Carlos Takam (40-8-1, 28) was born in Douala, Cameroon on December 6, 1980. At the age of 25 years on December 10, 2005, he made his professional boxing debut against Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf, winning the fight via 6-round points decision.
Takam's last fight was a 4th-round TKO loss to Martin Bakole at age 42 on October 28, 2023. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
Some of Carlos Takam's best fights have been against Tony Thompson, Jerry Forrest, Fábio Maldonado, Michael Grant, Francois Botha, Senad Gashi and Mike Perez.
Takam has 8 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
49  | Oct 28, 2023 42 years, 10 months 40-8-1 (28) | 30 years, 4 months 19-1 (14) | HW | 4 | TKO | LOSS |
48  | Mar 11, 2023 42 years, 3 months 40-7-1 (28) | 30 years, 10 months 11-1 (9) | HW | 10 | SD | WIN |
47  | Sep 16, 2022 41 years, 9 months 39-7-1 (28) | 33 years, 3 months 14-0 (14) | HW | 10 | UD | LOSS |
46  | Jul 24, 2021 40 years, 7 months 39-6-1 (28) | 35 years, 10 months 12-0 (11) | HW | 6 | TKO | LOSS |
45  | Jul 9, 2020 39 years, 7 months 39-5-1 (28) | 32 years, 3 months 26-3 (20) | HW | 10 | UD | WIN |
44  | Feb 28, 2020 39 years, 2 months 38-5-1 (28) | 39 years, 11 months 26-3 (25) | HW | 10 | UD | WIN |
43 | Sep 14, 2019 38 years, 9 months 37-5-1 (28) | Craig Lewis | HW | 10 | UD | WIN |
42  | Dec 22, 2018 38 years 36-5-1 (28) | 28 years, 8 months 17-1 (17) | HW | 7 | TKO | WIN |
41  | Jul 28, 2018 37 years, 7 months 35-5-1 (27) | 34 years, 6 months 28-8 (20) | HW | 8 | TKO | LOSS |
40  | Oct 28, 2017 36 years, 10 months 35-4-1 (27) | 28 years 19-0 (19) | HW | 10 | TKO | LOSS For WBA (Super), IBF |
39 | Jun 17, 2017 36 years, 6 months 35-3-1 (27) | Ivica Bacurin | HW | 2 | KO | WIN |
38 | Jan 29, 2017 36 years, 1 months 34-3-1 (26) | Marcin Rekowski | HW | 4 | KO | WIN |
37  | May 21, 2016 35 years, 5 months 33-3-1 (25) | 24 years, 4 months 18-0 (16) | HW | 12 | UD | LOSS |
36 | Nov 28, 2015 34 years, 11 months 33-2-1 (25) | George Arias | HW | 8 | UD | WIN |
35 | Jun 13, 2015 34 years, 6 months 32-2-1 (25) | Michael Sprott | HW | 5 | KO | WIN |
34 | Apr 10, 2015 34 years, 4 months 31-2-1 (24) | Marcelo Nascimento | HW | 4 | KO | WIN |
33  | Oct 24, 2014 33 years, 10 months 30-2-1 (23) | 35 years, 1 months 27-1 (19) | HW | 10 | KO | LOSS |
32  | Jun 6, 2014 33 years, 6 months 30-1-1 (23) | 42 years, 7 months 39-4 (26) | HW | 12 | UD | WIN |
31  | Jan 18, 2014 33 years, 1 months 29-1-1 (23) | 28 years, 2 months 20-0 (12) | HW | 10 | MD | DRAW |
30 | Dec 20, 2013 33 years 29-1 (23) | Jakov Gospic | HW | 3 | KO | WIN |
29  | May 24, 2013 32 years, 5 months 28-1 (22) | 40 years, 9 months 48-4 (36) | HW | 8 | TKO | WIN |
28 | Dec 14, 2012 32 years 27-1 (21) | Ivica Perković | HW | 3 | TKO | WIN |
27 | May 26, 2012 31 years, 5 months 26-1 (20) | Tomáš Mrázek | HW | 8 | PTS | WIN |
26  | Mar 31, 2012 31 years, 3 months 25-1 (20) | 43 years, 6 months 48-6-3 (29) | HW | 11 | TKO | WIN |
25 | Dec 2, 2011 30 years, 11 months 24-1 (19) | Samir Kurtagić | HW | 8 | PTS | WIN |
24 | Apr 29, 2011 30 years, 4 months 23-1 (19) | Gbenga Oloukun | HW | 6 | RTD | WIN |
23 | Nov 26, 2010 29 years, 11 months 22-1 (18) | Levan Jomardashvili | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
22 | Jul 2, 2010 29 years, 6 months 21-1 (17) | Pavel Dolgovs | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
21 | May 29, 2010 29 years, 5 months 20-1 (16) | Humberto Évora | 2 | KO | WIN | |
20 | Oct 24, 2009 28 years, 10 months 19-1 (15) | Roman Kracik | 1 | KO | WIN | |
19 | Jun 27, 2009 28 years, 6 months 18-1 (14) | Grégory Tony | 8 | UD | LOSS | |
18 | Apr 10, 2009 28 years, 4 months 18-0 (14) | Stéphane Tessier | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
17 | Sep 18, 2008 27 years, 9 months 17-0 (14) | Humberto Évora | 2 | KO | WIN | |
16 | Jun 5, 2008 27 years, 5 months 16-0 (13) | Daniel Bispo | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
15 | Apr 17, 2008 27 years, 4 months 15-0 (12) | Norbert Sallai | 1 | KO | WIN | |
14 | Feb 21, 2008 27 years, 2 months 14-0 (11) | Daniil Peretyatko | 5 | TKO | WIN | |
13 | Nov 15, 2007 26 years, 11 months 13-0 (10) | János Somogyi | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
12 | Jun 2, 2007 26 years, 5 months 12-0 (9) | Cătălin Zmărăndescu | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
11 | May 11, 2007 26 years, 5 months 11-0 (8) | Ioan Mihai | 2 | RTD | WIN | |
10 | May 1, 2007 26 years, 4 months 10-0 (7) | János Somogyi | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
9 | Feb 24, 2007 26 years, 2 months 9-0 (6) | Ioan Teosorejus | 2 | RTD | WIN | |
8 | Dec 2, 2006 25 years, 11 months 8-0 (5) | Leon Nzama-Nawezhi | 4 | PTS | WIN | |
7 | Jul 15, 2006 25 years, 7 months 7-0 (5) | Roger Foe | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
6 | Jun 1, 2006 25 years, 5 months 6-0 (4) | Ioan Mihai | 1 | KO | WIN | |
5 | May 1, 2006 25 years, 4 months 5-0 (3) | Harry Duiven Jr. | 1 | KO | WIN | |
4 | Apr 14, 2006 25 years, 4 months 4-0 (2) | Ibrahim Camara | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
3 | Mar 25, 2006 25 years, 3 months 3-0 (1) | Valentin Marinel | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Feb 7, 2006 25 years, 2 months 2-0 (0) | Thierry Guezouli | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
1 | Dec 10, 2005 25 years 1-0 (0) | Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf | 6 | PTS | WIN |
