Takam ate Joshua's best shots and was barely bothered

[TheBigLug]

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.

[Queen_Leia]

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

[Mr Objecitivity]

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.

[Queen_Leia]

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.
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Povetkin uses PED, that why he stopped Takam and most of his opponents.

[Mr Objecitivity]

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!

[keith_head]

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).

[PensionKiller]

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

[Ham Porter]

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.

[iamboxing]

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.

[Earl-Hickey]

Takam fought defensive all night and joshua didnt land anything clean.

Takam has a good chin, he threw defence out the window against parker and took a 22 punch combination from parker and didn't budge.

Joshua clearly wobbled him more than once but he didn't put the 2-3 flush shots together that he needed to