WBO interim heavyweight champion Joe « Juggernaut » Joyce gets in the ring with Zhilei « Big Bang » Zhang on Saturday. Here’s everything you need to know to watch.
Joe “Juggernaut” Joyce and Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang face off in a heavyweight bout at the Copper Box Arena in London today. Joyce (15-0, 14KOs), already the WBO interim world heavyweight champion, is hoping that a win over Zhang (24-1-1, 19KOs) will set him up for a title fight. Holding the WBO interim heavyweight belt means Joyce is in line to fight Oleksandr Usyk, but Usyk seems to be solely focused on a heavyweight unification fight against Tyson Fury. Zhang’s only loss so far was against Filip Hrgovic. This fight against Joyce will be Zhang’s second chance to prove that he deserves a title shot.
Most people are expecting one of two outcomes to today’s fight. Joyce is inarguably the favorite, and a late round knockout of Zhang is what most people are expecting. On the other hand, Zhang is known to come out strong at the beginning, with 12 of his 19 knockouts happening in the first round.
