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| Date | 15 April 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Copper Box Arena, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBO interim heavyweight title | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joe Joyce vs Zhilei Zhang was a heavyweight boxing match contested between WBO interim champion, Joe Joyce, and former WBO Oriental champion, Zhilei Zhang.[1][2]
The bout was held at the Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, in London, England.[1][2] The WBO interim heavyweight title was at stake.
Background
Joe Joyce won the WBO Interim World Heavyweight title in a September 2022 bout against Joseph Parker.[1] Zhang's last bout was in August 2022 when he suffered his first loss to Croatian Filip Hrgović.[1] Meanwhile, the WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk's next fight is expected to be against WBC champion Tyson Fury at some point in 2023.[1]
Fight card
Source:[3]
| Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||
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| Heavyweight | Joe Joyce | vs. | Zhilei Zhang | – (12) | For WBO Interim World Heavy | ||
| Middleweight | Denzel Bentley | vs. | Kieran Smith | – (12) | For BBBofC British Middle | ||
| Super bantamweight | Dennis McCann | vs. | TBA | – (12) | For Commonwealth Boxing Council Super Bantam | ||
| Lightweight | Sam Noakes | vs. | KarthIk Sathish | – (12) | For Commonwealth Boxing Council Light and WBC International Silver Light | ||
| Lightweight | Mikaela Mayer | vs. | Christina Linardatou | – (10) | |||
| Super lightweight | Sonny Ali | vs. | TBA | – (6) | |||
| Super welterweight | Joel Kodua | vs. | TBA | – (4) |
References
- ^ a b c d e "The Juggernaut returns: WBO interim champ Joyce faces Zhang on April 15". BT.com.
- ^ a b "'I heat up my opponents...' - Joe Joyce engages in hilariously awkward trash-talk". 3 February 2023.
- ^ "Joe Joyce vs Zhilei Zhang: Date, venue, titles, tickets and pro records for boxing showdown". www.sportingnews.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.