Heavyweight Boxing

Usyk doesn’t need to get “inside” to beat Joyce. Usyk is a mid to long ranger boxer/volume puncher.

In my opinion Joyce isn't a great boxer at all but his style is a complete pain in the hoop for anyone,

He's massive, with a decent jab. unreal gas tank & can take a shot, He doesn't hit extremely hard but the fact he keeps hitting you is the issue,

Joyce has shelf life with that style i reckon he has a year or 2 max before shots start to hurt him & when they do he is goosed he won't be able to change it up , 1 fight against a Wilder or AJ could end it all even if he wins the fight could dent him badly with his style

I think he has an incredible chance against Usyk & Fury , i think he beats AJ ,

If i was him I'd stay away from Wilder unless its for a belt, He could beat Wilder but Wilder could break that chin & end his career going forward ,

His jab isn’t particularly snappy/fast. I see Usyk’s cleverness being able to read it, time it and counter it.

Usyk’s very good varied footwork, and Joyce’s more predictable and pedestrian footwork will decide this fight, in Usyk’s favor.

Not getting this “he has to get inside the jab-can’t get near him if he doesn’t.”

I think you’re overrating Joyce here in the physical sense and the boxing sense. He’s bigger, but Usyk more than big enough to compete physically.

Wilder still has that one shot power that could ruin Joyce's career, Just because Joyce's whole style is to stand there & take shots flush , If he got bodied by Wilder his confidence in his whole style would be gone

Wilder had Fury down what 3 times but Fury is used to that & it didn't faze him at all, Joyce is a different fighter,

He had 2 ko losses but i get what your saying

Ah come on, you can't have it both ways. You say he's beaten washed up guys and dismiss him because of that and then say Dubois was young and naive. Will you get over yourself

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I never said that I couldn’t see an advantage possible from height, reach etc. I simply think you may be overrating it here in a match v Usyk, who is always moving and confusing his opposition.

His jab is not that snappy/fast. I see Usyk getting around it, inside it, outside it or whatever.

usyks speed and good boxing iq will work in his favour, he can avoid the constant slow jab of joyce and tag him left right and centre and win on points

this thing about joyce having high bone density enabling him to take a shot is a bluff spun out by his pr team, he got sparked out in 24 seconds against a russian ten years ago

Joyce has had some easy knock over fights so far and his best win was against parker whos seems to have fallen off a cliff and only looked good against chisora

Has joyce ever looked out of shape ? He should smash Zhang to bits

No but he did put on around 20lbs since his debut and has gone back to that original weight now.

He had a visible 6 pack at weigh in which he hasn't had in a few years, not really sure why he is weighing in light for this one against a huge opponent.

I think it's about speed. Zhang is slow so I think losing the weight will help Joyce.

Joyce would knock out AJ inside five rounds, he's miles ahead of him.

There's only two potentially ahead of him and that's the two champs. I don't see anybody else out there that could beat him. There's a gap between the top two and everybody else. The biggest question mark, in my opinion, is just how good Joyce is. He has to get a title shot.

Yes. One I’d like as well. Would be Joyce’s best opponent…😖