junior lightweight champion Mikaela Mayer are set to co-headline an action-packed card this Saturday at Copper Box Arena in London.