By Michael Collins – 07/27/2024 – Feedback
Heavyweights Joe Joyce and Derek Chisora meet tonight in a home scrap on the O2 Area in London.
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Joyce-Chisora is a match that each guys should win to maintain their sinking careers alive. They’ve each been getting crushed across the clock these days and look shopworn. Their ages make it troublesome for both to proceed in the event that they lose.
Chisora, 40, wants a win on this battle to proceed to be given selection spots in principal occasions, however he’s up in opposition to it on this matchup. He hasn’t crushed anybody on the extent of Joyce in six years since his upset of Carlos Takam in 2018.
Joyce remains to be reeling from his two knockout losses to Zhilei Zhang in 2023, and he wants to indicate followers that he’s nonetheless a top-level heavyweight. There are some doubts after these two defeats and Joyce’s final battle in opposition to Kash Ali in March.
Joyce can’t afford one other loss if he needs to place himself within the image for a much bigger battle.
In tonight’s undercard, Dennis McCann faces Ionut Baluta within the chief assist bout for the vacant European tremendous bantamweight title. Tremendous featherweights Ryan Garner and Archie Sharp meet. In different fights, Raven Chapman takes on Yohana Sarabia. Heavyweight Moses Itauma meets veteran Mariusz Wach.
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