BIZARRE ENDING! | Artem Suslenkov vs Joe Joyce | Fight Highlights

Let's go, Sam! Easy, James, easy. Faster, a little faster. No, back, no. To the left, to the left. Yes. There you go. Much better. Jack Johnson. Joyce is looking to let go with that left hand. Breathe, breathe, Arthur, breathe. Good, James. He is having underdog because he hasn't mixed in the same kind of company as Kassiev. Hasn't achieved anything like the same amount as Kassiev, but we'll see what we get a little bit later on. So Joker, of course, was supposed to be, in that fight against Kassiev, a great amateur rival of Jojo's. They met in the Rio Olympic fight, which has always felt that he won, and he has a lot of supporters in that regard, but Joker got the decision for an Olympic silver medal, a world championship bronze medal at Commonwealth Games, gold medal. It was a long, successful amateur career. So Slenkov, just trying to throw that right hand slightly over the top as he got a little bit closer there. You can just see a slight bit of puffiness around the left cheek there of Suslenkov. When they get wrapped up in this kind of a position he doesn't want to spend too much time there, to Slenkov, because that can be quite sappy, the big amount, get a hold of you, bring the weight down on top of your shoulders, take it out of your legs to Slenkov, get so close here, that's a good combination to the body, into the front of the round three. It's worked well for Rafkan, going through it relatively often, but haven't got too carried away with it, gives you a really good viewpoint of what the referee sees in there, and just how close he is to the action. Good left hand there from Suslenkov, knock Joyce back to the ropes with a right, and then through the left hook and right uppercut. Good left hand there from him, strong finish to the rounders from Suslenkov. Look for the right hand on the inside there, Suslenkov, and then through the left as well. Joyce, just dipping low at the waist there, Suslenkov again having some success into the final minute of the round, and again there Suslenkov, they were half knocked by Joyce, a left hook and a right hand, but still just moving in behind the jab there Suslenkov, jabs the body there from Joyce, and then goes down to the body with the right hand. Good fall, that's a good shot to try and keep on landing, it'll take the steam out of his opponent possibly in the later stages. Good right hand lead there from Suslenkov, right hand over the top, heads almost come together on the inside there. Not that easy to pick a winner, but halfway you wouldn't say there's an awful lot in it. Good use of the jab there from Suslenkov, Joyce I thought started the better of the two in the first three rounds, four, five and six. Suslenkov has gained a bit of confidence, more conviction in his methods that went with that. Big overhand right there Suslenkov. He's finding the size of Joyce quite difficult to deal with, because although the pace has never been that high from Joyce, not what we've seen from him earlier in his career, it has been fairly consistent. I think if he takes these final two rounds, I would have given him that previous one, I think he would have his arms far enough in front, he would have clear enough of water there, but as I say, it depends on what the scoring judges at ringside are seeing, it's been quite a scrappy fight, no one's really hurt the other, that right hand from Suslenkov early on was the one which drew a bit of a reaction from Joyce, but no one's got to the other one, not yet anyway. It's just been a question of working out who has landed the more effective punches during these rounds, and quite often most of the time it's been a fairly kind of messy mauling affair, punches thrown and then they'll collapse into each other much as they did there, and no one's really given too much reaction to Suslenkov just trying to get on the front foot here in round 11, which I think he does need to do because the previous few rounds of the two of them Joyce has worked that bit fresher and Suslenkov at times just began to look slightly beleaguered given the look of it, the kind of vibe of it if you like, in a close fight with judges it can matter who looks like they're the boss in there or more of the boss, it can matter. Good combination there from Suslenkov that is good stuff three punches in a row they landed all pretty much bang on the target and that's good again from Suslenkov set his feet and let his hands go well and Joyce just looking to try and back up a little bit here, he's just waving his right hand I don't know what's happening, the referee I think is going to step in and stop the fight as he may be the wrong breath can and it's not the best time for it, I think he has stepped in and stopped it, what a strange conclusion to the fight because he landed a good few combinations there from Suslenkov, Joyce backed off he waved his right hand it was difficult to know whether that was a sign of surrender or whether it was him saying no, no, no, you didn't hurt me and then the referee kind of got in there to inquire as to what exactly was going on and then it became apparent that Joyce didn't want to continue Your winner by tactical knockout, still undefeated and new WBA Golden Belt National Heavyweight Champion Artur Suslenkov