Joe Joyce's eye had almost entirely closed during his stunning KO defeat to Zhilei Zhang on Saturday night.
The British star was looking to set up potential big fights with Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk with a win over contender Zhang in London. However, Joyce came in for the shock of his life, suffering a brutal defeat to the Chinese contender which saw him lose his status as WBO interim champion.
'The Juggernaut' took a damaging beating during six rounds of the fight before a brutal injury to his eye saw the referee stop the fight as Joyce returned to his corner at the end of the stanza. Pictures showed the heavyweight with bad damage to his eye which had almost swollen entirely shut after taking some big shots.
