If there’s one thing heavyweight boxing fans should have learnt over the past decade, it’s that writing off Derek Chisora is, more often than not, a foolish exercise.

There are not many finer sights in British boxing than an all-British heavyweight main event in front of a sold-out arena, where the winner will put themselves back into world title contention whilst the loser will almost certainly be looking down the barrel of retirement.

It was a repeat in London as Zhilei Zhang stopped Joe Joyce once again to retain his status as WBO interim world champion.

Heavyweight championship boxing returns to the shores of the UK this weekend as Joe Joyce looks to avenge the only defeat of his professional career against China’s 2008 Olympic silver medalist Zhilei Zhang.

For Joe Joyce, last time out was as devastating as they come. The man they said nobody could dent was dented into defeat by Zhilei Zhang. Now it is time to exact revenge.

In a division where rematches for world titles have become the norm, Zhilei Zhang heads to the UK again this weekend as he looks to defend his WBO Interim World Heavyweight Title in his highly anticipated rematch with fellow Olympic silver medalist Joe Joyce.

Joe Joyce and Zhilei Zhang meet this weekend in a heavyweight clash that is perhaps as much of a restoration of faith as it is an absolute slugfest.