The big punching heavyweight Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang (24-1-1, 19 KOs) pulled off a major upset, defeating interim WBO heavyweight champion Joe Joyce (15-1, 14 KOs) by a sixth-round TKO on Saturday night to ruin his world-title hopes at the Copper Box Arena in London, England.
With all heavyweight fight fans braced for a potentially brutal thriller tonight between Joe Joyce and Zhilei Zhang, there is some unhappiness in the Zhang camp.
Joe Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) weighed in at 256 pounds, and challenger Zhilei Zhang (24-1, 19 KOs) weighed 278 lbs for their highly anticipated twelve-round main event this Saturday night, April 15th, live on ESPN+ and BT Sport at the Copper Box Arena in London, England.
Joe Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) is the favorite against the huge-punching two-time Olympian Zhilei Zhang, but there’s a very real possibility he could lose this fight.
In the last few years the rise of prospect turned legit contender Joe Joyce has been an interesting one for a variety of reasons.
As fight fans know, this Saturday will see two big heavyweights, both willing to put it all on the line, colliding in London.
WBO interim heavyweight champion Joe Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) says he’s got to be careful with the punching power of his opponent Zhilei Zhang (24-1, 19 KOs) early on this Saturday night for their headliner at the Copper Box Arena in London.
Heavyweights Joe Joyce and Zhilei Zhang came face-to-face today in Las Vegas, this at Joyce’s trainer Ismael Salas’ gym. The two went at it a little bit in a verbal manner yet there was mutual respect shown.
Two-time Chinese Olympian Zhilei Zhang is convinced that he’s got the kind of power that will hurt interim WBO heavyweight champion Joe ‘Juggernaut’ Joyce on April 15th in their headliner at the Copperbox Arena in London, England.
Zhilei Zhang (24-1-1, 19 KOs) will likely be coming in as the underdog against WBO interim heavyweight champion Joe Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) on April 15th at the Copper Box Arena in London.