Joe Joyce marked his comeback with a closing spherical victory by stoppage in opposition to Kash Ali.
The 38-year-old, who beforehand held the WBO interim heavyweight title belt, took simply two rounds to get rid of Ali in Birmingham on Saturday night time.
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Joyce loved a gentle, however managed first two rounds over Ali, earlier than upping the tempo in spherical three, 4 and 5.
However tipped to place in a convincing, dominant show, the 38-year-old was unable to safe a immediate victory, as a substitute being made to attend stamp his authority on the outcome.
As Ali drained, Joyce asserted his dominance within the ninth and tenth rounds, successful the bout by stoppage with simply seconds remaining of the struggle.
Joyce is trying to reignite his hopes of a world title shot with this victory being his first of 2024.
The Juggernaut had been unbeaten going into 2023 and was on the cusp of a title in opposition to both Tyson Fury or Oleksandr Usyk.
However as a substitute of biding his time, Joyce took a struggle with Zhilei Zhang which noticed him surprised inside six rounds because of damage to his eye, earlier than being being brutally knocked out within the rematch.
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With victory secured over Ali, Joyce can be now be hoping to kick on and put in a much-improved show as he prepares to proceed his street again to the highest.
