The “interim” WBC world heavyweight champion (over 90.7 kg) Joe Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) practically guarantees a spectacular fight with the Chinese big man Zhang Zhilei (24-1-1, 19 KOs) – about their the fight yesterday, February 2, was officially announced, although the media wrote about it long before confirmation.
According to the Brit, it will almost certainly be a “great fight”. Why?
“He had a tough fight against Hrgovic, but I think he won it. Zhang is a big, strong left-hander, massive, he was at the Olympics and all that, Joe assessed the opponent. “So he has experience and I think it will be a great fight. He has a punch, so I’ll have to be careful. Since Hrgovic and I have a similar style, and they had a great fight, it should be interesting here too.”
Joyce is like Foreman, he will probably beat Usyk – promoter
Joyce believes that “there will be a massacre in the center of the ring.”
“I lost my temper a few times in sparring and once it was against a forward punching southpaw who tried to knock me out. It was an exciting sparring,” he said. “I think that Zhang and I will swing with very heavy punches. Good preparation for Oleksandr Usyk or Tyson Fury, plus I haven’t fought a southpaw since winning the Commonwealth title against Lenroy Thomas“.
Briton David Haye, the conqueror of cruiserweight and heavyweight, is delighted with this fight: what he said.
