Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-23, tough exchanges between Joe Joyce and Bermane Stiverne: it gets three stars.The undefeated former Olympian Joe Joyce entered this fight with a perfect record of 7-0-0 (7 KOs=100%) and he is ranked as the No.27 heavyweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Ivica Bacurin (Joe Joyce vs Ivica Bacurin), Iago Kiladze (Joe Joyce vs Iago Kiladze) and Joe Hanks (Joe Joyce vs Joe Hanks).
His opponent, the former Wbc Hw champion Bermane Stiverne, has a boxing record of 25-3-1 (21 KOs=84%) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 4, 2017 when he was defeated by Deontay Wilder in their rematch (Deontay Wilder vs Bermane Stiverne 2); before this bout, in 2015, he had beat Derric Rossy. Joyce vs Stiverne is valid for the Commonwealth (British Empire) heavyweight title; undercard of James DeGale vs Chris Eubank Jr. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2019-02-23
Where: O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom
Division: heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Title: Commonwealth (British Empire) heavyweight title
Joyce’s next fight: Joe Joyce vs Alexander Ustinov
Stiverne’s next fight: Bermane Stiverne vs Trevor Bryan
Joyce vs Stiverne full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb4qT0nUi2A
Official video
Bermane played an excellent role as a walking punching bag. I don’t think he let one punch get past his face.