As an amateur, he won gold medals at the 2008, 2009 and 2014 European Union Championships, and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Joyce is married to Melissa and has three children: Amber, Mickey Joe and Reanna.

[2] In April 2016, he qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, beating Volkan Gockek on points in a fight in Turkey.

[3] He reached the last sixteen of the men's lightweight competition, defeating Andrique Allisop in a first round bout by unanimous decision.

In a six-round bout against Gabor Kovacs, he won via second round technical knockout (TKO).