Joe Joyce is a British professional boxer. He held the WBO interim heavyweight title from 2022 to April 2023.
At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the Commonwealth title twice between 2018 and 2021; the British title from 2020 to 2022; and the European title from 2020 to 2021.
As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Championships; gold at the 2014 Commonwealth and 2015 European Games; bronze at the 2015 World Championships; and silver at the 2016 Olympics.
As of October 2022, he is ranked as the world’s second-best active heavyweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, fourth by The Ring magazine, and sixth by ESPN and BoxRec.
He currently holds a 93% knockout-to-win percentage.
Who is Joe Joyce ?
Born on September 19, 1985, to a Scottish-born Irish father and a mother of Nigerian origin, Joyce grew up in London and studied at Elliott School, based in Putney.
He took up boxing at the age of 22, having his interest in track and field athletics curtailed by injuries, and joined Earlsfield ABC, based in Earlsfield, London.
Joyce is on record saying ‘I don’t really like boxing, but I enjoy doing it’, highlighting the fact that he was not a big boxing fan growing up, and only started watching some of the greats after getting into boxing properly.
Joyce obtained a BSc degree in Fine Arts at Middlesex University in 2009; he graduated with Upper Second Class Honours. In 2017, Joyce has displays with the Art of the Olympians.
Joe Joyce won the super heavyweight class at the 2012 ABA Championships and 2012 GB Amateur Boxing Championships.
He won the bronze in his class at the 2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships after getting KO’d by defending Russian champion Sergei Kuzmin in the semifinal.
He competed in the men’s super heavyweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won the gold medal.
He also won the title at the 2015 European Games in Baku.
He had success during 2015 and 2016 in the World Series of Boxing, and in April 2016 won a gold medal at the European Olympic trials to qualify for the Olympics.
On 21 August 2016 Joyce won the silver medal in the super heavyweight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics, losing in the final, via a controversial split decision to Tony Yoka of France.
It was the final medal won by Team GB at the Olympics Joyce turned professional in July 2017 at the age of 31, signing with Hayemaker Ringstar.
Joe Joyce Parents
Joe Joyce is a professional boxer born to a Scottish-born Irish father and mother of Nigerian origin .
Joe Joyce Mother
Marvel Opara is the name of Joe Joyce’s mother.
Joe Joyce Father
Phillip Joyce is the name of Joe Joyce’s farher.
Joe Joyce Siblings
Joe Joyce has a younger brother named Torann Opara.
While Joyce excels in boxing & has earned the nickname “Juggernaut” due to his lethal punches, his younger brother is talented in his own right.
Torann is a musician and has already performed at various events and occasions. He frequently shares his singing performances on social media.
He was one of the first four graduates of the Thriller Live Academy and portrayed the role of Michael Jackson in West End shows across Europe.
Joe Joyce Family Info
Joe Joyce was born to Marvel Opara, a Nigerian mother, and Phillip Joyce, an Irish father. However, his parents separated when he was only two years old.
Joe’s mother suffers from Optic Atrophy, which has caused her to lose 93% of her sight.
Joe Joyce has a younger brother named Torann Opara.
As for Joe’s personal life, he is currently in a relationship with Nadine Davison, who works as an A&E nurse.
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