Joe Joyce: record, next fight and profile →
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce has placed a target on the back of Oleksandr Usyk - but he doesn't plan to wait around forever for that contest to take place, according to the British boxer's manager Sam Jones.
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch views Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce as the next big threat at the heavyweight world level. Last year, Joyce picked up the biggest win of his career to date when he stopped highly regarded unbeaten contender Daniel Dubois.
Camille Estephan, promoter for undefeated heavyweight puncher Arslanbek Makhmudov (11-0, 11 KOs), would like to match his dangerous fighter against another big banger in the division, Olympic silver medal winner and EBU champion Joe Joyce.
David Higgins, the manager of heavyweight contender Joseph Parker, is hoping that his boxer overtakes the WBO's number 2 ranking - which is currently held by Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce. The man sitting in the WBO's top spot, is mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk.
Joe Joyce won three regional titles when he knocked out Daniel Dubois last month in London. Joyce’s manager proclaimed that impressive victory evidence that the huge, hard-hitting contender is ready for a world heavyweight title shot. Champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua have their sights set on an enormous showdown with each other in 2021, but Sam Jones feels Joyce established himself as a legitimate threat to elite heavyweights by beating Dubois.
Unbeaten heavyweight contender Joe Joyce is sitting back and waiting for the WBO's world title situation to play out. Oleksandr Usyk is the WBO's mandatory challenger to world champion Anthony Joshua. Joshua, who also holds the WBA, IBF, IBO world titles, is focused on a finalizing a highly lucrative unification fight with WBC champion Tyson Fury.
JOE JOYCE AND Lyndon Arthur succeeded in turbo-charging their prospects for 2021 and it is my intention for opportunity to knock loudly for a good few more in the year to come. Forget the form guide, the highlight reels and the hype. The only way to truly discover who is ready to make the next big move is to put the front runners in together and let the best of the crop fight the best.
Getting a heavyweight world title shot against Anthony Joshua or Tyson Fury obviously would be Joe Joyce’s preference. Those two British stars appear most interested in facing each other, however, which would leave Oleksandr Usyk as the most appealing potential opponent for Joyce. Ukraine’s Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) is the mandatory challenger for Joshua’s WBO belt, but Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) might vacate that championship to ensure that the Fury fight can happen sometime in 2021.
Heavyweight contender Sergey Kuzmin is more than willing to grant a rematch to amateur foe Joe Joyce. In the amateurs, Kuzmin stopped Joyce in only 32-seconds. Since the contest, Joyce captured an Olympic silver medal in the 2016 games and is now a rising heavyweight who is close to a world title opportunity.
Last month, top heavyweight prospects Joe Joyce (12-0) and Daniel Dubois (15-1) squared off in a highly anticipated showdown in Westminster. The 23-year-old Dubois entered the ring as a 3-1 favorite but it was Joyce who took control of the fight in the second half and stopped Dubois in the 10th round. Dubois' left eye had begun to swell in the 4th round and a heavy jab at the start of the 10th round caused it to completely swell shut. He pawed at the eye before taking a knee and was counted out.