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Controversy as Joshua retains world heavyweight titles against warrior Takam

Takam says he wants a rematch.

ANTHONY JOSHUA MAINTAINED his 100 per cent knockout ratio by stopping a bloodied Carlos Takam in the tenth round on Saturday.

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The English boxer retained his International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Assocation world heavyweight titles with a devastating display of his punching power to finish Cameroon’s France-based challenger at the Principality Stadium.

Takam became Joshua’s 20th consecutive knockout victim in a fourth defence of his IBF belt and first of his WBA title, but the challenger stubbornly resisted the champion after being cut by the right eye in the fourth round.

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Takam was also given a count in the fourth round before being finished off by a barrage of unanswered punches which prompted the referee Phil Edwards to stop it.

Takam complained it was a premature stoppage and the 70,000-crowd agreed as the decision was met with loud jeers.

“I want a rematch,” Takam told Sky Sports after the fight.

– © AFP 2017

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