Joyce looks to maintain unbeaten Lionhearts run

The Commonwealth champion is 4-0 for the British Lionhearts so far this season but currently sits second in the super-heavyweight rankings with 19 points – one behind leader Filip Hrgovic of Croatia who boxes for Astana Arlans Kazakhstan.

Joyce will be joined at York Hall by welterweight Ekow Essuman, lightweight Luke McCormack and light-heavyweight Joshua Buatsi.

For McCormack and Buatsi it will their first outing for the Lionhearts while Essuman will be looking to get back to winning ways after defeat in his last bout against China Dragons.

And for Joyce the stakes couldn't be higher, with the top-ranked super-heavyweight at the end of the regular season automatically qualifying for Rio 2016.

"Qualifying for the Olympics is the main goal for me with WSB, so the aim is simply to keep winning and maintain my unbeaten record through the season," said Joyce.

"Hrgovic is in the other group and I will not get to face him in the regular season, so I just need to focus on what I can do, keep winning and hope that he slips-up at some point as he will have to face some good opponents."

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