HAMMER BLOW

★★☆☆☆ MAIN EVENT

★★★☆☆ UNDERCARD

TO express any sort of disappointment regarding Joe Joyce fighting Christian Hammer this Saturday (July 2) in Wembley says as much about Joyce’s career to date as it does Hammer’s threat as an opponent.

So far, in a pro career spanning just shy of five years, Joyce has registered 13 straight wins and stepped up the opposition almost each and every time he has appeared in the ring. Starting back in 2017 with a decent eighth-round stoppage of Ian Lewisham, he proceeded to do away with the typical feast of journeymen to instead win a Commonwealth title in just