David Oliver Joyce | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Joyce at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 February 1987 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | |||||||||||||||||
| Other names | The Punisher | |||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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]
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]
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]
| 14 fights | 12 wins | 2 losses |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |  Ionuț Băluță | TKO | 3 (10), 1:49 | 26 Sep 2020 |  York Hall, London, England | Lost WBO European super-bantamweight title |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Lee Haskins | TKO | 5 (10), 2:54 | 1 Feb 2020 | Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Won vacant WBO European super-bantamweight title |
| 12 | Loss | 11–1 | Leigh Wood | TKO | 9 (10), 2:23 | 4 Oct 2019 | York Hall, London, England | Lost WBO European featherweight title; The Golden Contract: Featherweight – Quarter-final |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 |  Breilor Teran | UD | 10 | 6 Jul 2019 |  Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | Retained WBO European featherweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Stephen Tiffney | TKO | 7 (10), 3:00 | 5 Apr 2019 |  Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Won vacant WBO European featherweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 |  Jorge Rojas Zacazontetl | UD | 6 | 27 Oct 2018 |  The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Arturo Lopez | TKO | 6 (8), 1:23 | 24 Aug 2018 | Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Jordan Ellison | TKO | 6 (8), 1:43 | 21 Apr 2018 | SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 |  Lyuben Todorov | TKO | 2 (6), 0:29 | 10 Feb 2018 | The Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 |  Reynaldo Cajina | RTD | 3 (6), 3:00 | 18 Nov 2017 | SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Andy Harris | TKO | 1 (4), 1:43 | 21 Oct 2017 | SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 |  Ivan Gobor | PTS | 6 | 16 Sep 2017 | The Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Lesther Cantillano | TKO | 3 (6), 2:42 | 22 Jul 2017 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 |  Gabor Kovacs | TKO | 2 (6), 2:38 | 17 Jun 2017 | Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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