Was Joe Joyce a hypejob all along? Zhang rematch will say all that needs to be said.

Joyce is too slow to beat Zhang and he doesn't have reach advantage. Its stylistical nightmare so he loses again.

Hrgovic did better against Zhang, because Hrgovic is faster and better movement.

 

Joyce needs to put pressure on Zhang to exploit his old man stamina but in doing so he's going to get hit...

He doesn't close the distance in a crafty way and can't stay on Zhang's chest so he's done for.

No point waiting and being more cautious, the low pace suits Zhang.

 

Joyce does his somersault and ****s it up and ends up somersaulting out of the ring. Saves us wondering what could have been if he loses. Or another addition to the absolute mess in heavyweight boxing. Also a third fight to prolong the aforementioned agony.

 

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Joyce is being massively UNDERrated if anything.

 

I disagree that a standard jab is worthless, problem is a standard orthodox fighters balance will be shifted wrong and they leave themselves open to the straight as Joyce does...

The trick is to be dominant with the jab which is the key in any fight...problem is Joyce can't establish jab dominance/ Fury would set about Zhang right and proper jab his nut off...problem is all these other heavyweights haven't got that ability. They are stuck in a style and can't adapt. Joyce's biggest problem is he is SLOW and uses attrition to stop opponents not like he can trade and come on top which even AJ could do. It's just a horrible style matchup. You could see out of the gate it was going to go downhill for Joe.

 

He'll be coming in heavier in this rematch. Zhang was starting to gas out towards the end so there is hope for Joyce. Should be a great fight.

 

Blocking punches with your face typically doesn’t end well, particularly in the Heavyweight division.