{"id":291635,"date":"2023-09-22T12:36:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T12:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=291635"},"modified":"2023-09-22T12:36:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T12:36:42","slug":"exclusive-joe-joyce-on-turning-down-overpriced-tyson-fury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/boxing\/exclusive-joe-joyce-on-turning-down-overpriced-tyson-fury\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Joe Joyce on turning down &apos;overpriced&apos; Tyson Fury"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>EXCLUSIVE: Joe Joyce reveals he turned down &#8216;overpriced&#8217; sparring session with Tyson Fury because the Gypsy King demanded \u00a310k-A-ROUND&#8230; before branding the Brit &#8216;strange&#8217; for walking away from an undisputed clash with\u00a0Oleksandr Usyk<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tyson Fury offered to spar Joe Joyce but was asking for\u00a0\u00a310,000-a-round<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joyce will go toe-to-toe with\u00a0Zhilei Zhang at Wembley&#8217;s OVO Arena this weekend<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Zhang stop the 38-year-old inside six rounds during their first fight in April 2023<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Joe Joyce\u00a0turned down the opportunity to spar Tyson Fury because the Gypsy King was demanding \u00a310,000-a-round ahead of his rematch with\u00a0Zhilei Zhang this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fury offered to help Joyce prepare for his rematch after watching the Juggernaut sustain an extensive amount of damage to his eye during their first bout.<\/p>\n<p>The Gypsy King was adamant he could help Joyce reclaim his position at the top end of the heavyweight division despite watching Zhang emerge victorious inside six rounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the Juggernaut turned down the opportunity to spar with Fury as he said it was &#8216;overpriced&#8217; at \u00a310,000-a-round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joyce is looking to reclaim his position at the top end of the heavyweight decision when he goes into an immediate rematch with Zhang on September 23 at Wembley<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to Mail Sport, Joyce said: &#8216;No I wouldn&#8217;t spar him for a number of reasons. Number one, it&#8217;s overpriced. \u00a310,000 a round is not really worth it. And then, number two, I have already sparred him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/07\/75718707-12523071-image-a-3_1695365651690.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/07\/75718721-12523071-image-a-4_1695365651691.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Joe Joyce turned down a sparring sessions with Tyson Fury because the Gypsy King was demanding \u00a310,000-a-round\u00a0ahead of his rematch with Zhilei Zhang this weekend<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/07\/75718709-12523071-image-a-2_1695365620179.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joyce (left) and Zhang (right) will go toe-to-toe this weekend at Wembley&#8217;s OVO Arena\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I know it would be good preparation but that would be a fight I want to take as my next fight or my next couple of fights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t want to go and give him all of my tactics. It&#8217;s just a bad idea to go and spar someone you are going to fight.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joyce also vented his frustrations over the fact Fury walked away from a bout with Usyk. He was hoping to see\u00a0first undisputed heavyweight contest of the four-belt era.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s frustrating. I always thought the undisputed between Tyson Fury and Usyk would happen. I didn&#8217;t think it wouldn&#8217;t happen. Now that it&#8217;s not happening, it&#8217;s all a bit weird.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s strange he (Fury) hasn&#8217;t taken on Usyk after teasing him for being so small and keeps calling him a middleweight but then the fight just fizzled out. It&#8217;s disappointing for boxing fans&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12523071\/Joe-Joyce-overpriced-sparring-Tyson-Fury-10k-ROUND-Oleksandr-Usyk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: Joe Joyce reveals he turned down &#8216;overpriced&#8217; sparring session with Tyson Fury because the Gypsy King demanded \u00a310k-A-ROUND&#8230; before branding the Brit &#8216;strange&#8217; for walking away from an undisputed clash with\u00a0Oleksandr Usyk Tyson Fury offered to spar Joe Joyce but was asking for\u00a0\u00a310,000-a-round Joyce will go toe-to-toe with\u00a0Zhilei Zhang at Wembley&#8217;s OVO Arena this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EXCLUSIVE: Joe Joyce on turning down &amp;apos;overpriced&amp;apos; 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