Joyce was not seriously injured.

Joe Joyce. Getty Images
Joe Joyce. Getty Images

Joe Joyce (15-1, 14 KOs) confirmed in an interview with IFL TV that the eye injury he sustained in losing Zhang Zhilei (25-1-1, 20 KOs), was not serious.

After Saturday's fight in London, the Briton went to the hospital for an examination, where, after an X-ray, no bone damage was found.

Joyce, who entered the ring as the interim WBO heavyweight champion, lost to Zhilei by TKO in the sixth round when the referee, on the advice of a ringside doctor, stopped the fight due to a massive hematoma around his eye.