AS heavyweights Anthony Joshua and Joe Joyce go back on forth on social media, footage has emerged of the pair sparring in the ring.
The pair have traded blows on Twitter with Joyce throwing his name into the hat to fight Joshua if Oleksandr Usyk is forced out of their rematch.
Footage has emerged of Joshua (R) and Joyce (L) sparring
Joshua appears to dominate Joyce in the clip
Joshua (L) and Joyce (R) have been involved in a Twitter spat
But Joshua wrote online: “I boxed joe and stopped him in 1 round. I’d do the same thing today! Ain’t nothing changed.”
Now footage of the pair coming to blows has surfaced, with the 32-year-old Joshua seemingly true to his word.
In the leaked clip posted to Twitter by Michael Benson, Joshua is seen dominating his British counterpart.
The red-shirted Joyce has his head rocked back by a lighting fast AJ combination, before the two-time world champ dances away from Joyce with ease.
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Joshua, sporting yellow headgear, also easily skips away from Joyce as the latter tries to land a left-right combo.
In the edited video, Joshua constantly evades the advancing Joyce, while successfully landing his own shots.
Joyce, 36, is also powerless when trying to defend a Joshua uppercut, followed up with a vicious left hook.
And despite Joshua bullying Joyce in the footage, his claim that he stopped Joyce in round one remains unknown.
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Fans were quick to react to the AJ masterclass, with one writing: “If only Joshua fought like this in big fights…dude looks relaxed as hell.”
Another joked: “Joyce literally uses his face as his defence.”
And a third pointed out: “Obviously sparring doesn’t tell much, but it does show who the much faster and slicker man is, although I feel we already knew that.”
But Joyce’s promoter Frank Warren reckons his man would ‘knock out’ Joshua.
He told IFL TV: “I think he’s got a good chin, I think he’s strong and I think that AJ’s been exposed. Not once, but on a couple of occasions exposed.
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“And I think if someone’s got a good chin that takes away the thing that he’s got going for him which is his punch.
“Joe’s got a good jab, and I think he would wear him down and I think he would knock him out.”
