Worst stoppage I have seen in a long time.

It was a bogus stoppage Takam. Doesn’t matter if he was losing every round he was never really hurt in that fight. There was a chance he could have stopped Joshua in the last two as Joshua was gassing as usual and so he was robbed the chance of winning the heavyweight title. He might not get another chance.

 

I originally believed the title of this thread,was verging on hyperbole, however re watching the stoppage it is on up there with the worst of them, considering Joshua never landed his last flury clean.

This is happening far too often in boxing today and it needs to stop. Fans need to stop being complicit in this blatant the corruption just because their boy won. It's killing the legitimacy of the sport.

 

The right cross after the initial left jab landed. You thought it hit the gloves, but it actually landed behind Takam's gloves and hit him on the side of his head.

 

Wilder getting stopped when they touch gloves before the opening bell if he fights in the uk.

 

I'm a Joshua fan and it was stopped far too early.

Takam was on the way to being stopped anyone who thinks differently is suffering from wishful thinking.

 

Why ? Takam had taken similar spells of hard shots earlier in the fight and Joshua was tiring.
Takam probably would have gone the distance.

 

Very very bad stoppage, and Joshua didn't impress

 

OK stoppage in my book. Takam took dozens of flush, hard hands through the whole fight and he was clearly wobbled here, with his defense impaired. Yes, AJ was gassing, but he was in control and ready to hurt Takham more. Let a healthy Takham go home, enjoy his purse, spend time with his family.

Bogus stoppages are those Calzaghe stoppages where he threw 7 light shoulder slaps and nothing landed and then the ref jumps in and waves it off. Last night was nothing like that.

Let Takham recover and rather get another payday, e.g. against Helenius, Chisora or Whyte as a 'thank you' for showing a lot of heart and a great chin.

 

Before the last flurry of punches from Joshua which didn't land he did land a right hand and an uppercut that had Takam wobbling. It was the first time in the fight that Takam had been hit with consecutive shots flush and the first time that Joshua's power was starting to tell.

Maybe Takam would have made the final bell. Should he have been given an opportunity to see if he could or maybe even land his own haymaker, yes of course but highly unlikely imo.

 

He deserved the opportunity, that's the point.

During the 6th round against Klitschko, I thought it was "highly unlikely" Joshua would last the 12 rounds, as he appeared almost defenseless, hurt and gassed. He looked worse than Takam did here and his survival mode skills seemed minimal.
.... But he was given the opportunity and came back to win.

 

Yes well I’ve actually wondered if I’m missing something here,had no idea Takem was put down and given a count before early stoppage

 

Think we are both in agreement that the fight was stopped to early. Wlad was hurt more than Takam, but was also allowed to continue after being knocked down in both the 5th and 11th

 

Surprise surprise Joshua's shite

Lewis should come out of retirement and clean up this mess