Joe Joyce v Zhang Zhilei 4/15

[Primo Carnera]

You should not be able to get anywhere near World level, just by having a head like a rock.

It’s been done before though; Chuck Wepner, Joe Bugner, Jake la Motta, George Chiuvalo and others?

I resemble that remark about one of Britains (via Hungary) true world class heavyweights, ie Joe Bugner. He was born one month after me, and I followed him throughout his career, he could hardly be accused of taking punches due to lack of boxing nous, as 27 rounds with Ali and 12 with Frazier will prove.

And he did enough to beat Henry Cooper!!!!!!!!! A fight that caused ructions between me and my dad, we almost came to blows ourselves!

I met Joe many times (and Marlene!), lovely bloke, and his son Joe Jr. Also by coincidence met Jake LaMotta when I worked in New Joisey during the 80's, happy daze. Please forgive my ageing rambles.......

Some people don’t get the respect they deserve. Bugner was never really given the credit or respect he merited, mainly because he beat the nation’s hero. “Our ‘Enery.”
Joyce gets a hiding last night. People praising his courage , saying he “wasn’t quite right, there was something off.”
Before the fight , people saying he was better than Joshua.
But I guarantee if that was Joshua last night, he would be SLAUGHTERED!
Different rules for different guys.