I didn't think either man would be stopped but I also thought Parker would come in lighter and try to be a bit more mobile. Joyce has slow hands but he actually has quite fast feet for a man of his size. Because Parker came in heavier than he's used to, he didn't have that fleet of foot mobility and it just meant Joyce was always able to cut the ring off and made Parker fight at a pace much more intense than he would like to. If you look at Parkers previous fights he tends to fight in spells then have a bit of time off throughout the round to recover. Joyce didn't give him that opportunity and had Parker blowing hard after the 3rd and the writing was on the wall by the 6th/7th round.Can't be bothered to read all the above expert views on joyce v parker , which experts called out correctly? And which experts that got it wrong are now predicting the winners of the next unarranged fight.
Kinda like schrodinger's cat. Until they fight they're all winners and losers at the same time.
It's just a shame that the sport, that they spout that they love so much, becomes a dragged out affair of wanting an extra penny to fight.
I do find it funny you have people in this thread acting like Joyce is just pure brute strength and nothing else. Yes he has slow hands and appears to fight at a plodding pace but to ignore his strengths is unfair. His jab is fantastic, even if it's slow it's bloody accurate and breaks down fighters as if he's hitting them with a battering ram, his punch accuracy and shot selection are great, he has an underrated defence (he blocked a lot of Parkers shots or caught them on the gloves), he is exceptional at closing off a ring and that tied in with his immense pressure he puts his opponents under, it's no shock they all end up capitulating.
He gives the entire division a hard nights work. The only one who I would safely bet against him with is Usyk and that's because he beat him almost a decade ago in the WBSS. I'm not saying he beats everyone else apart from Usyk but he gives them all problems throughout the fight. This is a 130Kg man, who moves quickly, physically strong, has bricks for hands and seemingly doesn't take much damage. It's a shame he didn't start a bit earlier but even at 37 he is still a handful for everyone.
Edit: Compubox has been released for the fight. Yes, I know it's not infallible but it's still interesting and backs up what I say...

Joyce won that fight with the jab.
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