Joseph Joyce

Joseph Joyce
Data
Birth Name	Joseph Joyce
Fight name	Juggernaut
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	British
birthday	September 19, 1985
place of birth	London
style	Normal display
size	1.98 m
Range	2.03 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	11
Victories	11
Knockout victories	10
Defeats	0
draw	0
Profile in the BoxRec database

Joseph Joyce medal table
Boxing
England
Olympic Summer Games
silver	2016 Rio	Super heavyweight
World championships
bronze	2015 Doha	Super heavyweight
European Games
gold	2015 Baku	Super heavyweight
European championships
bronze	2013 Minsk	Super heavyweight
Commonwealth Games
gold	2014 Glasgow	Super heavyweight

Joe Joyce (* 19th September 1985 in London , England ) is a British professional boxer in the heavyweight division and currently undefeated. With the amateurs he competed in the super heavyweight division . He is trained by Ismael Salas and promoted by Richard Schaefer and David Haye .

Background and amateur career

Joe Joyce's career as a boxer is very unusual as he only started boxing in earnest in 2010 at the age of 25. However, he did some sports such as swimming, athletics, rugby and kickboxing before that. None of these sports but competitive sports. From time to time he also trained boxing during the semester break at his university, which he finally found so fond of that he joined the amateur boxing club (ABC) "Earsfiled" London and trained conscientiously with the coaches Sid Khan and Andy Stables.

Already in November 2011 he took part in the championship of Great Britain and won the championship title there in the super heavyweight division with a demolition victory in the first round. In April 2012 he was also English champion (ABAE champion) in this weight class with a points win over Nick Webb (38:25), a non-fight win over Rocky Broadway and a point win over Frazer Clarke (5-0 RS). In May 2012 he defeated Frazer Clarke in the championship of Great Britain again on points (37:36) and was again the title holder of Great Britain. In the English ABAE championship 2013 he did not take part because of the preparation for the European championship in Minsk.

In May 2012, Joe Joyce also won an international tournament for the first time. At the Boxing Belfast Tournament he won the final of the super heavyweight over Dimitar Kosanow from Bulgaria. In October 2012 he won the super heavyweight division of the Tammer tournament in Helsinki. He defeated Ross Henderson, Scotland, on points (21: 9), Martins Gavars, Latvia by breaking off in the 1st round and Con Sheehan, Ireland, on points (20:16). From November 2012 he played for the "British Lionhearts" as part of the World Series of Boxing (WSB) six fights against strong opponents, of which he won five.

In May 2013 he then took part in the European Championships in Minsk for England . In the super heavyweight division he defeated Milutin Stanković, Serbia (2-1 RS) and Mikhail Bakhtidze, Georgia (3-0 RS) on points. In the semifinals, however, he had to accept a technical knockout defeat in the first round against Sergei Kuzmin from Russia. He won an EM bronze medal with it. At the World Championships in the same year, however, he was eliminated in the first fight against Hamza Beguerni ( Algeria ) by knockout in the first round.

In 2014 Joyce won the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and in 2015 the European Games in Baku . At the 2015 World Championships in Doha , he won bronze after losing to Tony Yoka in the semifinals . On the way to the semifinals, he beat Mohamed Arjaoui , Morocco (3-0) and Ali Eren Demirezen , Turkey (3-0). In 2016, Joyce qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro by winning the European Olympic qualification tournament . He beat Məhəmmədrəsul Məcidov , Azerbaijan (2: 1). At the Olympics, he was able to advance to the final, where he was again defeated by Tony Yoka.

World Series of Boxing

time	encounter	Weight class	Results
11/12	British Lionhearts vs Italia Thunder	Super heavy	Technical knockout victory in the 1st round over Matteo Modugno
12/12	British Lionhearts vs German Eagles	Super heavy	Points victory over Philipp Gruner (3-0 RS)
01/13	British Lionhearts vs USA Knockauts	Super heavy	Points win over Avery Gibson (3-0 RS)
02/13	British Lionhearts vs Astana Arlans	Super heavy	Points win over Filip Hrgovic (2: 1 RS)
03/13	Ukrainian Otamans vs. British Lionhearts	Super heavy	Point defeat against Oleksandr Ussyk (0: 3 RS)
03/13	British Lionhearts vs Mexico Guerreras	Super heavy	Points victory over Milutin Stankovic (3-0 RS)

National competitions

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2011	1.	Championship of Great Britain	Super heavy	after a points win over Ross Henderson, Scotland (25:16) and a demolition win in the 1st round over Fraser Clark
2012	1.	ABAE Championships	Super heavy	after victory over Nick Webb (38:25), victory over Rocky Broadway without a fight and victory over Fraser Clark (5: 0 RS)
2012	1.	Championship of Great Britain	Super heavy	after winning points over Fraser Clark (37:36)

Explanations

• EM = European Championship
• Super heavy, weight class over 91 kg body weight
• RS = judges vote

Professional career

On October 10, 2017, Joyce made his professional debut when he stopped Ian Lewison in Greenwich , London , in a round 8 fight. He also won his second fight in February of the following year against Rudolf Jozic prematurely.

List of professional fights

11 wins (10 knockout wins), 0 defeats , 0 draws
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Joyce
2017	the 20th of October	The O2 Arena , London, UK	Ian Lewison professional debut	Victory / TKO 8th round
2018	February 16	York Hall, London, UK	Rudolf Jozic	Victory / KO 1st round
	17. March	York Hall, London, UK	Donnie Palmer	Victory / TKO 1st round
	5th of May	The O2 Arena , London, UK	Lenroy Thomas Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	15th June	York Hall, London, UK	Ivica Bacurin	Victory / KO 1st round
	30. September	Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, USA	Iago Kiladze	Victory / KO 5th round
	December 1	Staples Center , Los Angeles, USA	Joe Hanks WBA Continental Heavyweight Championship	Victory / KO 1st round
2019	February 23	The O2 Arena , London, UK	Bermane Stiverne Commonwealth Heavyweight Title Defense	Victory / TKO 6th round
	May 18	Lamex Stadium , Stevenage, UK	Alexander Ustinov	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	July 13th	The O2 Arena , London, UK	Bryant Jennings	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2020	July 25th	BT Sport Studio, Stratford, UK	Michael Wallisch	Victory / TKO 3rd round
Source: Joseph Joyce in the BoxRec database

Web links / sources

• Joseph Joyce in the BoxRec database
• www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl "
• Website of the English amateur boxing association
• Boxing magazine