Anthony Joshua vs Carlos Takam Oct 28th Confirmed

This is a good summation. Takam is Chisora if Chisora bothered to train and had some oomph to his punches. He'll give Joshua way more problems than the tame Pulev.

No. I have no idea who da fuq you're talking about but it clearly isn't Takam. Go do some research.

 

Just don't be surprised when the boos ring out although Joshua might carry him for four or five if he's in charitable mood and wary of fan ire. Takam is never a stadium ppv fight and is a nobody to the casuals. Molina gave Wilder a good fight and stopped an aged legend, not points vs Thompson. Not sure he's any better which is reflected in lower boxrec ranking.

 

Pulev was in for a one sided beat down. Takam could at least make things tough for Joshua. And he has a good jab of his own, plus a ton of moxy.

If he does then that would reflect more on Joshua's ability than it does on Takam's lack of it. I expect the fight to go more than a few rounds, and Joshua to be put under pressure. If he blows Takam away then I'll be mightily impressed.

The same Arias who went the distance and failed to get knocked down by Kubrat Pulev? Yeah, you're thinking this through much, are you?

 

Pulev never trained one afternoon for that fight. Was also only 8 rounds.

 

Props to Takam for stepping in, Pulev must have got cold feet about getting KTFO. Nobody kisses $5 million goodbye over a tweaked shoulder.

 

An aged legend? You mean former LHW Adamek, who got rocked in every single HW fight he was in? Takam would have battered that worn-out version as well and not been behind on points at the time either.

And when did Boytsov beat him?

 

Not a bad replacement for such short notice. As others have noted Takam stylistically is a tougher matchup for Joshua than Pulev. Pressure, workrate and effective bodypunching is one of the ways how to get Joshua out of his comfort zone.

 

If Joshua is motivated, concentrates fully, and works patiently behind the jab, he’ll get the opportunity to spark out Takam with a big right hand within 6 rounds.
Takam is very mobile for a heavy and durable though. He’s more of a puncher than Pulev. It should be an easy night for AJ, but if he walks into the ring with that attitude he will get caught with a big shot.

 

Perez was matched against one of the top cruiserweights in the tournament and managed to give a good account of himself. Hardly condemning that he lost. And TBH he was very lucky to get the draw against Takam. Takam was beating his ass.

Thompson's been a grandpa since the first time he stepped in the ring. Didn't stop him from notching up a number of good wins over the years and giving fits to almost everyone he fought. Pulev certainly didn't have an easy night with him.

Takam's performance against Parker was second only to Ruiz's in closeness, and that's because he took more risks and ended up getting rocked a few times. He also landed more consistent leather on Parker than Ruiz did and forced the fight more. Ruiz was a bit too passive. Hughie did nothing and deserved to lose wide.

Takam's level is easily top ten based on his performances against other top ten and top twenty opponents. You don't push fighters like Povetkin or Parker unless you're pretty damned good. Aside from those two I'd only put Joshua, Ortiz and Wilder above him, and I'm not even sure I'd pick Wilder to win really.

 

Adamek was well fancied to beat Molina even with the high mileage. You predicting Takam would also clean him out is speculation based on hindsight of that result. For all his being "rocked in every hw fight" only Vitali had handed him his ass before Molina.

I got Arias mixed up with Takam briefly.

 

You'd only put Ortiz and Joshua ahead of Takam, and pick Takam to beat Wilder?

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Hilarious.

 

Worse than Pulev, certainly.

I've always seemed to rate Takam a little higher than most out here. He was discredited hard randomly and then forgotten after losing to Povetkin, to my surprise (not losing to Povetkin, but getting sh!t on).

Good opponent for two weeks' notice.

Joshua should get him out of there, good chance it happens in the first half of the fight.

 

Or unless you're Marco Huck and Hughie Fury. Jesus.

Takam got obliterated by Povetkin and lost a clear decision to Parker.

Beating George Arias and Frans Botha and tying with Mike Perez don't get you there.

Takam ain't beating Deontay Wilder for God's sake. He isn't beating Anthony Joshua, either.

 

No, I base it on the fact that Adamek was totally washed up and hadn't had an impressive win in years. I'd have picked any number of heavyweights to have beaten him before Molina. He just happened to be the one who got lucky.

Yes, they do look similar, don't they?

 

Yes, asking who he beat is so one-track minded.

Christ.

Yes, he's lost to some of the best out there. Too hasn't beaten anyone of note who isn't pushing 50.

Sorry for being so one-track minded. Instead, I'll just rate guys based on the names who beat them up and ignore who they actually beat.

Where do you rate Raphael Zambrano Love? Top five. He's lost to a lot of top guys. More than Takam, even.