David Haye believes that Joe Joyce can stand up to world class fighters after beating Joseph Parker.
Parker was knocked out by the veteran Olympian fighter Joyce in the 11th round, when the New Zealand fighter and former WBO champion was left unable to compete.
The fight was then waved off, and Joyce claimed the vacant WBO interim championship, positioning himself for a crack at Oleksandr Usyk should Usyk fail to set up an undisputed clash with WBC belt holder Tyson Fury.
Haye was in attendance, ringside at Manchester to watch the bout.
"It was perfect, he went out there and established his jab and completely took Parker's heart away. Parker looked gassed out from the second round, from the second round he was looking uncomfortable," Haye said, reported BoxingScene.com.
"Joyce just continued to tap tap tap with that jab. They're not massive shots but they're shots from a big massive 19 stone man. Parker's gonna have a hell of a headache tomorrow. You've gotta give Parker credit, he took so much punishment in that fight.
“I'm not sure what he's gonna do going forward but that is as conclusive a beating as you could possibly ever wanna see. We found out finally, does Joyce's chin absorb world-class power? The answer is yes."