Joe Joyce was almost knocked out by 'Big Russian' when fight was brought forward
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: Lawrence Okolie confirms three-fight plan for 2023 after boxing champ's quiet 12 months Unfortunately for all boxers, the only way to strengthen your jaw and your chin in the ring is to take numerous punches to the face, over and over again.
And there is one opponent in particular who certainly tested the mettle in the Juggernaut’s jaw.“I got put into the ring cold against Sergiy Kuzmin in the European games,” Joyce said to the Fighting on the Inside podcast. “There was supposed to be two fights before mine, so the coaches knew we had a bit of time to get ready.Who do you want to see Joe Joyce take on this year?
Let us know in the comments section below “I was getting my shorts on and I was starting to put my gloves on and starting to warm-up and then the geezer came in and was like ‘you’re on now, you’re non now, go,’ The coach was like ‘wait, we need to warm up’ so I had a brief warm-up.“I literally jogged down to the ring as a warm-up.
Kuzmin, this big Russian dude, he was looking at me. Then he came forward and he was swinging in these hooks and bent arm shots like ‘woooo’.“He clocks me with one and then I staggered.
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