Joe Joyce, AKA “The Juggernaut,” rolls on. Aiming for a fight with the winner of the upcoming September 25 showdown between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk, the unbeaten 35 year old got the stoppage win he was looking for last night against Carlos Takam.
Joe Joyce turned on the firepower and took out Carlos Takam in stopping him in the sixth round on Saturday night at the SSE Arena in London, and then immediately said he wants the Anthony Joshua vs.
Heavyweight Joe Joyce (13-0, 12 KOs) overcame a slow start to defeat former world title challenger Carlos Takam (39-6-1, 28 KOs) by a sixth round knockout win on Saturday night at the SSE Arena in London, UK.
Joe Joyce wants to beat former heavyweight world title challenger Carlos Takam in a more impressive fashion tonight than IBF/WBA champion Anthony Joshua did in October 2017.
Heavyweight Joe Joyce will be enjoying a 20 lb weight advantage over Carlos Takam this Saturday night when the two meet in the headline attraction at the Wembley Arena in Wembley, London, UK.
With the big (ish) three-match between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder now off the summer schedule and looking as though it’s headed to October (and with it, hopefully, the solid under-card of heavyweight fights that were set for July 24, with Robert Helenius – Adam Kownacki II and Efe Ajagba – Frank Sanchez being two cracking fights that we all hope we will still get to see), there is really only one big (ish) heavyweight fight set for the month of July.
Joe Joyce will return to action on July 24th, for the first time since scoring a stoppage win over Daniel Dubois.
Tyson Fury confirmed this weekend that he would be fighting on December 5th in London, England. The unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion Fury’s opponent still needs to be selected by his promoters and management for that date, but it’s presumed to be a fighter that presents little threat to beating him.
Tyson Fury Vs. Carlos Takam, December 5 in London? How would this match-up grab you? Takam’s co-promoter Joe DeGuardia spoke with Sky Sports, and he said his fighter would jump at the chance if the big fight were offered to him.
Travis Kauffman-Otto Wallin On For August 15
Slowly but surely the heavyweight division is seeing life again. The still ongoing coronavirus problem has caused mass disruption to the boxing schedule but a couple of fights have taken place and a few more have been scheduled.