Mark Heffron TKO-1 Martin Bulacio (1:16); Raven Chapman UD-8 Jorgelina Guanini (77-75, 78-74, 79-73). Joe Joyce faces Joseph Parker in a big heavyweight ...
He faces a real step up against New Zealander Parker, himself a former WBO champion, who is confident of toppling 'The Juggernaut' with the help of ringside ...
Follow Joyce vs Parker LIVE with Standard Sport’s blog below! The undercard is underway and will next up be headlined Amanda Serrano vs Sarah Mahfoud for the women’s featherweight title. The WBO interim belt is up for grabs tonight at the AO Arena, as is the coveted title of being a mandatory challenger to reigning unified champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Joe Joyce (14-0, 13 KOs) will be looking to hand Joseph Parker (30-2, 21 KOs) his third career defeat tonight when the two go at it for the interim WBO.
It’s a sport, but it’s a brutal sport, and I want to win in any way possible. “Yeah, I aim to knock him down, knock him out and hurt him. I get the results,” Joyce said when told that Team Parker says he’s a “dull fighter.” The judges scored it 97-93, 97-93, and 99-92. Parker was too hurt to get up, and the fight was promptly halted. The time of the stoppage was at 1:03 of the 11th.
Joyce vs Parker results: World Boxing News presents results from Manchester as Joe Joyce fights former world champion, Joseph Parker.
The contest was warming up when Flatley stepped into Heaney as the “Hitman” moved in to position himself for a shot. As more than four rounds had passed, the fight went to the scorecards. Heaney won by margins of 50-45 and 49-46 [twice]. However, the Italian visitor Magnesi was gifted an unfathomable card against the home fighter. Somehow, one judge saw it 116-112 in favor of Magnesi. The Puerto Rican boxed the head off a determined Sarah Mahfoud to further unify the division.
Joe Joyce clashed with Joseph Parker for the WBO interim heavyweight world title on a pulsating night of boxing in Manchester - but who will the winner ...
"As you guys saw tonight, the pressure that he put on and every time I hit him, he kept coming back, we knew exactly what he was going to do. "He's very tough. What a fight, too. We've got a new kid on the block here. He took some tremendous shots himself but at the end of the day I knew he'd get there. He's getting better with age, there's no doubt about that.
Joe Joyce, the WBO's number-one contender, won the vacant WBO "interim" heavyweight title by stopping the organization's number-two man, former WBO titlist ...
Joyce's relentless pressure and work rate (81.6 punches per round for the fight to Parker's 54.7) helped him overcome his defensive issues as well as open a cut over Parker's right eye in round seven. Joyce's 308 total punches landed and 202 power landed were most by a Parker opponent. Heavyweight average: 14.5 of 44.3.