Zhilei Zhang vs Joe Joyce II - September 23 // Wembley Arena

I think you are absolutely correct. Zhang is all wrong for Joyce. I think Joyce walks Joyce down. Joyce is an easy read for Zhang, Zhang knows what Joyce is going to do before Joyce does.

 

Anyone know where the weigh in for this will be ?
Was at Spottalfields market for last one, got Friday off work and would like to go if anyone has any info on it

 

Weigh-in - Open to the public
Weigh-in - The Drum, Wembley, Grand Hall
Date: Friday 22nd September
Times: 1pm doors. Fighters on the scales from 2pm
Location: The Drum Wembley, Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, HA9 0FJ
Entry: Open to the public

 

Anyone put any bets on for this?

I've had a dabble on Joyce being knocked down in 1st or 2nd round at 22/1

And an outsider at Joyce getting knocked down in first but winning the fight at 100/1

I'd love Joe to pull off the win but can't see him managing to keep out of Zhang's way until he tires later in fight.

 

I hate these kinds of rematches, it’s total privilege, Joyce should be consigned to the back of the queue and Zhang should get his title shot. the first fight was utterly comprehensive, Joyce didn’t win a minute of it.

wouldn’t be surprised if Zhang turns up unmotivated or some other funny business

 

I think Zhang will be motivated more than ever. He will want to beat Joyce and get a shot at a title (whether that will ever happen is another question).

He took the first fight very seriously and didn't gas out as much as when he fought Hrgovic.

Can see it being another tough night for Joe.

What were his management thinking putting him in with Zhang in the first place? He had finally got within a shot of the title and he voluntarily opts to fight Zhang after he smashed up Hrgovic?? Great management

 

What is the point of getting a shot and looking very poor like Joshua v Usyk twice, Chisora v Fury, Whyte v Fury and Molina v Joshua etc.

Joyce at least fights opponents with a pulse and winning these type of fights will help him when he does challenge but unfortunately he got battered.

If he cannot win against Zhang, he really is wasting his time against Fury or Usyk.

 

I know what you are saying and take my hat off to Joe for having the balls to take on a dangerous opponent, unlike most other heavies at the moment.

Joe may not beat Fury or Usyk but he is much better than the likes of Whyte and Chisora who both had their title shots and got big paydays.

 

Anyone else finding it very hard to get excited for this fight?

Was well on the Juggernaut train last time, and was severly disappointed in Joyces poor performance. Not convinced he has it in him to make the necessary changes - So see a repeat Zhang win here.

Undercard is completely underwhelming too.

On a side, has the pronunciation of Zhangs name been changed? The advert on talksport hyping their coverage definitely uses a different pronunciation to what I was hearing before, but could just be the voice over artist for the ad saying it wrong himself.

 

Genuinely forgot this was on this weekend.

If Joyce loses it’s Goodnight Vienna for his career at the highest level.

 

With no UK Cards most weekends now with most of them underwhelming when on, I am looking forward to an evenly matched Heavyweight Contest between 2 guys that come to fight.

 

BT are showing the Manchester United match on Saturday night.

Joyce vs Zhang will probably start straight after this. Would be shocked if the fight didn't do close to a million viewers.

 

Chisora says hi

 

Too many schoolboy crushes on here.

Whyte (WBC mandatory) fights Povetkin (easily still a top 10 fighter):
Drops Povetkin twice but gets stopped by an upper cut from hell.
Result: lol - that was so satisfying. What? A rematch?! Booooo

Joyce (WBO mandatory) fights Zhang (who wasn't really even top 15):
It's a one-sided beat down.
Result: Poor Joe, he was so close. Can he make adjustments? Let's wait for the rematch!

I mean, both are bad rematches, but at least Whyte's was somewhat justified given his performance and how long he got screwed by the WBC. This Joyce rematch is just stealing time from Zhang.

 

Not overly confident but picked joyce stoppage. Think he'll box a bit cleverer early on this time with that herky jerky movement and jab from the outside we saw against dubois, circle left and pepper the jab in