I am the “God of Strength”. I walk through flames and I use my own flames to burn my opponents. There will be a massacre in the center of the ring,” Joe Joyce declared before the match with 1m98 Chinese puncher Zhilei Zhang.
Even though he is British, Joe Joyce spent more than a year studying at the Shaolin training school in China before pursuing the professional boxing path. Boxer The 37-year-old has gone through 15 winning professional boxing matches and is currently the owner of the interim WBO heavyweight belt when he defeated Joseph Parker on September 24, 2022.
On April 15, Joyce will have a match to defend the WBO heavyweight championship against a Chinese puncher. 39-year-old Zhilei has a height of 1m98, won an Olympic silver medal and experienced 26 professional matches with 24 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. He also won the WBO heavyweight belt twice, first in 2017 and then 2018.
In terms of competition experience, Zhilei is rated higher. However, Joyce has the advantage of being younger and playing at home. The British boxer is determined to defeat the Chinese puncher to aim for the higher goal of fighting Tyson Fury or Oleksandr Usyk.
“I think Zhang and I both possess powerful punches And I’m sure it will be a dramatic fight. It’s the perfect preparation for a fight against Usyk or Fury before possibly challenging Lenroy Thomas for the Commonwealth heavyweight championship,” Joyce confided. with the press.
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