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Joe Joyce vs Michael Wallisch: Fight card, boxing live stream, start time, betting odds and prediction

Joyce is looking to extend his pro record to 11-0 this weekend: Getty Images
Joyce is looking to extend his pro record to 11-0 this weekend: Getty Images

Joe Joyce returns to the ring tonight as he warms up for his October meeting with Daniel Dubois against Michael Wallisch behind closed doors at the BT Sport Studios.

Joyce and Dubois will meet in a huge all-London heavyweight showdown in the autumn in a fight twice postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The winner of that contest will force themselves into the world title equation but both have a tune-up fight to get through first before they can begin to contemplate knocking the other off course.

Joyce has not fought in just over a year – beating former world title challenger Bryant Jennings last July to extend his record to 10-0. A January meeting with Marco Huck was shelved when the German suffered an injury so there is a real need for the Putney heavyweight to get some competitive rounds in before meeting Dubois – who is himself in action at the end of August.

34-year-old Wallisch is the man looking to throw an almighty spanner in the works. The German heavyweight was 16-0 before suffering a career first defeat to Christian Hammer in 2018.

He has lost two of his three fights since then against Nigerian prospect Efe Ajagba and 2016 Olympian Tony Yoka.

Card in full

  • Joe Joyce vs Michael Wallisch (heavyweight)

  • Denzel Bentley vs Mick Hall (middleweight)

  • Louie Lynn vs Monty Ogilvie (featherweight)

  • Chris Bourke vs Ramez Mamood (Southern Area super-bantamweight)

  • Henry Turner vs Chris Adaway (super lightweight)

Date, start time and venue

Joyce vs Wallisch takes place at the BT Sport Studios in Stratford, London. The action gets underway from 7pm on Saturday 25 July.

Ringwalks for the main event are expected around 10pm.

Joyce is looking to extend his pro record to 11-0 this weekend. (Getty Images)
Joyce is looking to extend his pro record to 11-0 this weekend. (Getty Images)

How to watch

The card will be televised live on BT Sport 1 with coverage starting from 7pm. BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.

You can also follow all the action with Standard Sport's LIVE blog.

Fight prediction

Wallisch has been stopped in his three fights against any opposition of real note in Hammer, Ajagba and Yoka.

Joyce will want to get some rounds in given it has been 12 months since he was last in the ring and should be comfortable enough to end it where he sees fit.

TKO win in the mid-rounds.

(Getty Images)
(Getty Images)

Betting odds

  • Joyce to win: 1/100

  • Wallisch to win: 16/1

  • Draw: 33/1

  • Joyce first round TKO: 4/1

Odds courtesy of Betfair Exchange. Click here to find out more.

Covid-19 measures for live boxing

No fans permitted to attend

A maximum of five fights per show

Ringside teams limited to a single trainer and cutman

No more than 65 people allowed to be present in the venue

Corners to wear visors, gloves and masks

Fighters regularly rested during fight week and on fight night

Fighters to isolate during fight week between tests

Fighters, referees and trainers to be transported to the venue wearing masks

Referees to shower in between fights

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