Joe Joyce calms down his mum as she interrupts talkSPORT interview to complain
Joyce got off to a sluggish start and never really recovered as his Chinese opponent landed big shots that visibly wobbled him in the early stages of the fight.
‘Big Bang’ repeatedly landed punches to the Englishman’s eye that caused it to swell so badly referee Howard Foster waved off the fight in the sixth frame. It appeared to be a similar injury to the one Joyce inflicted on Daniel Dubois when they clashed for the British, Commonwealth, and European heavyweight titles in November 2020.‘Dynamite’ was allowed to fight on until round ten when he took a knee and waited to be counted out rather than absorb any more damage to hisJoyce was speaking with talkSPORT’s Gareth A. Davies in the immediate aftermath of his first career defeat when his mum interrupted to give him a hug and question the stoppage.
He said: “He just kept on getting my eye. I’m fine, I’m completely fine, but now it’s closed up and I can’t see out of it now.“It’s an eye for an eye again now, I got my eye done. It’s like what I did, I got a bit of payback from Dubois, I guess. Maybe it’s karma.” The Olympic silver medalist has the option to rematch Zhang next but suggested he will most likely take another fight before running it back with the new WBO interim heavyweight champion.“I thought I could have carried on, I was taking his shots fine, but it’s just unfortunate that the eye closed up. But I’ll be back
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