Zhilei Zhang (China) vs Joe Joyce (England) I | KNOCKOUT, BOXING Fight, HD

Joey's going to lose this for the first time and let's take a look at this fight Tim because there was a lot of action Yeah Ladies and gentlemen, please. Welcome Shalane And his opponent across the ring in this main event He is the defending world champion fighting tonight out of the blue quarter He comes to the ring wearing black with silver and weighed in at 18 stone He was a 2012 Olympic silver medalist and now as a professional he is undefeated with 15 wins 14 of his 15 wins come by way of knockout Ladies and gentlemen, here is the reigning and defending WBO interim heavyweight champion of the the juggernaut Expect keep it clean break straightaway window both you watch your heads in close. Good luck to you both touch gloves Still a boxing scribe Mark Riegel the odds Joe Joyce at a minus hundred for Zilei Zhang the over under eight and a half and a lightweight. I think he came in it load or lower weight Yes, he's because he can more condition, but the thing is more fluid fighter here Less he's less robotic and what he said Oh, look at that shot one to get a left foot that left hand right there Oh density or not Joe Joyce landing, but my shots are armor-piercing One of the things John told us is listen. I'm almost 280 pounds. I'm a lefty. Where do you John? Yeah, I mean he got a little flab around around the waist area But he looks saying the leather on the face of Joe Joyce exactly what he told us to look for the straight left hand Boxes straight up and down stiff Granite where he dropped them in each of the first three rounds and then suffered kidney damage and dehydrate six foot six in height First three minutes No, you know what is going on because you do a sleep a little bit He just a straight left hand nice body shot, but the right hook Let's talk about the straight left hand of John, but the right hook he does possess he will make Joyce pay for that shot any times he keeps those hands John coming off of a failed attempt at the IBF Mandatory leave it in the judges hands and don't leave any doubt as Joyce Opens up this second round with a long overhand, right? You gotta figure it. Oh, yeah, no doubt about it. No no doubt about it But right now what you're seeing is his choice Now he gets his jab going in everything his offense works. Ooh that shot right there buckle choice That's a big one to Olympic silver medalist these CDs on I'm trying it by way of Jersey Joe Joyce, and let's see how he weathers this storm from she lays This all night long. I mean, it's easy work. This is easy picking When I saw the odds Bernardo, I said, oh my goodness. They they tripping on the body work as well Now here comes the return fire from Joe Joyce. There's the heart I'm gonna back up John and he wants to run him into another shot. It is just big straight left Doesn't rock him soccer robots dog We anticipated this and the work great for Joe Joyce usually throws 80 punches around He's thrown 84 total through these first two rounds authority Coming for the punches of Joe Joyce seems still a little bit buzzed Look at the left hand that did that damage. Yeah, keep your head on the line. I mean, you don't move it at all Yeah, that's what you're gonna get you can receive that all night. We know that's the case with Joe Joyce He doesn't move his head off and he tries to deflect shots with just holding his hands up Jongest textbook that's right on the money and I can't help but be reminded of something that John's told us in choosing me And Joe Joyce usually allows opponents to land shot he went so far through the first right eye is Gonna give Joe Joyce trouble Bone density may be an overrated virtue But hit the heart is not overrated and here comes Joe Joyce coming out He now what Joe Joyce is trying to do is he's just trying to touch and just stay consistent with his offense So that way John The shot it'll be a sense of urgency for Joe Joyce here now Z Lee's on with the Zhang's whole career Can change come on towards the back end. We know his condition. It is elite Body work from John right on the beltline with the left and takes on the Joe Joyce after taking a double left jab Two straights left from John cheated activity that activity right when you when you work the numbers on it That's what Joyce is doing. He's working in numbers. He's touching them touching them. He doesn't matter where he's hitting him He just lay a little percent of their power punches against John He's holding Joyce to just 22% so far, but there's that quick hands And this is Joe Joyce waking up as I straight left from John He does not load up with that shot. I mean it's so hard to see it's so quick and so precise oh There again Joe Joyce answers with the jab But I'm sure John will take a jab over those two lefts that he's able to land on the chin of joy shot And I'm right here in your face These shots are the most telling so far through the first three rounds again It's round G Lee's on inflammation over that right eye in the third just can't miss with this shot This is this automatic punch from from John. You know I remember from the amateurs watching them on the amateur videos This is a shot that he's mastered. You know left handers. That's the kill shot for them right handers typically want to land right hands Against left handers, but left handers. They do it more often. They understand the angles It's a straight right hand is because he doesn't have he's not choosing the right ankle He's not choosing the right angle to push from I don't know if 210 over three rounds that's at a 70 punch per round pace Closer to his 80 punches per round that he's young winning the first two And I'm not sure that the most damaging shots from John didn't win him that third round It was the best round for joy And when you fight us in the southpaw you want to get your foot on the outside of the southpaw That's gonna line up your backhand That's not of the southpaw Towards the left towards the right chair of the southpaw strong still able to land that straight left But it's just one shot at a time count the activity of Joyce and that right hand from Joyce, which is starting to find the chin of Z. Lajon There's that straight left once again and follows it up Back to back left hand There's another straight left right around the glove of Joe Joyce from Z. Lajon. Once again on the orbital bone of Joe Joyce could be worrisome as a fight progresses because those shots continue to land opening up a right hook from Z. Lajon anytime John gets his foot on the outside. He's throwing that left hand down the pipe and 180 pound or so heavyweight and Joyce is just eating these straight shots We do a great job in the corner keeping that right eye open But that could change with any left hook from Z. Lajon which that was a punch, but you can close his high Absolutely, if you keep forcing the issue force the issue with the ref for the doctor four rounds in the books Joyce he keeps his head right on that center line. He doesn't move it That was going to be a problem for him in this fight. Salas also Demanded that Joyce pick up the pace. That's his best shot here mark He needs to keep John off of him and keep that left hand for being able to not only throw but connect like it is Once again here in round five. Well Pace will win round busyness will win rounds of members stamina suspect With that straight left isn't stopping man. My goodness when we take a look at the power punch Over the last few fights for Z. Lajon. He is on fire tonight Comparatively, there's that left Zong is also catching a lot of shots to see is catching a lot of shots He's playing possum right now. I don't know. Yeah, I don't know if he's gonna get credit from the judges Wait, do you see this uppercut? He's gonna be trying to throw any minute John This is dangerous territory for Joe Joyce 14 and 0 14 talk about him being at home But the narrative of the fight the body language and how you look will obviously Be on the judges taking his time. He's trying to allow Joyce to to wear himself down. I don't know to me. He cannot play with house money being on the road being on the road Right side of Joe Joyce's face, I mean that left hand is Totally demolishing the face of Joe Joyce. No Zhang is bleeding from the nose, too The bruising on the face of Joe Joyce is impressive as he goes back to his corner Okay And now listen when you when you when you punch gay when you get close That cannot be good for the fighter who's being checked out The bruising is intense the inflammation of the eye. It's closing John has never earned a stoppage past the fifth round and Mark, you mentioned it earlier in all these big fights He can change his life here. He could change his career. He can't if he avoids fading. It's not being lazy It fight. Oh, that's it. Stop being lazy and fight but Right left combination another straight left and you said Zhang was a big bang and boy obviously he heard me No, he didn't he didn't hear you comes the doctor This cannot be good for Joe Joyce has the inflammation now Completely closes that eye The doctor is coming up It's still see he's gonna plead to continue but the fight is over and Zhang has pulled off the minus 1100 upset on Joe Joyce that could do that type of damage to his face and Today's he fought back hard He was busy with his offense in spots, but he just didn't move his head Foster stops the contest therefore your winner by way of technical knockout and WBO interim heavyweight champion of the world surely Make no mistake about it the real champions the real kings in the division are Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, but Zhilei Zhang made history for China to