He was landing around 30 scoring left jabs every round. For a bloke with a supposed tight defence he was eating jabs all night and never looked to address it
Fair play to Liam Smith for taking the fight he clearly wasn't fit, looked drained and nowhere near aggressive or sharp enough but still showed up and did not quit
Eubanks footwork still makes me shudder but he did what he had to do
Smith looked like he wasn’t ever going to throw a punch. Early on I assumed he had a plan, maybe to let Eubank punch himself out of the fight. If so then getting tagged ruined that plan.
Could be, I have a feeling it will be a repeat unless Joe Joyce has totally changed hiw he boxes in one training camp. His big cheat code strength was how he just marched forward relentlessly throwing levery jabs through the target. Zhang was the perfect attitude to that, checked and countered him and he can whack. If Joyce has a genuine plan B and has prepared in a totally different way then he could win but I cant see past a Zhang win
Zhang the complete antidote to Joyce's style. Joyce shouldn't be down after that, he has fought everyone offered to him not taken mickey mouse fights and eventually ran into the immovable object
He still mows down everyone at the level just below this and if he calls it a day I'll be glad I don't see his horrible style again but I love the bloke and his attitude but Zhang was all wrong for him and that come forward style
Could be, I have a feeling it will be a repeat unless Joe Joyce has totally changed hiw he boxes in one training camp. His big cheat code strength was how he just marched forward relentlessly throwing levery jabs through the target. Zhang was the perfect attitude to that, checked and countered him and he can whack. If Joyce has a genuine plan B and has prepared in a totally different way then he could win but I cant see past a Zhang win
Zhang was far to powerful for Joyce He can hit with both hands with so much power hard to see anyone being able to beat him in the future I think Tyson will avoid to fight him knowing he would loss
Zhang was far to powerful for Joyce He can hit with both hands with so much power hard to see anyone being able to beat him in the future I think Tyson will avoid to fight him knowing he would loss
Tyson is all wrong for Zhang, he would tie him in knots. He battered joyce as all joyce can do is walk forward. He probably beats most outside of Fury, Usyk and wilder. AJ vs Zhang would be a fantastic matchup.
Zhang was far to powerful for Joyce He can hit with both hands with so much power hard to see anyone being able to beat him in the future I think Tyson will avoid to fight him knowing he would loss
Tyson is all wrong for Zhang, he would tie him in knots. He battered joyce as all joyce can do is walk forward. He probably beats most outside of Fury, Usyk and wilder. AJ vs Zhang would be a fantastic matchup.
Wilder would tag him at some point as i dont think hes the type of boxer that can press forward enough to take wilder out. I think AJ can box more than he gets credit for and would probably be able to hide behind the jab and beat him on points. Would see that playing out similarly to the second ruiz fight, he isnt stupid enough to stand and trade with Zhang
Did anyone catch the Moses Itauma fight on the undercard last night, he’s only 18 and a super heavyweight fights out of Chatham, the uppercut that led to the stoppage was something to behold he has very quick hands but probably needs to fill out a bit, we’ll worth googling and certainly one to watch.
Did anyone catch the Moses Itauma fight on the undercard last night, he’s only 18 and a super heavyweight fights out of Chatham, the uppercut that led to the stoppage was something to behold he has very quick hands but probably needs to fill out a bit, we’ll worth googling and certainly one to watch.
Yeah I watched it this morning, I know his coach. He has brothers who are also massive and decent boxers they all still live in the demilitarised zone of Chatham or at least 2 of them do. Given a small amount of time Moses will take over the world as a heavyweight ive genuinely never seen anyone as young as him have the tools he has at the size he is.
Chatham has a good pedigree for boxing, produced England internationals, and a world champion in Johnny Armour, there's someone who was never in a boring fight. More recently Tom Dallas turned pro, flattened everyone he fought then had a stinker against Zack Page, got starched by David Price, stopped by Matt Skelton and Dave Allen among others and decided to pack it in.
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Not that Smith was throwing anything back.
Eubanks footwork still makes me shudder but he did what he had to do
Zhang the complete antidote to Joyce's style. Joyce shouldn't be down after that, he has fought everyone offered to him not taken mickey mouse fights and eventually ran into the immovable object
He still mows down everyone at the level just below this and if he calls it a day I'll be glad I don't see his horrible style again but I love the bloke and his attitude but Zhang was all wrong for him and that come forward style
Superb right hand punch by Zhang who looked so confident from the first bell and did damage with both his left and right hand.
Always sad to see a boxer's decline and Joyce has no where to go now other than down.
Joe's a good guy and not sure where his granite jaw has gone !
He can hit with both hands with so much power hard to see anyone being able to beat him in the future
I think Tyson will avoid to fight him knowing he would loss
Chatham has a good pedigree for boxing, produced England internationals, and a world champion in Johnny Armour, there's someone who was never in a boring fight. More recently Tom Dallas turned pro, flattened everyone he fought then had a stinker against Zack Page, got starched by David Price, stopped by Matt Skelton and Dave Allen among others and decided to pack it in.
Really decent second row for Lordswood though