Why didn't Juggernaut manage to protect his eye?

Join the club. We can both spar and see who can switch quicker. We'll be Ali shuffling all night long.

 

Easy he says. The ultimate armchair comment.

 

Yes, but they are both countered by the rear straight and space management. Zhang being the better boxer had both.

 

He has a lousy defense.

In every fight, he gets hit flush in the early rounds. He's known for eating flush shot after flush shot and not getting knocked out.

Everyone expected Zhang to land flush early and people thought Joyce can take the shots. He didn't take the shots very well and he lost.

 

I think that's where Joyce mainly went wrong, just like Joshua in the first fight with Usyk, he tried to out box the better boxer. It's one thing to do that vs Dubois but Zhang's on another level to Dubois.

His more aggressive approach which he tried to switch to in the later rounds might have seen him take shots on the way in but once he got up close he could at least land something back, instead he stood off and gave Zhang the space to land the left hand, often without reply.

 

Yep

 

He can box ... he's just set on 0,25xspeed. That's the problem.

 

Because he is slow, basic , low skill boxer with no defense.

 

Southpaw angle. That southpaw cross is tough to dodge even for guys with legitimate defense. Southpaws practice mainly against orthodox fighters, if they want the angle it’s very difficult to keep it from them.

What I noticed is Zhang is not much of a threat inside. Without the full extension Joyce can work all day eating those small shots Zhang shoots from the elbow.

 

Zhang turned the Juggernaut into juggle nuts.

 

But he can't move his head or torso even at that speed :S.

 

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Zhang vs Joyce

 

You don't need to worry about defence when you're a juggernaut who can't be hurt.
This was just a flesh wound so it didn't count.
He's still unstoppable.
You don't need eyes.

 

Because Joe has always defended the punches with his face. He has always been a very limited fighter and Zhang exposed his limitations. Joe is a seriously likeable bloke but he has been ridiculously overrated. I think all top HWs (Usyk, Fury, Joshua, Ruiz) would beat him with ease. He is useful against the Parkers of the world but that's about it.