In a stunning turn of events, Joe Joyce damaged Daniel Dubois’ left eye and stopped him in the 10th round to hand him a first career defeat of an intriguing clash between unbeaten British heavyweights in London on Saturday evening.
Joyce thudded a ramrod jab onto his rival’s badly swollen eye, sinking Dubois dramatically to one knee. When he rose again, the referee immediately called the fight off.
The vast experience of Olympic silver medallist Joyce ultimately trumped the prodigious punch-power of Dubois, who is 12 years younger, after their crossroads fight which had the British, European and Commonwealth titles at stake.
Dubois suffered broken orbital socket and nerve damage in brutal loss as eye ballooned up and will be out for months, facing a painful spell on the sidelines after Joe Joyce smashed his orbital socket and left his left eye with nerve damage.
Over ten brilliant rounds, the 35-year-old Olympic 2016 silver winner rammed an arrow of a jab into the British and Commonwealth champion’s eye.
In the end, the 23-year-old could take no more and was counted out on one knee, to hand his former Team GB sparring partner his old crowns and the vacant European belt.
The final left hand The Juggernaut landed seemed to send a shock through Dubois’ system and he compared the pain to an electric shock ripping through his skull.
From Dornu’s Corner