He couldn’t do it the first time and he couldn’t do it the second time either. The British Joe Joyce (15-2-0, 14 KOs) sought to invade the territory of Chinese Zhilei Zhang (22-1-1, 21 KOs), but again he was left wanting. At 40 years old, ‘Bing Bang’ was outclassing his opponent until he caught him in the third round with a big right hook to the jaw. The sound of the glove hitting the opponent’s body trembled.
Instead of ‘putting Zhang on the ropes’, it was the Chinese boxer who showed himself far superior to the previous fight between the two six months ago, also in London, since then he has won six rounds, three fewer rounds than experienced today. A pace that Zhang had predicted in the previous two encounters.
Joe Joyce (38 years old) left the ring without making a statement, but shortly after he spoke to ‘BBC Sport’. The London fighter said he would take some time to reflect on what happened and wanted to downplay the brutal defeat: “It’s not the end of the world. I’ll rebuild myself and come back. Zhang is a tough fighter , he is a good boxer. I wish him the best in future challenges and I just have to take a different path to fight for a title again.”
In this way, the Chinese boxer retained his interim heavyweight title of World Boxing Organization (WBO) and the WBO mandatory challenger for the Ukrainian WBO, IBO, IBF and WBA champion, Oleksandr Usyk.
However, Zhang, 2008 Olympic silver medalist and double medalist at the World Championships, at the end of the match and the revolutions at a thousand per hour, openly challenged the British too. Tyson Furywhen the large audience was asked if they wanted him to face ‘Bing Bang’.
The British’Gypsy King’ Fury He holds the world heavyweight belt of World Boxing Council (WBC).
“Thank you London! Joe Joyce If we weren’t fighting each other, we would be best friends. Take a break and continue your work. I love you brother. Big Bang is coming for all of you,” Zhang said on his Instagram account.
Source: La Verdad
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