by Nick Parkinson Agence France Presse CARDIFF, United Kingdom (AFP) — Anthony Joshua maintained his 100 per cent knockout ratio by stopping a bloodied Carlos Takam in the tenth round on Saturday. The English boxer retained his International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association world heavyweight titles with a devastating display of his punching power to finish Cameroon’s France-based challenger at the Principality Stadium. Takam became Joshua’s 20th consecutive knockout victim in a fourth defence […]
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Boxing: Frenchman Takam replaces Pulev for Joshua world title bout
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) –Frenchman Carlos Takam will fight titleholder Anthony Joshua for the IBF world heavyweight crown on October 28th after the original challenger Kubrat Pulev suffered a shoulder injury, fight promoter Eddie Hearn announced Monday. Cameroon-born Takam, 36, is ranked third by the governing body and Hearn revealed he had told him to be on standby in case something happened to Pulev. The 36-year-old Bulgarian — who lost his only world title fight […]





