{"id":1137,"date":"2017-10-28T23:44:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T23:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2017-10-28T23:50:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T23:50:59","slug":"how-anthony-joshua-beat-carlos-takam-to-retain-world-heavyweight-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/how-anthony-joshua-beat-carlos-takam-to-retain-world-heavyweight-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"How Anthony Joshua beat\u00a0Carlos Takam to\u00a0retain world heavyweight titles\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anthony Joshua celebrates victory over Carlos Takam and shows off his heavyweight belts. Photograph: Nick Potts\/PA<\/div>\n

Kevin Mitchell @Principality Stadium for theguardian.com<\/p>\n

Anthony Joshua beats Carlos Takam by TKO to retain world heavyweight titles \u2013 as it happened<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • \u00a0Heavyweight champion Joshua beats Frenchman Takam in 10th round\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Fight was Joshua\u2019s first defence since winning title against Wladimir Klitschko<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
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    It is testimony to Anthony Joshua\u2019s seemingly unstoppable drawing power that he could just about fill this impressive stadium with only Carlos Takam, a largely unknown 36-year-old French substitute, standing between him and his 20th career stoppage.<\/div>\n
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    But what a Frenchman. What a 36-year-old. What a substitute. Joshua got his result, rendering Takam defenceless but still standing in the 10th round, bleeding heavily from both eyes and protesting that he could continue. In truth, he could not. He was done. But he won the admiration of his conqueror and the appreciation of the estimated 80,000 fans.<\/p>\n

    Takam, born in Cameroon and a Parisian by adoption, got the fight at the last minute, a replacement for the injured mandatory challenger, Kubrat Pulev, and he made the most of his opportunity.<\/p>\n