Joyce vs Ali

Who won Joyce vs Ali?

Joe Joyce beat Kash Ali by knockout in the 10th round on Saturday 16th March 2024 at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Nathan Heaney beating Brad Pauls for the BBBOC British Middleweight championship. Also, on the undercard Zach Parker beat Tyron Zeuge, Liam Davies defeated Erik Robles, Dennis McCann was victorious over Brad Strand for the BBBOC British Super Bantamweight and CBC Commonwealth Super Bantamweight championship, Eithan James lost to Owen Cooper and Pierce O Leary defeated Hovhannes Martirosyan.

Joyce vs Ali stats

Joe Joyce stepped into the ring with a record of 15 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws.

Kash Ali made his way to the ring with a record of 21 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws.

Joe Joyce was the older man by 6 years, at 38 years old.

Both Joe Joyce & Kash Ali fought out of an orthodox stance.

Joyce was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 5 year and 10 months later than Ali, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 93 to Ali's 99.

Joe Joyce went into the fight ranked number 12 by the WBC at heavyweight.

Joyce vs Ali form

Joe Joyce had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Zhilei Zhang on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their WBO Interim World Heavyweight championship fight at OVO Arena Wembley, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Zhilei Zhang on 15th April 2023 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBO Interim World Heavyweight championship fight at Copper Box Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had beat Joseph Parker on 24th September 2022 by knockout in the 11th round in their WBO Interim World Heavyweight championship fight at AO Arena, Manchester.

Before that, he had won against Christian Hammer on 2nd July 2022 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Wembley Arena, London.

He had beat Carlos Takam on 24th July 2021 by technical knockout in the 6th round at SSE Arena, Wembley, London.

Activity check

Joyce's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

Ali's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.3 rounds on average.

What time did Joyce vs Ali start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:41 PM GMT at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom, which was 5:41 PM EST or 2:41 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Joyce vs Ali?

Joyce vs Ali was broadcast on TNT Sports 1 in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by ESPN+.

What were the odds on Joyce vs Ali?

Joe Joyce was a 1/25 (-2500) favourite going into the contest, while Kash Ali made his way into the ring at 9/1 (+900) with oddsmakers.