MANCHESTER
SEPTEMBER 24
MAIN EVENT
ATMOSPHERE
NOBODY said it was easy. It was not. Joe Joyce knocked out Joseph Parker in the 11th round of a heavyweight fight of extraordinary limits.
Joyce finally connected with the type of perfect left hook that Mexican featherweights have made their own. It was the type of poised and perfect punch that so few modern heavyweights throw; his feet, his body, his eyes were all in the right places when it connected.
Parker went down in collapsing instalments; one leg at a time, then his torso, his arms and finally his head fell to his chest. He slumped in a hefty pile in Joyce’s corner and it looked over.
