David Oliver Joyce
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| Born | 12 February 1987 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | |||||||||||||||||
| Other names | The Punisher | |||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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David Oliver Joyce (born 12 February 1987) is an Irish professional boxer. As an amateur, he won gold medals at the 2008, 2009 and 2014 European Union Championships, and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
Joyce was born into a boxing family in Mullingar, County Westmeath. His cousins John Joe Joyce and Joe Ward are also international boxers. Joyce is married to Melissa and has three children: Amber, Mickey Joe and Reanna.[2]
Amateur career
In April 2016, he qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, beating Volkan Gockek on points in a fight in Turkey.[3] He reached the last sixteen of the men's lightweight competition, defeating Andrique Allisop in a first round bout by unanimous decision. He was eliminated in the round of 16.[4]
Professional career
Joyce made his professional debut on 7 June 2017, at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. In a six-round bout against Gabor Kovacs, he won via second round technical knockout (TKO).[5]
Professional boxing record
| 14 fights | 12 wins | 2 losses |
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| By knockout | 9 | 2 |
| By decision | 3 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 14 | Loss | 12–2 | Romania Ionuț Băluță | TKO | 3 (10), 1:49 | 26 Sep 2020 | United Kingdom York Hall, London, England | Lost WBO European super-bantamweight title |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | United Kingdom Lee Haskins | TKO | 5 (10), 2:54 | 1 Feb 2020 | United Kingdom Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Won vacant WBO European super-bantamweight title |
| 12 | Loss | 11–1 | United Kingdom Leigh Wood | TKO | 9 (10), 2:23 | 4 Oct 2019 | United Kingdom York Hall, London, England | Lost WBO European featherweight title; The Golden Contract: Featherweight – Quarter-final |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Venezuela Breilor Teran | UD | 10 | 6 Jul 2019 | Kazakhstan Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | Retained WBO European featherweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | United Kingdom Stephen Tiffney | TKO | 7 (10), 3:00 | 5 Apr 2019 | United Arab Emirates Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Won vacant WBO European featherweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Mexico Jorge Rojas Zacazontetl | UD | 6 | 27 Oct 2018 | United States The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Mexico Arturo Lopez | TKO | 6 (8), 1:23 | 24 Aug 2018 | United Kingdom Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | United Kingdom Jordan Ellison | TKO | 6 (8), 1:43 | 21 Apr 2018 | United Kingdom SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Bulgaria Lyuben Todorov | TKO | 2 (6), 0:29 | 10 Feb 2018 | United Kingdom The Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Nicaragua Reynaldo Cajina | RTD | 3 (6), 3:00 | 18 Nov 2017 | United Kingdom SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | United Kingdom Andy Harris | TKO | 1 (4), 1:43 | 21 Oct 2017 | United Kingdom SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Slovenia Ivan Gobor | PTS | 6 | 16 Sep 2017 | United Kingdom The Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Nicaragua Lesther Cantillano | TKO | 3 (6), 2:42 | 22 Jul 2017 | United Kingdom Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Hungary Gabor Kovacs | TKO | 2 (6), 2:38 | 17 Jun 2017 | United Kingdom Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
References
- ↑ David Oliver Joyce Archived 27 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ↑ David Oliver Joyce Archived 27 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- ↑ "David Oliver Joyce becomes sixth Irish boxer to reach Rio 2016". The Irish Times. 17 April 2016.
- ↑ Diallo, Raf (7 August 2016). "David Oliver Joyce gives Ireland's boxers another win on his Olympic debut". Newstalk.com.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Debut date set for David Oliver Joyce". Irish Boxing. 26 April 2017.