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.
Carlos takam vs anthony joshua. Anthony joshua has defeated carlos takam to hold the world heavyweight title. 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. Joshua 6ft 6in towers over takam who is just 6ft 1in with a longer reach of 82in compared to the takam s 80 5in. 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 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. Briton joshua has 19 wins by knockout from his 19 professional fights. Follow anthony joshua vs kubrat pulev. Joshua has surpassed mike tyson s record of 19 consecutive knockouts.
The fight was stopped in the 10th round as referee phil edwards stepped in to hold the bloodied takam away from joshua. Anthony joshua s world title weigh ins. 1 vs martin 244lbs. Previously joshua has been as high as 254lbs for his bout with carlos takam in 2017.
Related topic:Previously joshua has been as high as 254lbs for his bout with carlos takam in 2017. 1 vs martin 244lbs. Anthony joshua s world title weigh ins.