David Oliver Joyce
David Oliver Joyce is an Irish professional boxer. As an amateur, he won gold medals at the 2008 [European Union Amateur Boxing Championships|2008], 2009 and 2014 European Union Championships, and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
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.Amateur career
In April 2016, he qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, beating Volkan Gockek on points in a fight in Turkey. 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.Professional career
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.Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 14 | Loss | 12–2 | Ionuț Băluță | TKO | 3, 1:49 | 26 Sep 2020 | York Hall, London, England | Lost WBO European super-bantamweight title |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Lee Haskins | TKO | 5, 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, 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, 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 | 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, 1:23 | 24 Aug 2018 | Commonwealth Arena and [Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome|Emirates Arena], Glasgow, Scotland | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Jordan Ellison | TKO | 6, 1:43 | 21 Apr 2018 | SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Lyuben Todorov | TKO | 2, 0:29 | 10 Feb 2018 | The Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Reynaldo Cajina | 3, 3:00 | 18 Nov 2017 | SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Andy Harris | TKO | 1, 1:43 | 21 Oct 2017 | SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Ivan Gobor | 6 | 16 Sep 2017 | The Devenish Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Lesther Cantillano | TKO | 3, 2:42 | 22 Jul 2017 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Gabor Kovacs | 2, 2:38 | 17 Jun 2017 | Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland |