On July 27, 2024, a 38-year-old Joe Joyce (16-2, 15 KOs) and a 40-year-old fellow British boxer Derek Chisora (34-13, 23 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Joyce came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 11 days. Chisora was on a 1-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 15 days.
Derek Chisora defeated Joe Joyce via unanimous decision in the 10-round heavyweight fight. Chisora improves his record to 35-13, while Joyce adds a loss to his record at 16-3.
On September 23, 2023, a 38-year-old Joe Joyce (15-1, 14 KOs) and a 40-year-old Chinese boxer Zhang Zhilei (25-1-1, 20 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time, in a heavyweight bout.
Joyce came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 87% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 8 days. Zhilei was on a 1-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 8 days.
In the rematch, Zhang Zhilei stopped Joe Joyce via KO in the 3rd round. Zhilei improves his record to 26-1-1 (21 KOs), while Joyce adds a loss to his record at 15-2.
On April 15, 2023, a 37-year-old Joe Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) and a 39-year-old Chinese boxer Zhang Zhilei (24-1-1, 19 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Joyce came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 22 days. Zhilei was on a -1-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 26 days.
Zhang Zhilei stopped Joe Joyce via TKO in the 6th round. Zhilei improves his record to 25-1-1 (20 KOs), while Joyce adds a loss to his record at 15-1.