Haye lauds ‘perfect’ Joyce for ‘taking Parker’s heart away’ before securing an 11th-round stoppage

David Haye lauds ‘perfect’ Joe Joyce for ‘taking Joseph Parker’s heart away’ before securing an 11th-round stoppage and hails The Juggernaut’s ‘world class’ chin after absorbing big shots on his way to victory

  • Joe Joyce defeated Joseph Parker with an eleventh-round knockout 
  • Joyce fatigued Parker with an unrelenting onslaught of forward pressure 
  • The action-packed contest saw both men absorb significant punishment 
  • Joyce is now the mandatory challenger for Oleksandr Usyk’s WBO title 

David Haye praised ‘perfect’ Joe Joyce for ‘taking Joseph Parker’s heart away’ before securing an 11th-round stoppage.

And the former heavyweight and cruiserweight world champion also hailed the ‘world class’ chin of the Brit after absorbing big shots on his way to victory.

Joyce stopped Parker in the 11th round to claim the vacant WBO interim heavyweight title at Manchester’s AO Arena on Saturday night. 

Joe Joyce defeated Joseph Parker with a knockout in the eleventh round on Saturday night

Joe Joyce defeated Joseph Parker with a knockout in the eleventh round on Saturday night

Haye told BT Sport: ‘It was perfect, he went out there and established his jab and completely took Parker’s heart away. 

‘Parker looked gassed out from the second round, from the second round he was looking uncomfortable. 

‘Joyce just continued to tap tap tap with that jab. There not massive shots but they’re shots from a big massive 19st man. Parker’s gonna have a hell of a headache tomorrow.

Stoppage came following an accumulation of damage absorbed by Parker throughout the fight

Stoppage came following an accumulation of damage absorbed by Parker throughout the fight

‘You’ve gotta give Parker credit, he took so much punishment in that fight. I’m not sure what he’s gonna do going forward but that is as conclusive a beating as you could possibly ever wanna see.

‘We found out finally, does Joyce’s chin absorb world-class power? The answer is yes.’

Londoner Joyce, who had won all of his previous 14 professional fights, started confidently in the opening round as he took a couple of strong right hands from New Zealand’s Parker, but remained unmoved.

Joyce utilised his jab masterfully, forcing Parker to fight on the back foot for most of the bout

Joyce utilised his jab masterfully, forcing Parker to fight on the back foot for most of the bout

Former WBO world champion Parker – who has shared the ring with the likes of Anthony Joshua, Andy Ruiz Jr, Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora – was pushed onto the ropes during the third round as Joyce landed a series of telling blows.

The 30-year-old Kiwi, coached by Andy Lee and who trains with Tyson Fury at the WBC heavyweight champion’s base in Morecambe, needed to find a response. Once again, though, Joyce stood up to a big right hand onto his chin towards the end of the fourth.

Joyce kept Parker pushed back onto the ropes with a run of body shots early in the sixth before the 37-year-old also landed a strong uppercut.

Both men then started to feel the pace of what had been a relentless heavyweight contest before a cut opened up over Parker’s right eye, which his corner went to work on at the end of the seventh.

Joyce's onslaught opened up a cut above Parker's right eye in the middle rounds

Joyce’s onslaught opened up a cut above Parker’s right eye in the middle rounds

Joyce continued to live up to his ‘juggernaut’ nickname, landing another big right hand in the eighth, before a blooded Parker bravely went forward with a left hook.

At the start of the ninth, Parker, his left eye starting to close, somehow found the strength to go on the offensive, dispatching an uppercut which once again Joyce absorbed.

Parker was eventually dropped by a left hook from Parker in the 11th. Although he got back onto his feet, the New Zealander could not beat the count.

Joyce will now be targeting a shot at a world title later this year or early 2023 – and would appear in prime position to challenge unified champion Oleksandr Usyk.

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