Beijing time today (July 3rd) early morning, in a WBO intercontinental and WBC heavyweight silver belt boxing championship match that ended in London, England, defending champion Joe Joyce lived up to expectations, fighting against German challenger Christian- Hammer easily won the clash.
Only 30 seconds into the game, Joyce hit a heavy punch, making his opponent retreat to the ropes. However, Hammer was very tenacious. Facing the fierce offensive of Joyce, he launched an active counterattack and did not fall behind on the scene. wind. Joyce's skills and foundation are quite good, but unfortunately his speed is too slow. The speed of this battle still did not impress the boxing fans. However, Joyce's power is quite amazing. After several waves of attacks, Hammer clearly felt that he was unable to do what he wanted.
Like Joyce, Hammer's speed is not too fast, but he is obviously at a disadvantage in terms of strength. In the first two rounds of the contest, the two sides fought at close range. The scene was very exciting. Hammer hit the target with many heavy punches, but Joyce was too strong in resisting the blows and remained unmoved after being injured. This gave Hammer a hard time. Caused huge psychological pressure.
Compared with the battle with Daniel Dubois in 2020, in this confrontation with Hammer, Joyce did not use too much jab. The fight ended head-on. When there were a few seconds left in the third round, Joyce succeeded in attacking and knocked Hammer to his knees. Hammer signaled Joyce to hit him on the back of the head, but the referee ignored it. Count the seconds for the first time. The slow motion showed that Joyce was indeed suspected of hitting the back of his opponent's head. At that time, he hit the back of Hammer's head with an uppercut. Due to the force, Hammer couldn't hold on and fell to the ground.
Shortly after the start of the fourth round, Joyce hit an uppercut in a close encounter. The punch was not solid, but Hammer still fell to the ground for the second time. After rejoining the game, Joyce rushed forward and launched a ferocious attack. The combination of punches quickly hit the target. Hammer fell to the ground for the third time. At this time, the contest could have ended, but the referee still gave Hammer a chance. The result Joyce hit his opponent's body with a heavy punch, and Hammer fell to the ground for the fourth time. This time the referee completely stopped the game.
After this battle, Joyce's record was improved to 14 wins, 13 KOs, and Hamer's record dropped to 27 wins, 10 losses, and 17 KOs. This game is Hammer's worst defeat so far. Apart from giving up in the first round of his first professional game, he has never been so embarrassed, especially when he was not destroyed within 4 rounds and was defeated 4 times. knock down.
It is completely reasonable for Joyce to win. The author said before the game that the biggest highlight of the contest lies in the process, that is, how Joyce resolves the battle. After defeating Hammer, former WBO boxing champion Joseph Parker publicly challenged Joyce, hoping that the two sides would re-start the competition. Originally, Joyce was supposed to face off against Parker, but Parker withdrew from the contest for various reasons. Next, it depends on whether Joyce is willing to give Parker such an opportunity? Or keep your position as the WBO's No. 1 challenger and wait to face the winner of Anthony Joshua vs. Oleko Sander-Usyk.
