Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

Who wins?

Poll ended at 15 Apr 2023, 13:28

Joyce - Decision
8
9%
Joyce - T/KO
75
82%
DRAW
1
1%
Zhang - T/KO
7
8%
Zhang - Decision
1
1%
 
Total votes: 92

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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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cutsman wrote: 15 Apr 2023, 09:03
xeo7 wrote: 15 Apr 2023, 07:10 Hey guys,

Just jumped on this thread, manic life. Keen to watch this, but it appears with BT it’s not PPV, so is everyone doing the £29 pcm BT sport thing ?

Thanks !
Damn I thought this was PPV but you’re right it’s on bt sports 1 . Didn’t want to have to sign up to BT sports but can’t see another way
Yup that’s what I’ve realised! Doh
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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cutsman wrote: 15 Apr 2023, 09:03
xeo7 wrote: 15 Apr 2023, 07:10 Hey guys,

Just jumped on this thread, manic life. Keen to watch this, but it appears with BT it’s not PPV, so is everyone doing the £29 pcm BT sport thing ?

Thanks !
Damn I thought this was PPV but you’re right it’s on bt sports 1 . Didn’t want to have to sign up to BT sports but can’t see another way
I'm watching it on Bild.de (biggest newspaper of Germany). If you have VPN you can see it up there. One has to subscribe for BildPlus, but subscrtiption is only €1.99 per month. They show a lot of fights on there recently, like Beterbiev-Yarde, Fury - Chisora 3, Jake Paul - T Fury etc. Commentary is in English.
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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Looking forward to this, I've taken to joyce lately, tough as old boots
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023 BIG fight being shown in alot of countries.

Post by quickeyg »

TV3 Sport HD NR1 (Estonia)
TV3 Sport HD (Latvia)
TV3 Sport HD (Lithuania)
Voo Sport World 2 (Belgium)
ViaPlay (Denmark)
ViaPlay (Norway)
ViaPlay (Sweden)
ViaPlay (Iceland)
ViaPlay (Finland)
SportKlub HD (Serbia)
SportKlub HD (Croatia)
SportKlub HD (Slovenia)
Mola Tv Italia (Italy)
RMC Sport 1 UHD (France)
RMC Sport 1 (France)
S Sport +, S Sport 2 (Turkey)
Polsat Sport News (Poland)
Bild Plus (Germany)
BT Sport 1 HD (UK)
BT Sport Ultimate 4K UHD (UK)
ESPN Plus (USA)
Max Sport 1 HD (Bulgaria)
Sport TV 1 (Portugal)
Main Event (Australia)

Star +/ESPN 4 (Peru)
ESPN 4 (Colombia)
Star +/ESPN 4 (Chile)
Star +/ESPN Knockout (Argentina)

99% accurate

Please note: Viaplay usually charge in certain countries PPV and it's PPV in Australia.
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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Oiky wrote: 15 Apr 2023, 10:35 Looking forward to this, I've taken to joyce lately, tough as old boots
Yeah same here. His stock is rising
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023 - in-house or out-house?

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FW doing some great business.




Going to be interesting what little old AJ does from now on.
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023 - in-house or out-house?

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quickeyg wrote: 15 Apr 2023, 12:02 FW doing some great business.




Going to be interesting what little old AJ does from now on.
He'll probably have to fight for 100 million in Saudie in December and then retire, poor sod.
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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about time fw showed the card from the start
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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Glass Joe wrote: 15 Apr 2023, 12:34

about time fw showed the card from the start
Jump on the RBR :TU:
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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cutsman wrote: 15 Apr 2023, 11:23
Oiky wrote: 15 Apr 2023, 10:35 Looking forward to this, I've taken to joyce lately, tough as old boots
Yeah same here. His stock is rising
100% people say he can't talk but who cares its not about talking it's about fighting and he's simple, effective and very tough
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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Oiky wrote: 15 Apr 2023, 10:35 Looking forward to this, I've taken to joyce lately, tough as old boots
Great fighter and a pretty good resume.. He's quite amusing in interviews. I think he knows he isn't the best talker and leans into it. Hopefully he gets the usyk fight soon
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

Post by ashall2 »

Good matchmaking this.

On another note, Darren Fletcher is a good commentator. Made the transition from footy well. Doesn’t try to fill every second like Costello or Adam Smith.
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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Not like Queensberry to put on women’s boxing.

:box:
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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wrighty wrote: 15 Apr 2023, 16:04
Oiky wrote: 15 Apr 2023, 10:35 Looking forward to this, I've taken to joyce lately, tough as old boots
Great fighter and a pretty good resume.. He's quite amusing in interviews. I think he knows he isn't the best talker and leans into it. Hopefully he gets the usyk fight soon
Yeah he plays on the talking thing in his own way and it works quite well imo :TU:
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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Joe Joyce with the head movement of a paraplegic.

A bus could hit this bloke he couldn't get out of the way of that.
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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Tell you what. Couple of wobbles there. Solid round by Zhang. Joyce picked off at will.
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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Jump on the rbr lads
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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Congratulations to Zang and commiserations to Joyce: two very tough, brave men, who carry themselves with good grace in and outside of the ring. Good stoppage. No point messing around with someone's sight.
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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Well done to the 7 who had Zhang by stoppage.
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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He said he struggled with southpaws
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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The Terminator ran into a well schooled fella. If it went past 8. It didn’t because of injury. Hopefully Joe gets another dance.
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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Full fight highlights in case you missed it.
Look to the first round wobbling of Joyce where his eye begins to swell, and then takes plenty of flush straight left, and left hooks until it is stopped.
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

Post by margaret thatcher »

just like the hrg and forrest fights, zhang's offense was very impressive early on.......fast hands at 270. putting his shots in combos. can hurt with a short hook or long left. serious power. going face first and expecting to just 'out tough' him while he still has gas is a bad bad plan. joe was starting to get into it, a bit, but he'd taken far too much damage by that point

if zhang could fight more than 4 rounds with energy, he might be an elite heavy. if only he could borrow joyce's gas tank
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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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my fave part - "YES, CHINESE POWAH!" :yay: :yay:

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Re: Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei | BT Sport - 15 April 2023

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margaret thatcher wrote: 15 Apr 2023, 21:18 just like the hrg and forrest fights, zhang's offense was very impressive early on.......fast hands at 270. putting his shots in combos. can hurt with a short hook or long left. serious power. going face first and expecting to just 'out tough' him while he still has gas is a bad bad plan. joe was starting to get into it, a bit, but he'd taken far too much damage by that point

if zhang could fight more than 4 rounds with energy, he might be an elite heavy. if only he could borrow joyce's gas tank
Or Benn's eggs, or Fury's pork guy :lol:
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