Carlos takam was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between undefeated and unified wba super ibf and ibo champion anthony joshua and the ibf s number three ranked contender carlos takam the bout took place on 28 october 2017 at the principality stadium in cardiff wales joshua defeated takam retaining his heavyweight titles via tenth round technical.

Carlos takam vs anthony joshua. It was not as easy for anthony joshua as he disposed of the resilient carlos takam in a 10th round tko but what can we learn from the fight ahead of joshua s bid to unify the heavyweight belts in. Carlos takam 35 3 1 27 kos late to the party cameroon native takam 36 of france was not supposed to be joshua s opponent. Blood had to be wiped from joshua s badly injured nose before he explained the ending of his world title win against carlos takam to over 75 000 fans at the principality stadium in october 2017. Follow anthony joshua vs kubrat pulev.

Boxer anthony joshua trains hard ahead of the carlos takam fight 6. The fight was stopped in the 10th round as referee phil edwards stepped in to hold the bloodied takam away from joshua. Joshua has surpassed mike tyson s record of 19 consecutive knockouts. Anthony joshua was originally scheduled to box the ibf mandatory challenger kubrat pulev but pulev was forced to pull out of the fight due to a shoulder injury therefore carlos takam stepped in on october 16th as a late replacement.

Anthony joshua has defeated carlos takam to hold the world heavyweight title. Joshua 6ft 6in towers over takam who is just 6ft 1in with a longer reach of 82in compared to the takam s 80 5in. 1 vs martin 244lbs. Anthony joshua s world title weigh ins.

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