How to watch 'High Stakes' featuring Joe Joyce vs Christian Hammer
BBN have provided all the details you need to tune in and watch Joe Joyce vs Christian Hammer on the 183rd day of the year in an event presented by Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions.
Everything you need to know about Joyce-Hammer below:
Date
Saturday, July 2nd, which is exactly the middle day of the year, with 182 days already passed and just 182 remaining.
Venue
It takes place at OVO Arena, Wembley, London.
Rounds scheduled
12 three-minute championship rounds at heavyweight (200lbs+).
Titles
Joyce with defend his WBC Silver and WBO International heavyweight titles.
Ringwalks
Ringwalks could be any time around 10pm (GMT), but boxing events are often subject to delays.
TV Coverage
TV coverage is from 7pm to 12am on BT Sport 1 (Channel 413) – £25 per month subscripton fees.
Live Stream
You can live stream the Queensberry Promotions event online via BT Sport website or BT Sport app – available to download for free on iOS and Android phones and tablets.
You can also keep up date with the action by following the BT Sport Boxing account on Twitter, as well as the official Frank Warren Twitter account
BBN will be providing LIVE updates on the night, right HERE
Tickets
Tickets for High Stakes are on sale now from £55 available from AXS.com and Ticketmaster.co.uk.
Background
WBO #1 Joe Joyce (13-0, 10KO) will battle the experienced German Christian Hammer (27-9, 17KO) as part of a Queensberry Boxing event in the capital.
After being out of the ring since his sixth round defeat of Carlos Takam in July of last year and suffering a broken wrist that kept him out of action in the first half of this year, Joyce takes his place on the Wembley bill against the 34-year-old German Hammer, managed by Erol Ceylan.
The Romanian-born Hamburg resident, Hammer, has taken on all comers across his near 14-year career, with names such as Tyson Fury, Erkan Teper, David Price, Alexander Povetkin, Luis Ortiz, Tony Yoka, Hughie Fury all featuring on his record. He most recently went the distance with WBO #3 Frank Sanchez.
His most recent title success came in 2018 when he defeated Michael Wallisch to win the WBO European championship belt, a title he also won in 2016 with victory over countryman Teper and subsequently made successful defences against Briton David Price and Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf.
Undercard Highlights
In-form Jason Cunningham and former world champion Zolani Tete provide chief support, with the Commonwealth, IBF International and vacant WBO International super-bantamweight titles on the line. ‘High Stakes’ indeed, when you consider there's three belts on the line, but there's even more at stake with the winner set to go on to a world title shot next.
Quotes
Joe Joyce: "I've known about Christian Hammer for a while now. He has fought everybody, it is going to be a good fight, he comes forward and it will be exciting. It is one to get me ready for the next fights coming up. I've been out of the ring for a whole year now so it will be good to dust off the gloves and shake off the cobwebs. It is going to be a big year, this year and next, with some great fights and I just need to be in the right place. I have taken myself out to the right place with this training camp here to bring out the best in me."
Predictions
Tim Rickson, BBN Editor: “Whilst Christian Hammer will represent a decent calibre of opponent for Joyce, this fight is already a foregone conclusion – Joyce will stop him. If I have to put a number on it then I would have to say I think it will be within the first half of the fight, but I suspect it will come even sooner, so perhaps between rounds 3-6.”
Tale of the Tape
Joyce
Age: 36
Bouts: 13
Rounds: 59
KOs: 92.31%
Height: 6’ 6”
Reach: 80”
Stance: Orthodox
Hammer
Age: 34
Bouts: 36
Rounds: 207
KOs: 47.22%
Height: 6’ 2½”
Reach: 78”
Stance: Orthodox
World Rankings
Joyce: WBC #2 / IBF #6 / WBO #1 / IBO #2 / BoxRec #7
Hammer: IBO #73 / BoxRec #68
Weights
Joe Joyce – 265.9lbs
Christian Hammer – 263lbs
Running Order
First Fight 7pm:
Arnold Obodai vs TBA
4×3 Cruiserweight Contest
Henry Turner vs Jakub Laskowski
6×3 Super-lightweight contest
Micky Burke vs Serge Ambomo
6×3 Super-welterweight contest
Tommy Fletcher vs Aron Vrnoga
4×3 Light-heavyweight contest
Mark Chamberlain vs Marc Vidal
10×3 IBF European lightweight title
Chief Support:
Jason Cunningham vs Zolani Tete
12×3 IBF International & Commonwealth super-bantamweight titles
Main Event From 10pm:
Joe Joyce vs Christian Hammer
12×3 WBC Silver & WBO International heavyweight titles
