Carlos Takam

Where the hell's the video? c

 

Aly vs. Takam, btw...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WqrRrOuL8Y

 

Takam was clearly rawer in the amateurs, with a style that was always going to be more suited to pro boxing. (whereas Aly's was perfectly suited for the amateurs; I suspect he would've been a flop if he ever turned over...)

...which just makes the fact that he enjoyed so much tourney success and even qualified to attend the Olympics all the more impressive.

 

Takam actually had Aly in a bit of trouble at times. Even though he lost in a landslide on points under the numerically-based system of scoring, what he did connect was generally of a high quality and damaging (or would have been, sans headgear). He looked a bit ungainly at times due to Aly's size and disruption & spoiling tactics, but he was a skilled boxer-puncher even back then.

 

:nono

Takam is a less bulky (though just as bull strong), more coordinated and intelligent Stiverne.

 

Bermane gets his ass handed to him by Povetkin or Perez, FACT.

He'd be 50-50 w/ the Grant that got pounded out by Takam.

 

Oh hell yeah. Two of the only guys to beat Thompson.

 

No. Botha did worse, considering Grant knocked him out.

Before that he was competitive with Adamek.

Charr did stop him a few rounds faster than Grant but a) that was a quit job not a true stoppage and b) that was after Grant took his vicious beating from Takam and then had a 17 month layoff...