Joe Joyce: record, next fight and profile →
The EBU is back in business after the lockdown and have announced some dates for their title fights. As BoxingScene.com previously reported, the much awaited fight for the vacant EBU heavyweight: title between British rivals Joe Joyce (10-0) and Daniel Dubois (14-0) is now rescheduled for October 14 with London as site.
Undefeated Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce is viewed as the underdog, but he plans to shake up the heavyweight division when he faces fellow unbeaten, Daniel Dubois. The fight should have already taken place months ago. It was postponed, for the second time, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Frank Warren, promoter of undefeated rising heavyweights Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce, would be more than happy to put either one in the ring with WBC interim-champion Dillian Whyte. Dubois, 22-years-old, is scheduled to face Joyce, an Olympic silver medal winner, on October 24 at the O2 in London.
Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce finally have a new date for their much-anticipated domestic showdown. Promoter Frank Warren announced Thursday that the unbeaten British heavyweights will square off October 24 at O2 Arena in London. The Dubois-Joyce fight has been postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sam Jones, the manager for Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce, has warned Dillian Whyte about the boxing ability of UFC heavyweight puncher Francis Ngannou. Joyce and Ngannou sparred for eight high impact rounds in Las Vegas. In the last few weeks, Ngannou and Whyte have been trading words in the press.
Sam Jones has SLAMMED internet trolls who predicted “baby” Daniel Dubois would KO his client Joe Joyce. Ranting to Queensberry Promotions ‘Lockdown Lowdown’, the Derby man fumed: “Joe has beaten Majidov, Tony Yoka, Frazer Clarke, Filip Hrgovic. He’s done all of them in the amateurs.
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is not planning to retire any time soon. Fury had previously mentioned the plan of retiring after two to three more fights, but now he wants to continue fighting for much longer than that.
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce would consider the possibility of a warm-up bout before fighting fellow undefeated heavyweight contender Daniel Dubois. Joyce and Dubois were initially scheduled to collide in a highly anticipated clash in April, but it was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Promoter Frank Warren is waiting for clarification from the British Boxing Board of Control, with respect to the restrictions for the return of boxing in the UK - which is being tabbed for the month of July. Warren has a big heavyweight fight set down for July 11th at the O2 Arena in London. Undefeated heavyweight rivals Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce are scheduled to collide in a very high stakes fight.
Heavyweight boxing prospect Daniel Dubois, has today responded to the effusive praise poured on him by Tyson Fury’s old man, big John Fury. 22-year-old Dubois, upon hearing that the elder Fury had referred to him as a “dangerous man”, smiled and simply confirmed “he’s bang on there, isn’t he?”