20 fights, 20 wins, 20 KOs...#DDD Anthony Joshua wins again (PHOTOS) | @anthonyfjoshua
Anthony Joshua is a beast.
Takam took a hell of a beating...from round one to the 10th round, The refree had to stop the fight to save him the punishment he was already recieving, as blood splashed all over the arena from the cut on Takam's eye.
The sport of boxing and a courageous stand-in challenger, Carlos Takam, reminded us of the brutal reality of what it takes for Joshua to be the heavyweight champion of the world, though. This was supposed to be a cakewalk for Joshua but it turned into a punishing ordeal.
Joshua was in charge throughout the ten rounds it took for him to force an unpopular stoppage of the Frenchman but his nose was broken by what might be charitably called a clash of heads in the second round and his face was splattered with the blood of his challenger, who had a deep cut under his right eye.
This was not about glamour. This was about application and ferocity. There were times, as Joshua struggled to put Takam away, when the thought flickered across the minds of those watching that the champion’s tiredness might make him vulnerable to a late rally from the 36-year-old champion.
That did not happen but when the referee jumped in between the two men in the tenth round to call the fight to a halt and award Joshua his 20th straight win inside the distance, a crescendo of boos rang around Cardiff's Principality Stadium, which was packed with 70,000 fans.
They were not boos for Joshua but for the fact that Takam, who had showed such guts, had not been allowed to continue.
The reality, though, was that he was all but defenceless by then and he posed very little danger to Joshua any more. He wanted to carry on but the referee did the right thing in sparing him further punishment.
Ojuelegba by Wizkid was Anthony Joshua's entrance theme song at the sold out #JoshuaTakam fight at 74,500 capacity Principality Stadium.
The sport of boxing and a courageous stand-in challenger, Carlos Takam, reminded us of the brutal reality of what it takes for Joshua to be the heavyweight champion of the world, though. This was supposed to be a cakewalk for Joshua but it turned into a punishing ordeal.
Joshua was in charge throughout the ten rounds it took for him to force an unpopular stoppage of the Frenchman but his nose was broken by what might be charitably called a clash of heads in the second round and his face was splattered with the blood of his challenger, who had a deep cut under his right eye.
This was not about glamour. This was about application and ferocity. There were times, as Joshua struggled to put Takam away, when the thought flickered across the minds of those watching that the champion’s tiredness might make him vulnerable to a late rally from the 36-year-old champion.
That did not happen but when the referee jumped in between the two men in the tenth round to call the fight to a halt and award Joshua his 20th straight win inside the distance, a crescendo of boos rang around Cardiff's Principality Stadium, which was packed with 70,000 fans.
They were not boos for Joshua but for the fact that Takam, who had showed such guts, had not been allowed to continue.
The reality, though, was that he was all but defenceless by then and he posed very little danger to Joshua any more. He wanted to carry on but the referee did the right thing in sparing him further punishment.
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