Joe Joyce is days away from the hardest combat of his profession – a rematch with Zhilei Zhang in London simply 5 months on from being stopped within the sixth spherical of their first contest.Zhang’s southpaw stance bamboozled ‘The Juggernaut’ in April, and a punishing left hand left his eye so swollen that the ringside physician and referee convened to cease the bout.With this second crack at ‘Huge Bang’, Joyce has the chance to regain his WBO Interim title – the ticket to a shot at unified heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk, within the close to future.The division’s different champion, Tyson Fury, advised Queensberry he had a sense all alongside that his countryman would get beat the primary trip.“He received beat like I assumed he would. Me and Shane thought that Zhang would beat him. I assumed that Joe must stand up the ground a few occasions and claw a win again perhaps, if he took him a couple of rounds. Clearly he didn’t, and he received beat.”Fury believes Joyce’s second mistake was not taking on his supply for sparring forward of the rematch.“I advised Joe, dwell on the web, that in case you come to Morecambe Bay I’ll virtually assure you a win over Zhang. However he didn’t, he went to Vegas. You possibly can’t assist any person who don’t wish to be helped. It’s what it’s.”Lastly, he known as it shut however stated one should favour Zhang to repeat the end result.“Powerful combat once more. 50/50. However you’d must favour the champion, as a result of one he’s beat him already, knocked him out, and two his confidence shall be excessive understanding he can win. Earlier than he wasn’t certain. Now he is aware of.”“You need to favour the Chinese language man, purely on the actual fact he’s already beat him as soon as, and if [Joyce] goes down the identical highway he’ll beat him once more.”Zhang and Joyce run it again this coming Saturday on the OVO Enviornment, Wembley. UK followers can tune in by way of TNT Sports activities for what can’t be something apart from a heavyweight slugfest.
Tyson Fury Predicts Zhilei Zhang-Joe Joyce Rematch: “He Is aware of How To Beat Him”
