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Joshua vs. Takam: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Anthony Joshua (AJ) defends his WBA (Super) and IBF heavyweight titles against Carlos Takam. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
28
Oct 5, 2013
19-0
4
19 (100%)
198 cm
208 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Apr 29, 2017
5m, 29d
19
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
36
Dec 10, 2005
35-3-1
0
27 (69.2%)
187 cm
204 cm
17 cm
Orthodox
Jun 17, 2017
4m, 11d
2
WBAIBF
HV
w1
HV
w1
d3
heavyweight
Saturday, 28 Oct 2017
Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
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Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam

Date

This fight between Anthony Joshua and Carlos Takam took place on at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales.

Tale of the Tape

At 198 cm, Anthony Joshua is the taller of the two by 11 cms; Carlos Takam is 187 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 208 cm, Joshua also has reach advantage of 4 cms over Takam's 204 cm. Takam has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Joshua.

Joshua is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 19-0 (19 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 29 days ago against Wladimir Klitschko, which he won via 11th round TKO.

Wladimir Klitschko's boxing career

Takam comes in with a record of 35-3-1 (27 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 11 days ago against Ivica Bacurin, which he won via 2nd round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Joshua will be 28 years old. Takam will be 36 years and 10 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 72-28 in favor of Anthony Joshua. Here is the prediction for Joshua vs Takam.

Anthony Joshua should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Carlos Takam to win this one.

Result

Anthony Joshua defeated Carlos Takam via 10th round TKO to retain the WBA (Super) and IBF heavyweight titles. Takam's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Joshua advances his win streak to 20. Joshua is now 20-0, and Takam 35-4-1.

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