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Ringside footage emerges of Zhilei Zhang’s brutal KO of Joe Joyce

Originally posted on BenchWarmers | Last updated 9/26/23

Zhilei Zhang scored a huge knockout win over Joe Joyce on Saturday night at Wembley Arena.

The pair met in a rematch of their contest from April in which ‘Big Bang’ scored the victory after causing significant damage to Joyce’s eye and the bout ultimately being stopped.

If anything Saturday’s fight was even more one-sided with the ‘Juggernaut’ looking even slower and more hesitant to throw any punches.

Indeed the end came swiftly in the third round when Joyce was sent crashing to canvas for the first time in his professional career, somehow he managed to get up but it was over. Zhang would be victorious again.

You can watch the KO below:

Zhilei Zhang became the first man to send Joe Joyce to the canvas, and what a shot it was ‍#ZhangJoyce pic.twitter.com/S36LKVte1i

— Boxing on TNT Sports (@boxingontnt) September 25, 2023

It really is difficult to see where Joyce goes from here. He is adamant he is not retiring, but at 38 years of age it is a long and treacherous road back to anywhere near the top of the heavyweight tree.

This article first appeared on BenchWarmers and was syndicated with permission.

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