Joe Joyce suffered defeat by unanimous choice to Filip Hrgovic in his return to the ring in Manchester on Saturday.
Preventing for the primary time since defeat to Derek Chisora in July 2024, the 39-year-old Brit misplaced a decent combat the place Hrgovic grew in dominance, incomes scores of 97-93, 96-95, 98-92 in his favour by the judges.
Joyce was initially meant to combat Dillian Whyte in an all-British affair, however a finger damage suffered by the latter noticed Hrgovic step in at late discover.
The 32-year-old Croatian hadn’t fought since a defeat to Daniel Dubois in June, in what was the primary skilled lack of his profession after 18 bouts to that time. His report now reads 18-1 after his defeat of Joyce.
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