Former WBO interim heavyweight champion Joe Joyce (15-2, 14 KO) responded to numerous calls to retire.
“People quickly started telling me to resign. First of all, these are just opinions. Secondly, I have not yet said my last word in boxing and have not yet secured myself. It's up to me to decide when I want to leave.
I am not under anyone's pressure. I'm doing my job. I have my own path. People write you off after a loss, but if you come back with a good win, you're back in business. People are very fickle,” Joyce was quoted as saying by Metro.
Let us remember that last year Joyce suffered two early defeats from Zhang Zhilei. Recently, information appeared that on March 16 in Birmingham the Briton will share the ring with compatriot Cash Ali (21-2, 12 KO).