Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-05-18, fight not particularly good: Joe Joyce vs Alexander Ustinov gets two stars.The undefeated former Olympian Joe Joyce entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 8-0-0 (8 KOs=100%) and he is ranked as the No.31 heavyweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Iago Kiladze (Joe Joyce vs Iago Kiladze), Joe Hanks (Joe Joyce vs Joe Hanks) and Bermane Stiverne (Joe Joyce vs Bermane Stiverne).
His opponent, Alexander Ustinov, has a record of 34-3-0 (25 knockouts) and he entered as the No.61 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Michael Hunter (Michael Hunter vs Alexander Ustinov) and Manuel Charr (Manuel Charr vs Alexander Ustinov); before these two bouts he had defeated Raphael Zumbano. Joyce vs Ustinov is on the undercard of Billy Joe Saunders vs Shefat Isufi. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2019-05-18
Where: Lamex Stadium, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Division: heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Joyce’s previous fight: Joe Joyce vs Bermane Stiverne
Ustinov’s previous fight: Michael Hunter vs Alexander Ustinov
Joyce’s next fight: Joe Joyce vs Bryant Jennings
Joyce vs Ustinov full fight video:
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Official video
Good heavyweight fight!
For my money this was Joyce’s worst performance to date. Good that he’s trying out Adam Booth’s suggestions to put some wrinkles in his come-forward style. But adapting doesn’t come naturally to him at age 33. He looked awkward, clumsy and slow against the over-the-hill Ustinov. I’ll take Daniel Dubois to be putting Joyce’s lights out when they meet, hopefully soon.