by Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight Joe Joyce (4-0, 4 KOs) made quick work of a very nervous looking Commonwealth champion Lenroy Thomas (22-5-1, 10 KOs) in stopping him in the 2nd round on Saturday night after knocking him down three times at the O2 Arena in London, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew weighed in at 210 pounds on Friday at the weigh-in for his rematch with former 2 division world champion David ‘Haymaker’ Haye this Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England. There was a lot of jawing back and forth during the face off between the two fighters, but it looked like they were doing more so to show off rather than there being a lot of bad blood between them. This was a calmer weigh-in than last year between the two.
By Scott Gilfoid: 2016 Olympic super heavyweight silver medalist Joe Joyce (3-0, 3 KOs) will be take a step up in class this Saturday night in facing Commonwealth heavyweight champion Lenroy Thomas (22-4-1, 10 KO) in a 12 round fight on Sky Box Office on the undercard of the rematch between Tony Bellew and David Haye at the O2 Arena in London.
By Tim Royner: Dereck Chisora looked good winning on Saturday night in a 2nd round stoppage over Zakaria Azzouzi, but then rejected a fight against the David Haye promoted heavyweight prospect Joy Joyce for May 5th. Chisora (28-8, 20 KOs) didn’t directly reject the fight with Joyce, but rather he went about it tactically by telling Haye that he’ll take the fight if he gives him his purse for his Tony Bellew 2 rematch.
By Scott Gilfoid: 2016 Olympic super heavyweight silver medalist Joe Joyce posted a video on his social media site on Friday, attempting to lure former heavyweight world title challenger Dereck Chisora into agreeing to a fight against him on May 5th on the undercard of the Tony Bellew vs. David Haye 2 rematch at the O2 Arena in London, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: David Haye says Dereck Chisora can forget all about fighting Carlos Takam on his May 5th card on Sky Box Office, as the only option given to him is heavyweight prospect Joe Joyce (3-0, 3 KOs). It’s Joyce or no deal.
By Marcus Richardson: 2016 Olympic super heavyweight silver medalist Joe Joyce (3-0, 3 KOs) scored his third knockout of his short 1-year career with a 1st round knockout of 34-year-old American Donnie Palmer (9-2, 8 KOs) on Saturday night at York all in Bethnal Green, London, UK.
By Marcus Richardson: Heavyweights Joe Joyce (2-0, 2 KOs) and American Donnie Parker (9-1-1, 8 KOs) had words during Friday’s weigh-in for their scheduled 10 round fight this Saturday night on March 17th at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England.
By Tim Royner: Joe Joyce (2-0, 2 KOs) picked up his second victory of his still young career last Friday night in stopping Rudolf Jozic (4-2, 3 KOs) in round 1 at York Hall, in Bethnal Green, in London, England. The 2016 Olympic super heavyweight Joyce knocked the 25-year-old Croatian Jozic down with looping right hand to the back of the head in the final seconds of the 1st round.
Joe Joyce set himself up for a potential showdown with Dereck Chisora after his devastating win over Rodolf Jozic in the main event of the Hayemaker Ringstar Fight Night — live on free-to-air entertainment channel Dave. In only his second professional fight, the Olympic silver medalist claimed his second victim with a first round stoppage at York Hall.