Joe Joyce: record, next fight and profile →
Frank Sanchez is keep a very close eye on the WBO heavyweight championship - and aims to secure a crack at that belt sooner than later. The unbeaten Cuban boxer is currently training, with the possibility of returning to the ring on May 8th as part of the undercard to the unification between super middleweight champions Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders.
Alexander Krassyuk, promoter for former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, explains that his team is getting frustrated with the lingering situation for Usyk's next fight. Uysk is the WBO's mandatory challenger to Anthony Joshua.
Chinese heavyweight giant Zhilei Zhang (23-0) is very eager to take a step up in competition, according to his adviser Terry Lane. Zhang will be featured this coming Saturday night at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, when he faces Jerry Forrest as part of the undercard to Canelo Alvarez's defense of the WBC, WBA super middleweight titles against Avni Yildirim.
Eddie Hearn, who works with Oleksandr Usyk, expects the heavyweight clash with Joe Joyce to head to a purse bid. The World Boxing Organization has sanctioned Usyk-Joyce for their interim-title. Anthony Joshua is the WBO's full champion - and also holds the WBA, IBF, IBO titles.
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce has no problem traveling overseas to secure a high-stakes fight with Oleksandr Usyk - which would have the WBO's interim-heavyweight title at stake. But, he also believes Usyk would embrace the possibility of staging their fight in the UK.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is in deep negotiations to finalize a full division unification with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. The Fury-Joshua agreement would involve a two-fight series - with both bouts to take place in 2021.
Frank Warren continues to serve an integral role in the ongoing efforts to finalize one of the biggest heavyweights of the 21st century. It’s another big fight within the division, however, which has further energized the Hall of Fame promoter. As the finishing touches are being applied for a superfight—and perhaps even two—between lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21KOs) and unified titlist Anthony Joshua (24-1, 22KOs), Warren’s team is angling to cross the finish line on a planned interim heavyweight title fight between Joe Joyce (13-0, 12KOs) and Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13KOs).
Erik Pfeifer, who holds two wins over Olympic gold medal winner Tony Yoka in the amateurs, believes he would have knocked out Daniel Dubois had they collided as scheduled. Pfeifer (7-0, 5 KOs) was set to face Dubois last August, but ten days prior to the fight he was replaced by Ricardo Snijders.
By Tris Dixon - Daniel Dubois will have a new trainer when he returns to the ring after having parted company with Martin Bowers. It’s thought that Mark Tibbs could be in pole-position to take the reins but Bowers will have a say as he has just under three years to run on his managerial contract with Dubois. The young heavyweight lost for the first time in 16 fights when stopped by J...
Frank Warren, promoter for Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce, is hoping to nail down a deal for an April fight with Oleksandr Usyk. The contest would involve the interim-WBO heavyweight title. And the winner would get a mandatory shot at the victor of the planned full division unification between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.