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Joyce pounds Hammer in four

Unbeaten, WBO #1, WBC #2, IBF #6 heavyweight Joe Joyce (14-0, 13 KOs) returned from a one year layoff with a fourth round stoppage of perennial gatekeeper Christian Hammer (27-10, 17 KOs) at the OVO Arena in London. Joyce dropped Hammer in late in round three and then put him down three times in round four to end it. Time was 1:20. Joyce successfully defended his WBC Silver and WBO International belts.

Former world champion Zolani Tete (30-4, 23 KOs) brutally kayoed Jason Cunningham (31-7, 7 KOs) in round four to claim Cunningham’s Commonwealth and IBF International junior featherweight titles. Tete dropped Cunningham in round four then laid him out with his follow-up barrage.

Unbeaten lightweight Mark Chamberlain (11-0, 7 KOs) outscored Marc Vidal (13-3-5, 5 KOs) over ten rounds to claim the IBF European title.

Did you watch it ? JJ gets hit alot with rights- against an elite level HW surely that won't be good no matter how good his chin is

Nope, didn't see the fight, but did see the highlights on youtube. Yeah, he did get hit with a lot of right hands. JJ is slow and predictable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSiwZAjNBiU

will be fun for a couple of rounds if Del can land otherwise Pulev jabs holds - lands the odd right hand while Del follows him around the ring throwing flurries of head - body shots hoping to do damage but with no real set up

https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/joe-joyces-manager-lists-3-possibilities-for-september-24th-hunter-helenius-or-yoka/236450

Man, JP must have really pissed off Warren.  I think JP's speed (and power?) would be too much for a slow, predictable JJ.  JJ easily beats the three listed above.  And he better fight them, cause he's got a long wait for the AJ/Usyk winner.

Yeah, Chisora/Pulev is a no goer.  It'll probably be on Sunday morning NZ time.  Undercard isn't very good.

Its interesting this whole Warren v JP saga- initially I though JP would def go with Warren due to the Fury connection- but we don't know the fine print of the contract and FW is known to be a sly old dog.
Or maybe the Sky $ and terms were way better + JP is topdog HW on their cards as well as a more trustworthy organisation to work with.
Surely JP asked for advice from TF before signing any deal

I would guess JP would go where the money is. There must not be enough money in it to fight JJ. Of course, the question remains, where is he gonna get similar or better money by fighting someone else? I don't see it, and JJ gives him a shot of the title if Usyk wins.