Derek Chisora received heavyweight Joe Joyce riled up throughout their face-to-face interview forward of their twelve-round conflict eight days to any extent further July twenty seventh on the O2 Enviornment in London. Their combat might be proven reside on ESPN+ within the afternoon hours within the U.S.
Chisora (34-13, 23 KOs) let Joyce (16-2, 15 KOs) know what he considered his group, labeling them in not too flattering phrases. Joyce regarded able to tear the 40-year-old Chisora aside on the spot as a result of he’s not accustomed to one among his opponents having a go.
“That received’t matter once I punch you within the head,” stated Joe Joyce to Queensberry, reacting to Dereck Chisora bad-mouthing his group.
Chisora is coming off an 11-month layoff since his twelve-round unanimous determination win over journeyman Gerald Washington on August 12, 2023. Though Chisora received that combat in opposition to the 41-year-old Washington, he was not remotely spectacular within the contest.
Chisora’s pace has suffered tremendously within the final three years, and he seems to be a lot slower than he did in his slim defeat in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk in October 2020. Joe Joyce additionally lacks pace, however he’s monumental, fights like a locomotive, and nonetheless has energy in his punches.
Many boxing followers need to see Chisora retire from the game. They word his slowed speech and fear about his bodily well being after the numerous wars throughout his 17-year profession. The uncommon successes Chisora loved years in the past have ended.
Now, he takes beatings when he faces high quality opposition, resembling a punching bag. Tyson Fury threw Chisora a bone in December 2022, giving him an undeserved world title shot regardless of shedding three out of his final 4 fights. Predictably, the combat ended badly for Chisora, with Fury knocking him out within the tenth spherical.
Chisora could have bother maintaining Joyce off him to maintain from getting pounded into mud on July twenty seventh. If Chisora loses this combat, it will likely be his fifth defeat in his final eight fights since 2020 and certainly sign the tip of his profession.
Curiously, Chisora continues to be being given main-event gigs within the UK as a result of that wouldn’t occur if he fought within the U.S., the place you bought to supply outcomes to combat in headliners.
Joyce, 38, snapped a two-fight shedding streak final March, knocking out home heavyweight Kash Ali within the tenth spherical in Birmingham. ‘The Juggernaut’ had misplaced his two earlier fights by knockout in opposition to Zhilei Zhang, and lots of followers gave up on him after the second loss.
