Takam was beating Joyce, terrible stoppage decision by referee

Takam wasn’t fighting back enough and kept absorbing punishment, so I don’t blame the ref for stopping it.

 

He was just standing there being hit and barely answering back. Fair stoppage imo. Takem should have held or taken a knee.

 

Fair stoppage. Takam was not firing back for almost half a round. And Joyce was not letting up.

 

Was only a matter of time anyway, get over it

 

Takam wasn't out on his feet but you can only go so long sustaining damage without throwing punches before the fight is stopped and the ref gave him a lot of time to do something and he just didn't.

This was a better stoppage than Takam vs AJ.

 

Takam had success but then he always has success, gave Povetkin fits, was beating on Chisora until he walked into a right hand, only Joshua had an easy time with him and that's because Takam went into survival mode and got on his bike once he felt Joshua's power.

So while Takam did land some very hard shots, in my personal opinion it became very obvious once Joyce had taken some flush full power shots off of Takam with literally no effect, the writing was on the wall. We've seen Joyce box conservatively vs DDD but against Takam we saw old Joyce the one who just walks through journeymen. He had no respect for Takam's power, took shot after shot like they were jabs and just plowed forward landing his slow but heavy shots to break him down.

So yes very competitive while it lasted but it became very clear early on Takam wasn't going to win this once it became clear he didn't have the power to hurt him.

The stoppage was fine. Ref's will always intervene if you start taking punches and don't fire back and Takam was bent over just taking shots for ages and was wobbled twice. Davidson himself said the ref needed to have a look at stopping it before it was stopped, he clearly said that for a reason, Takam looked like he was unable to defend himself, because he was literally doing nothing but get hit over and over again.

 

Takam was ahead but gassed. Matter of time, ref did the right thing.

 

It now must be laid to rest that Tickling Takam is any good. He looked like a child in there with Joyce. Joyce must have been laughing inside.Takam has never beaten a decent opponent in his entire career and was gassed after 10 minutes - an absolute joke. "He's in great shape" - his hypertrophic physique is his selling point but it comes with the compromise that he has no stamina. Lay off the Men's Classic physique dosages.

I have no idea how you could say that it was a bad stoppage, Takam looked like he just stepped outside a nightclub at 3am and Joyce was ready to hit him clean with more shots.

 

Sure if Joyce was a fighter known for tiring late or if Takam wasn't known to be a fighter who fades late, he's twice been stopped when winning fights early before, then you might have a point.

But it was clear Takam wasn't going to stop him anytime soon because his punches literally had no effect on Joyce and Joyce was landing more and more on Takam himself as the fight was progressing. When you have 2 guys one known for endless stamina and relentless work rate and a guy known to do well early then fade, who do you think is going to win the fight? Doesn't take a genius to know the writing was on the wall.

 

A bit harsh, he's clearly a handful early in fights. A top contender? No clearly he isn't that, a dangerous gate keeper type is where Takam resides along with Chisora. He's a stiff test for any top contender, though as the Joshua fight showed the very top guys will just dominate him much like Chisora was dominated when he fought Vitali.