I WATCHED the Olympic super heavyweight boxing bout on TV featuring our own Joe Joyce and the Frenchman Tony Yoka.

Joe Joyce is a wonderful role model for today’s youth. University degree and an all-round good guy.

Having said that I also listened to Anthony Joshua and there we have a future world champion, articulate and knowledgeable.

But as the fight progressed I realised that Joe was not a fighter in the same mould as Anthony Joshua.

He seemed to me like a mechanical fighter, with no instinct to change things around.

I would have loved to have seen our Joe give the arrogant Frenchman a good hiding. He kept on lifting his right arm aloft in victory even before the fight was over.

But well done, Joe, on your silver medal performance.

Terry Hopcutt, Tedder Road, Acomb, York