Joe Joyce: record, next fight and profile →
“I think Joe [Joyce] against Tony is a great fight and obviously Daniel [Dubois] is going to need a fight,” says Francis Warren of Queensberry Promotions.
Only men and women who know the pain of taking punches and accepting defeat can understand the feelings experienced by a boxer on their knees, writes Elliot Worsell.
"I welcome that fight all day long if it materialises," says Don Charles. "It’s a rematch between the Olympic gold and silver medalist.”
With bare knuckle boxing, influencer boxing, and slap fighting all on the rise, It has never been tougher for a boxer to retire than it is today, writes Elliot Worsell.
Joe Joyce's promote says he will be one of many to talk to the heavyweight, who has lost four of his last five and accumulated punishment throughout his career.
It is cruel what has happened to Joe Joyce in such a short period of time, to see him fight the way he did last night and come away thinking he did what he has been programmed to do, and has always done, yet has nothing to show for it, writes Elliot Worsell
Joe Joyce has lost four of his last five fights, he’s 39 years old, and retirement remains an alien notion to the British heavyweight
Filip Hrgovic added another nail in the coffin of Joe Joyce’s career by defeating him via unanimous decision. Only time will tell if it was the final one.
Filip Hrgovic’s trainer Abel Sanchez believes that Joe Joyce is starting to feel the effects of taking so much punishment across his career
Filip Hrgovic believes Joe Joyce should walk away from the sport before he receives further damage, writes Tom Ivers