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Armand Carlos Netsing Takam (born 6 December 1980) is a Cameroonian-French professional boxer. He has challenged once for the Unified champion WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO heavyweight titles in 2017. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, and challenged once for the Commonwealth title in 2021. As an Amateur boxing, he represented Cameroon at the 2004 Olympics.
In 2004 he represented his native country, Cameroon, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece but was beaten in the round of sixteen by Egypt's Mohamed Aly. Takam qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco. In the decisive final of the event he defeated Angolan fighter Georgio Cabta.
Takam next fought on 31 March 2012, when he faced former world title challenger Frans Botha. Takam won the fight by knockout in the 11th round to retain his WBO Africa heavyweight title and also pick up to vacant WBF International heavyweight title. Takam went on to fight two more times in 2012, defeating Thomas Mrazek and Ivica Perkovic.
On 24 May 2013, Takam took on former world title challenger Michael Grant. Takam knocked Grant out in the eighth round to claim the WBF heavyweight title. Takam fought again in December 2013, when he knocked out Jakov Gospic in three rounds.
BLH had the fight 97–93 for Takam, giving him rounds six through ten after a 3–2 start in Perez's favour. Official scores were 96–94 (Michael Buffer did not announce who got that card) and 95–95 two times for the majority draw.
Professional career
Early career
Takam made his professional debut in France on 10 December 2005, when he defeated Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf of Belgium. He went on to build up a record of 17-0 by the end of 2008. His first loss as a professional came in June 2009, when he lost to undefeated French prospect Grégory Tony by unanimous decision over eight rounds. Following this loss Takam went on to gain four knockout wins by the end of 2010. Takam’s first fight of 2011 was against Gbenga Oluokun of Nigeria. Takam won the bout by stoppage in the sixth round after Oluokun retired on his stool. Takam picked up the vacant WBO Africa heavyweight title by beating Oluokun. He went on to beat Samir Kurtagić on 2 December 2011.
Career from 2014–2015
Takam vs. Perez
Takam made his HBO debut on 18 January 2014 against Cuban Mike Perez. The fight started slowly, with little action in the first five rounds, however, Takam took over starting in round six, as he planted his feet inside and was able to work Perez over. The Cuban's arms got heavier and heavier as the fight went on, and he didn't seem to have his usual snap or speed. Takam was able to hurt Perez in round six and round ten.
Takam vs. Thompson
On 6 June 2014 Takam took on Tony Thompson, (39-5-0, 26KOs) at the Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan in Paris, France. The 33-year-old Takam aggressively took the fight to the 42-year-old Thompson. Thompson had some success counter-punching, but Takam’s relentless work-rate overwhelmed Thompson at times. Takam dominated the fight and began to punish Thompson more and more as the bout progressed. Takam won the fight by unanimous decision with scores of 117–111, 117–111, and 119–109 to win the vacant WBC Silver heavyweight title.
Takam vs. Povetkin
In October 2014 Takam faced Russian Alexander Povetkin (27-1-0, 19KOs) at the Luzhiniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia. In a close fight that was a contender for fight of the year, Takam lost the fight via 10th round KO after Poventkin landed a left hook to the head of Takam.
Takam vs. Nascimento, Sprott, Arias
Takam fought three times in 2015, defeating Marcelo Nascimento and Michael Sprott by knockout and George Arias by unanimous decision in an eight round bout.
Career from 2016–2017
Takam vs. Parker
On 21 May 2016 Carlos Takam fought Joseph Parker in an IBF heavyweight title eliminator. The winner would be required to fight for the world title against the reigning champion, Anthony Joshua of Britain. Prior to the fight being announced, Parker and his handlers twice avoided fighting Takam the previous year because of the risk involved. The fight took place with Parker winning a unanimous decision after twelve rounds, in front of a vocal home crowd at South Auckland's Vodafone Events Centre in New Zealand. Two judges scored it 116–112, and one at 115–113. Despite the result the fight was very close until the end with Takam landing painful and dangerous combinations of shots.
Takam vs. Rekowski, Bacurin
Takam’s first fight of 2017 took place on 29 January, when he faced Marcin Rekowski of Poland. Takam won the fight by fourth round knockout. He next fought in June 2017, Defeating Ivica Bacurin by knockout in the second round.
World title challenge
Takam vs. Joshua
On 16 October 2017, Takam was made a late replacement to fight Anthony Joshua on 28 October at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, after Joshua's original opponent Kubrat Pulev pulled out of their fight with a shoulder injury. Takam gave a brave performance and took Joshua 10 rounds before the referee stepped in and waved the fight off after Joshua landed a flurry of punches.
Career from 2018
Takam vs. Chisora
On 15 June 2018, it was confirmed that Takam would face Derek Chisora on 28 July at The O2 Arena, London, England, on the undercard of Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker. Chisora knocked out Takam in the 8th round in an exciting battle, although Takam had dominated the early rounds and was ahead on the judges' scorecards when he was knocked out.
Takam vs. Gashi
On 22 December, 2018, Takam fought Senad Gashi. Takam was outlanding Gashi for most of the fight. In the eighth, Takam managed to drop Gashi three times, the third time also being the final one that prompted the referee to wave off the fight.
Takam vs. Lewis, Maldonado, Forrest
Following his victory against Gashi, Takam would go on to record three consecutive ten-round unanimous decision victories. The first came on 14 September 2019 against Craig Lewis in Monticello, New York, with Takam winning via scores of 99–91, 99–91, 96–94. His next fight on 28 February 2020 also took place in the state of New York, this time in Huntington against Fábio Maldonado, which he won by shutout unanimous decision. On 9 July 2020, Takam fought Jerry Forrest. Takam stepped in to fight Forrest on short notice, which was noticeable especially in the later rounds. Takam was able to build up an early lead, however, which was enough to win an all three judges' scorecards, 98–92, 97–93 and 96–94.
Takam vs. Joyce
On 16 June 2021, it was announced that Takam's next fight would be against undefeated Joe Joyce on 24 July at the Wembley Arena, London. After a slow start from Joyce on the night, in which Takam landed numerous punches to the head and body of Joyce in the opening rounds, Takam was staggered by his opponent at the start of the sixth round, overwhelmed with a barrage of punches which forced referee Steve Gray to halt the fight. The official result was a sixth-round technical knockout victory for Joyce.
Professional boxing record
49 Loss Martin Bakole TKO 4 (10), 28 Oct 2023 48 Win 40–7–1 Tony Yoka 10 11 Mar 2023 47 Loss 39–7–1 Arslanbek Makhmudov UD 10 16 Sep 2022 46 Loss 39–6–1 Joe Joyce TKO 6 (12) 24 Jul 2021 45 Win 39–5–1 Jerry Forrest UD 10 9 Jul 2020 44 Win 38–5–1 Fábio Maldonado UD 10 28 Feb 2020 43 Win 37–5–1 Craig Lewis UD 10 14 Sep 2019 42 Win 36–5–1 Senad Gashi TKO 7 (10), 22 Dec 2018 41 Loss 35–5–1 Derek Chisora TKO 8 (12), 28 Jul 2018 40 Loss 35–4–1 Anthony Joshua TKO 10 (12), 28 Oct 2017 39 Win 35–3–1 Ivica Bacurin KO 2 (8), 17 Jun 2017 38 Win 34–3–1 Marcin Rekowski KO 4 (12), 29 Jan 2017 37 Loss 33–3–1 Joseph Parker UD 12 21 May 2016 36 Win 33–2–1 George Arias UD 8 28 Nov 2015 35 Win 32–2–1 Michael Sprott KO 5 (8) 13 Jun 2015 34 Win 31–2–1 Marcelo Nascimento KO 4 (10) 10 Apr 2015 33 Loss 30–2–1 Alexander Povetkin KO 10 (12), 24 Oct 2014 32 Win 30–1–1 Tony Thompson UD 12 6 Jun 2014 31 Draw 29–1–1 Mike Perez 10 18 Jan 2014 30 Win 29–1 Jakov Gospic KO 3 (8) 20 Dec 2013 29 Win 28–1 Michael Grant TKO 8 (12), 24 May 2013 28 Win 27–1 Ivica Perković TKO 3 (8) 14 Dec 2012 27 Win 26–1 Tomáš Mrázek PTS 8 26 May 2012 26 Win 25–1 Francois Botha TKO 11 (12) 31 Mar 2012 25 Win 24–1 Samir Kurtagić PTS 8 2 Dec 2011 24 Win 23–1 Gbenga Oloukun RTD 6 (12), 29 Apr 2011 23 Win 22–1 Levan Jomardashvili TKO 3 (8) 26 Nov 2010 22 Win 21–1 Pavel Dolgovs TKO 4 (8) 2 Jul 2010 21 Win 20–1 Humberto Évora KO 2 (10) 29 May 2010 20 Win 19–1 Roman Kracik KO 1 (8) 24 Oct 2009 19 Loss 18–1 Grégory Tony 8 27 Jun 2009 18 Win 18–0 Stéphane Tessier PTS 6 10 Apr 2009 17 Win 17–0 Humberto Évora KO 2 (8) 18 Sep 2008 16 Win 16–0 Daniel Bispo TKO 3 (8) 5 Jun 2008 15 Win 15–0 Norbert Sallai KO 1 (6) 17 Apr 2008 14 Win 14–0 Daniil Peretyatko TKO 5 (6) 21 Feb 2008 13 Win 13–0 János Somogyi TKO 2 (8) 15 Nov 2007 12 Win 12–0 Cătălin Zmărăndescu TKO 2 (6) 2 Jun 2007 11 Win 11–0 Ioan Mihai RTD 2 (6), 11 May 2007 10 Win 10–0 János Somogyi TKO 2 (6) 1 May 2007 9 Win 9–0 Ioan Teosorejus 2 (8), 24 Feb 2007 8 Win 8–0 Leon Nzama-Nawezhi PTS 4 2 Dec 2006 7 Win 7–0 Roger Foe TKO 1 (4) 15 Jul 2006 6 Win 6–0 Ioan Mihai KO 1 (6) 1 Jun 2006 5 Win 5–0 Harry Duiven Jr. 1 (6) 1 May 2006 4 Win 4–0 Ibrahim Camara TKO 3 (6) 14 Apr 2006 3 Win 3–0 Valentin Marinel 3 (4) 25 Mar 2006 2 Win 2–0 Thierry Guezouli PTS 6 7 Feb 2006 1 Win 1–0 Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf 6 10 Dec 2005
Pay-per-view bouts
Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam Sky Box Office 1,009,000
Filmography
2023 Big George Foreman Joe Frazier
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