ONCE a punchline, his name a synonym for everything from “slow” to “simple”, Joe Joyce now suddenly has the opportunity in 2023 to capitalise on the missteps of his British rivals and prove he is everything they are not: ambitious, hungry, honest.
It is a rise he has been planning for some time, in truth, with it now coinciding with the stuttering of Anthony Joshua and the stagnation of Tyson Fury. Slowly but surely, in keeping with his style, Joyce has appeared to have stolen a march on many of his rivals by simply showing a willingness to
