Joe Joyce: record, next fight and profile →
Chinese heavyweight Zhang Zhilei, who usually towers over his opponents, will return to the ring this Saturday night in a scrap for the WBO interim-heavyweight title against Joe Joyce at the Copper Box Arena in London
By Keith Idec – With his sights set on the winner, Joe Joyce was looking forward to watching Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury fight to become boxing’s first fully unified heavyweight champion of the four-belt era. Now that the teams for Fury and Usyk have stopped negotiating, Joyce hopes he gets his shot at Fury’s WBC
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce is less than a week away from his scheduled showdown with Chinese giant Zhang Zhilei. Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) will defend his WBO interim-heavyweight title against Zhang on Saturday night.
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom believes Joe Joyce should be the next boxer in line to get a crack at IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce is very confident in his ability to score a knockout victory over countryman Anthony Joshua. Joshua, a former two-time heavyweight champion, was in action last Saturday night in London at the O2 Arena.
WITH ANTHONY JOSHUA not really putting his best foot forward on Saturday night it is now nearly time for a Juggernaut to steamroller his way towards the very top of the heavyweight division.
Joe Joyce has welcomed the development of former GB teammate Anthony Joshua mentioning his name as a potential future opponent, once his return fight against Jermaine Franklin has been settled on Saturday night.
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce is willing to face WBC world champion Tyson Fury next - and he believes the fight would be an easy one to make, since they are both promoted by Frank Warren.
Joe Joyce Video - Video By Ryan Burton - MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Joe Joyce was ringside to watch a grudge match between two former super middleweight champions, as David Benavidez (28-0, 23 KOs) came alive in the second half of the fight with an arsenal of damaging punches to secure a twelve round unanimous decision over Caleb Plant (22-2, 13 KOs).
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce is still hoping that Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk could find a way to finalize their undisputed showdown. On Wednesday, both camps admitted that a deal was dead in the water after disagreements over the monetary split involved in a contracted rematch.