Who wins this one?? I would have to go for Dubois points because he has the better jab and is not as robotic -- Joyce is tough and will be a test for anyone IMO
StIverne was able to tag him with slow looping right hands far too easily IMO and one of the better HW's will put him away on that basis. Joyce looks so stiff and robotic when throwing but he does turn his punches over well and can generate good power without loading up. Must be a Sanchez thing cos GGG does the same thing.
Such a tough call. Joyce looks there for the taking, he’s slow and ponderous and gets tagged easily but at the same time his pressure is relentless, it’s gona cause someone big problems. If his chin holds up it will be interesting. If Dubois punches as hard as Warren says he should knock him out, I don’t think he does though so I’d have to go Joyce via UD.
Joyce batters Dubois in my opinion. Dubois is another year or two away from a Joyce level opponent. Especially one with Joyce's chin, work rate, and stamina. There is no need to rush Dubois.
Joyce right now but i think it would be a decent scrap with late stoppage / UD for Joyce. A couple of years if Dubois progresses well then i'd got for a reversal of this.
What are peoples opinions of Joyce's chin? Was he ever iced as an amateur? An interesting case study is the Usyk fight. Usyk tagged him a lot but he didn't go down. Would you say that indicates Joyce has a good chin or Usyk has less power at heavyweight?
Do you know what, i would love for thos fight to happen...great fight. 2 up and coming British heavyweights fighting at this stage in there career would be great. Would show who was the real deal. I love both them man and wouldnt mind who won. At this point the smart pick would be Joyce. However i still think we havent seen what Dubois is capable of yet. Could this fight actually happen soon?
Stopped inside 30 seconds by Kuzmin. Has another stoppage loss that I haven't seen so can't really comment on. I think Joyce's chin is pretty good though, as he is so wide open that he does get tagged a lot. If it was Price-level he would have more stoppage defeats considering the level he has fought at. It isn't so strong that he can just ignore defence though, and he probably will get caught at some point.
This content is protected One of the best tactics with Joyce is probably to jump on him before he gets going. Once he's warmed up and throwing 3000 punches a round it may get harder to land a bomb. He seems particularly wide open to right hands. Whatever you want to say about the current heavyweight division, there are a lot of big guys throwing big leather. I think he's in for a rocky road once he's fighting at top 10 level, but you can't rule out someone of his size and workrate.
https://www.insidethegames.biz/arti...-joyce-in-opening-bout-of-world-championships Report of his other known stoppage defeat. Seems a similar scenario to the Kuzmin fight, albeit against a lesser opponent.
Joyce absolutely blitzes him at this stage. I reckon Dubois will go on to achieve a lot more in his pro career but currently he is just a baby and has an awful lot to learn. His pro career so far as been fought on his terms (in the ring). His opponents have been picked for him to develop aspects of his attack without worrying too much about what’s gonna come back or having to fight at a uncomfortable pace. Joyce would set a very high pace, punches very hard and with a lot of variety. In a few years, Dubois would beat him but right now, it lasts about 3 rounds.
Joyce looks really tough. Stiverne is a big puncher, and Joe stood toe to toe, and did take some heavy blows early on. Don't know how good Dubois is. But I should imagine the incredible Juggernaught would have taken Kevin Johnson out of there before 10 rounds.