BOXING fans reckon Joe Joyce jinxed himself with his Terminator-themed entrance for his clash with Zhilei Zhang.
The former interim WBO heavyweight champion had a montage of himself as the Terminator play ahead of his Copper Box clash with Zhang on Saturday night.
Joe Joyce made a Terminator-themed entrance to the ring ahead of his clash with Zhilei Zang
Joyce ended up with a completely closed and red eye after the fight
Boxing fans reckon Joyce’s entrance foreshadowed his eye injury
The iconic theme tune for the legendary Hollywood film bellowed throughout the arena as images of Joyce battering his previous opponents with the red eye of a T-800 played on the big screen.
Joyce’s red eye in the video proved to be the same one Zhang closed shut with his piston left hand.
And it didn’t go unnoticed by fight fans, with one tweeting: “Some mad foreshadowing in that ring walk.”
Another said: “I thought the Terminator part of the intro was really cringy and in hindsight is looking to be a bit of a jinx.”
And another said: “Really cool to see Joe Joyce walking out to the Terminator theme.
“At the end of the fight, he probably needed to cut his own eye out too.”
One remarked: “Joe Joyce ring walk was the terminator. But he left with his eye terminated.”
Another chimed in: “Joe Joyce came out to the Terminator.
CASINO SPECIAL – BEST ONLINE CASINOS FOR 2023“Zhang came out as John Connor and made the Terminator malfunction.”
After the fight, a dejected Joyce – who broke Daniel Dubois’ orbital socket in their 2020 showdown said: “It’s an eye for an eye again now, I got my eye done.
“It’s like what I did, I got a bit of payback from Dubois I guess. Maybe it’s karma.
“He just kept on getting my eye.
“I’m fine, I’m completely fine, but now it’s closed up and I can’t see out of it now.
“I haven’t fought a southpaw for a long time, so I need to look over the tape.
“I thought I could have carried on, I was taking his shots fine, but it’s just unfortunate that the eye closed up. But I’ll be back.”
