Takam ate Joshua's best shots and was barely bothered

Takam is better than people realized. He used good footwork and upper body movement. He's a solid dude at 235, not flabby like Stiverne and Arreola. He has a better resume than Stiverne too. Joshua still has to work on his stamina, but I'd say he's coming along and it's still a 50/50 fight between him and Wilder. I slightly favor Joshua, I think he is a better counter puncher which will be to his advantage on the inside.

His cardio...it's give him an unfair advantage in cardio. And no, Povetkin isn't the only taking PED...Ortiz is cheating too. Provide actual evidence that Meldonium improves any athletic attribute of someone more than the legal supplements out there. Be it stamina, strength, power or whatever. You do realize that Meldonium was banned prematurely, without there being conclusive evidence as to why? You do realize that Meldonium has been used for more than 2 decades by athletes that actually had worse stamina than other athletes who likely weren't consuming any Meldonium?

lol, don't act like this wasnt surprising, the under over was 3 rounds... Thats only if you dont know boxing. I always said Takam was tough, admittedly I thought AJs power would tell but anyone who has seen the Cameroonian before knows just how much of **** brick house he is.

You seriously believe Povetkin is the only one taking PED's? Are you naive? Also, provide the evidence showing how Meldonium increases someone's punching power. I'll wait! His cardio...it's give him an unfair advantage in cardio. And no, Povetkin isn't the only taking PED...Ortiz is cheating too.

lol, don't act like this wasnt surprising, the under over was 3 rounds... That was bull**** though. Takam is tough as teak. 2nd best fighter Joshua has fought.

Povetkin uses PED, that why he stopped Takam and most of his opponents. sarcasm noted http://theanchoronline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Anthony-Joshua.jpg

They robbed that man Takam of going the distance with Joshua

Takam is just on tough SOB. BTW, I thought AJ looked less tired in this fight than the Wlad fight, and that's with his nose broken, he's been working on his stamina.

Huh? What fight were you watching? Takam was committed to a war. He was losing that war, for sure. But in no way was he being overly defensive (e.g. like Helenius was in the previous fight). He wasn't being overly defensive but let's not pretend he was constantly pushing forward and trying to mount a sustained assault on Joshua. He spent most of the fight on the backfoot.

Takam's chin got cracked by Povetkin and he's old and shot. Takam is also much smaller than Joshua. He's just another cruiserweight-ish HW. If Joshua had this out of this world power that some people made it out to be he would have have knocked out Takam or at least knocked him down several times. Let's face it, a prime Klitschko would obliterate this version of Takam with his jab and probably (legitimately) stop him late. Prime David Haye would probably "Mormeck" him eventually. Wilder would knock Takam out cold if he connected a solid shot. Joshua just doesn't seem to have this power that they hyped him to have. He's just a solid large fighter but not a special talent. The up and coming super-heavyweights like Hrgović who are as tall and as big as him and can take a punch are going to give him a lot of trouble in the future. He definitely won't reign for 10 years like Klitschko did. I don't think Wilder takes takam put with just good punch. He hit spilka so many times until he fell flat out

Takam spent very little of the fight actually engaging Joshua. It's easier to survive and do rounds when you're committed largely to being defensive. Huh? What fight were you watching? Takam was committed to a war. He was losing that war, for sure. But in no way was he being overly defensive (e.g. like Helenius was in the previous fight).

Povetkin uses PED, that why he stopped Takam and most of his opponents. You seriously believe Povetkin is the only one taking PED's? Are you naive? Also, provide the evidence showing how Meldonium increases someone's punching power. I'll wait!

To be honest, Carlos Takam was only ever stopped by Povetkin and that's mainly because of how powerful Povetkin himself is with his punches, not because of any shortcoming from Carlos Takam himself. . Povetkin uses PED, that why he stopped Takam and most of his opponents.

To be honest, Carlos Takam was only ever stopped by Povetkin and that's mainly because of how powerful Povetkin himself is with his punches, not because of any shortcoming from Carlos Takam himself. Despite that, Carlos Takam still has a very solid chin that has been proven at the elite level. That doesn't mean Joshua isn't a legit power puncher. Just that Carlos Takam has a splendid chin. It might prove that Joshua's punches aren't as powerful as Povetkin's though, but Joshua is still a more powerful puncher than most of the other heavyweights, regardless.

Referee steps in, realizing that Takam isn't human and just wouldn't go down. Joshua moves to 20-0

Aj never really clocked him with a flush 100% shot, partly down to good defence on takams part but also a case of aj being so slow I actually felt Joshua looked significantly slower with his punches than i've seen him before. He did come in the heaviest he's been but even so, he definitely looked slower today.

A true African warrior... he has made the continent proud tonight He did it for our people in Cameroon. :hail:

Takam spent very little of the fight actually engaging Joshua. It's easier to survive and do rounds when you're committed largely to being defensive.

Hes got a world class chin, what did you expect? Takam's chin got cracked by Povetkin and he's old and shot. Takam is also much smaller than Joshua. He's just another cruiserweight-ish HW. If Joshua had this out of this world power that some people made it out to be he would have have knocked out Takam or at least knocked him down several times. Let's face it, a prime Klitschko would obliterate this version of Takam with his jab and probably (legitimately) stop him late. Prime David Haye would probably "Mormeck" him eventually. Wilder would knock Takam out cold if he connected a solid shot. Joshua just doesn't seem to have this power that they hyped him to have. He's just a solid large fighter but not a special talent. The up and coming super-heavyweights like Hrgović who are as tall and as big as him and can take a punch are going to give him a lot of trouble in the future. He definitely won't reign for 10 years like Klitschko did.

Aj never really clocked him with a flush 100% shot, partly down to good defence on takams part but also a case of aj being so slow