Tony Yoka Tells Joe Joyce To “Stop Hiding”

By James Slater - 09/06/2021 - Comments

Towering 6’7” Frenchman Tony Yoka, who faces the 15-0(11) Petar Milas in Paris on Friday night, has told RingTV.com how he is “sick of fighting guys [ranked] behind me,” and that he is hungry for fights against top-10 opposition. Top of Yoka’s list is a return fight with fellow unbeaten Joe Joyce, who Yoka defeated to win Olympic gold at super-heavyweight in 2016. Yoka, 10-0(8) has issued a challenge to Joyce to “stop hiding.”

Yoka says Joyce is pretty much wasting his time waiting for a shot at either Anthony Joshua or Tyson Fury, as these two will fight each other next if they each win their upcoming fights (AJ against Oleksandr Usyk, Fury against Deontay Wilder fight-III). Yoka says Joyce should fight him next.

“I really want to fight someone in the top-10,” Yoka told Ring. “I’m ready for anyone. I want to fight Joyce. A few months ago I said I’d like to fight [Joyce] and we started discussions about it, then he chose [Carlos] Takam, who everyone knew he’d beat. He said he doesn’t want to fight because he wants a title shot. Everybody knows if Joshua beats Usyk, Joshua will fight Fury, and they will fight at least twice. They don’t have time for him, so you have time for me, stop hiding – let’s do it.”

A Yoka-Joyce rematch at pro level would be a most interesting fight, and the winner would have earned a title shot. But will the fight happen? Is Joyce really “running” from Yoka? First of all, though, Yoka, who will be having his second fight of the year, has to deal with Milas. Milas is no big name and he has not fought since back in October of 2019, yet as Yoka says himself, this Friday’s fight is a huge chance for Milas. As we all know, anything can happen when two big heavyweights collide, and Milas is unbeaten and he holds good wins over Kevin Johnson (Milas being just the third man to have ever stopped “Kingpin”) and Francesco Pianeta.

Friday’s fight could be an interesting, perhaps exciting affair. Yoka is the favorite to win, sure, but Milas can punch some and this is very much a fight in which he may have a nothing to lose attitude. Still, that near two-year layoff has got to affect Milas.

25 thoughts on “Tony Yoka Tells Joe Joyce To “Stop Hiding””

  1. There’s only one Tyson Fury!!!!

    Stop crying & moaning about cheating like little girls because Deontay got smashed to pieces in both fights & 3rd one will soon come.

    Face it, UK all the way!!!!

  2. Deontay Wilder has fury so scared he will not be able to crawl in to the ring on October 9.

  3. All Tyson and Anthony Joshua do is avoid Luis Ortiz and Deontay Wilder.
    You UK boxing fans want to see Deontay Wilder knockout both of your loud mouth incompetent phoney baloney fancy pants fraudulent interloping intruders calling themselves champions and aren’t.

  4. The British boxing board of control will not allow fury to get a fight in the UK because fury was caught spiking water and glove tampering, failing the drug test for cocaine, steroids and enhancement drugs. And bribing the referee’s, and threatening the farmer Martin Carefoot, and bribing the farmer Martin Carefoot.

  5. Deontay Wilder will not fight with fury on the 9 the of October.
    Why is fury afraid of Deontay Wilder?
    Deontay Wilder puts fear into fury because Deontay Wilder is a true believer in the lord.
    Deontay Wilder is the piano player in his father’s church.
    The other guy got religion in jail, he used it in court to pretend he loved the lord and get out of the trouble he got into spiking Klitschkos water and glove tampering cocaine, steroids, and enhancement drugs, bribing crooked referee’s.
    If this baldheaded Shrek look a like ogre fights Deontay Wilder, he will lose because he blasphemed Jesus and lied, cheated, and stole, he is dishonest.

  6. Deontay Wilder has shut the big fat mouths of both John and tyson, the big fat mouths of ESPN fox sports
    news, and every loud mouth utube channel video talking trash.
    You hear nothing for weeks, no news except,” how in the hell are we going to keep this belt away from the guy we stole it from for ever?” ” Latest breaking news report about how fury can’t fight Deontay Wilder because some excuse after another one.”
    Sounds like the excuses wives and husband’s use “, it wasn’t me, I was at my momma’s house, my draws were dirty, the dog ate my homework.”
    Sounds like professional wrestling,” I’ll whoop your arse every day of the week and twice in Sunday, from pillar to post, in the middle of the ring, in your own back yard.” I’m going to fight everyone and whoppe them all, retire, come out of retirement and whoope them all again.”
    Meanwhile, no fights for years, month after months, excuses after another excuse.

  7. So we’re supposed to believe that fury is going to beat Deontay Wilder, then a couple of months later defeat Anthony Joshua, then Dillian Whyte, retire for 2 years, then come out of retirement and clean out the division anew.
    This man man can’t bring himself to fight Deontay Wilder and it’s been two years. It’s because of fury that I will never do any street drugs.

  8. ” Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.”
    William Shakespeare
    You should not have cheated!

  9. I saw an interview with fury and he was obviously overtly scared out of his comfort zone. He was barking and growling threats. But the night of the fight, he won’t be there guaranteed. He is so scared, he will pass.up.35 million dollars. Cowardly? Yes, but also John and tyson both really know boxing well. They know Deontay Wilder has the ability to dictate the pace, the tone, the whole rhythm and tempo and flow of the fight at will completely, with out any chance of fury resisting. The fight simply will not happen. They all know it, and knew it all along.

  10. father John fury said ,” I will stop the fight myself.” And fury must pull out of the fight. Anthony Joshua has made himself scarce.
    Dillian Whyte as well.
    But fury for sure won’t ever get into the ring with Deontay Wilder ever again. No way.

  11. Okay all of you guys.
    1. All reporting has been taken out of the news about the Deontay Wilder vs Tyson trilogy.
    2. Deontay Wilder is in shape.
    3. The other guy is not.
    There’s no fight on October 9 the. I wouldn’t be surprised if no one else ever wants to fight Deontay Wilder ever again.

  12. Why do gloves flop around all over the place? Not in all fights but just one fight. And why aren’t they investigated?

  13. Has fury been vaccinated? Last we heard, fury had the virus for three days, now Oscar de la Hoya has the virus. Why don’t these guys take the vacation? Like us? That way they would become immuned and couldn’t get the virus because of the vaccination.

  14. Oscar de la Hoya should have been vaccinated like us so he could not get the virus because he was vaccinated like us. If you get vaccinated, like us, you become safe and can’t get the virus because of the vaccination. Right? Otherwise, why vaccinate? Right you become safe.

  15. Everyone knows Tyson cheated, and how he did it. We’re just showing you who is the one that Deontay Wilder answers to. You can boycott all the fights you wan, we are being subsidized y the federal government. Any money we make is free.and.clear.

  16. Deontay Wilder calls out Anthony Joshua, Dillian Whyte and no one dared to utter one word. Now,.if fury pulls out.again, Deontay Wilder will have no one to fight. Only the second best heavyweight fighter, Luis Ortiz,.next to Deontay Wilder will fight him again.

  17. It wouldn’t surprise me if there was any truth to the rumors circulating around las Vegas, ha anyone heard anything about fury’s retirement?

  18. Deontay Wilder and fury is being called off because of fury’s excuses. Is there any truth to the rumors circulating around las Vegas to that effect?

  19. Anthony Joshua said, ” Deontay Wilder is afraid to fight me because Deontay Wilder is a chicken 🐓.”

  20. ” Give me an offer for 50 million dollars again, and I will agree to a 50/50 purse splitting for undisputed champion of the world. ”
    ” Last time, I was lyi g, this time I’m telling the truth.”

  21. Anthony Joshua said ,” after Deontay Wilder gingerly makes short work of fury, come see me, I’ll slap him .”

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