Zhilei Zhang vs. Joseph Obey Joyce II & Pierce O'Leary vs. Kane Gardner RBR.

Just keeps on proving how underrated Hrgovic is.

 

WTF are you talking about YDKSAB.

Price had a chin made if pure glass but could box reasonably well. Problem was he went down as soon as he was caught with anything meaningful.

Joyce's chin is pure granite. He took 15 Price KO punches tonight, but the accumulated of punishment in this fight, and his career, has started to catch up with him.

 

Yes. In the first fight the only time he was wobbled was in rd 2 when he allowed Zhang to extend fully on a left. Once he got inside Zhang was punching from the elbow and Joyce could’ve taken that all night.

Biggest mistake was giving Zhang room to get full extension on his shots. Worse, playing counter-puncher and running into a hook while attempting said counter-punching.

 

Zhang showing why he is a top fighter at HW who deserves a title shot. He made it look much easier this time. I think he’d be a threat to any HWs right now.

 

I really hope Zhang gets his big fight in china

 

Funny looking back at Fury's comments that Joyce was second best Heavyweight. Wonder how much if that diatribe was I his own self interest.

Don't be surprised if Fury fights Joyce.

 

Combat sports in general are not really popular in China. Even Zhang Weili is not that popular. ONE Championship has many Chinese fighters but it doesn't take off in the mainland. There might be some fights in Macau, mainly to attract potential casino visitors. Zou Shiming had most of his fights in Macau.

Or Zhang Zhilei will be the guy who makes boxing popular in China.

 

Don't care, he deserves it

 

That was brutal. Can’t help but feel for Joyce.

At best, his chin has been granite but he’s taken more flush shots throughout his career than any man has a right to.

That’s always going to tell in the long run - and even in his last fight, the one fight, there might’ve been significant and irreversible damage to his resilience.

Not that Zhang’s punch wasn’t a howitzer, it was HUGE.

Major psychological trauma for Joyce to overcome from the first fight also - and he did appear to be carrying mental luggage from the first beat down - naturally.

It’s more the exception than the rule when a fighter can completely divorce himself from such a defeat and come in afresh and improved for the rematch.

This stuff can happen when boxers actually engage one another in lieu of the deflective hoopla we so often see/hear these days.

Every time two OTHER HWs actually get in the ring to fight one another we have to hear how the inactive Fury would beat them both - continuing to build Tyson an inexplicable “fantasy” career within his actual career - if you could call it a career at this point.

So ALL credit to Joyce and Zhang, for actually getting in there to fight the good fight, not just once but twice - and, as far I’ve seen, they’re two fine men also and credits to the sport.

 

No it was a close fight and they both had moments so the younger more popular fighter got the nod. Boxing works that way.

 

Yeah I remember seeing a video that trauma like the one JJ suffered increases the likelihood of getting KO'd again. I hope the team do an objective look at his chances of being a champion and do the right thing by him.

 

Missed another one bummer

 

Hrgovic should have lost that fight. He was barely standing and Zhang got robbed.

 

Zhang vs Joyce 2

Round 1
Feel out round, Zhang actually tried a few times with something other than a jab
10-9 Zhang(close)

Round 2
Joyce is too slow to be a sustained counter puncher, Bradley is unbearable as usual, Zhang starting to land some straight lefts and stuns Joyce, last few seconds of the round and Zhang lights Joyce up, he's hurt
10-9 Zhang

Note: Bradley just turn off your mic please

Round 3
Zhang bangs Joyce at the end of the round and its a KO

 

Just one more time as I'm finally watching this fight, Bradley....is.....awful