Fans to pay €24.95 to watch Joshua fight African brother

Fans of boxing are willing to pay as much as €24.95 to watch IBF and WBA ‘super’heavy weight champion, Anthony Joshua take on Cameroon-born Carlos Takam who has been stopped just once in 39 fights, by Alexander Povetkin on October 28 at the Principality Stadium,Cardiff.
The France-based Cameroonian who was a late replacement for Kubrat Pulev however told skysports that he hopes to win the fight.

“I don’t know if I’m excited stressed or confused but I’m definitely ready for the fight,” Takam told Sky Sports News.

“It will be a proper fight.

“AJ is a good boxer who likes to box and I like opponents who like to come forward and throw punches. I like to get stuck in as well.
“I believe in myself. I never go into a fight thinking I might lose – I’m a winner, I like to win not to lose.

“I’m not scared, 80,000 fans means nothing to me. I’ve boxed in New Zealand, Canada, Russia [so] that won’t faze me.

“It’s about what happens in the ring. It’s about me and him.”

However Anthony Joshua also declared,”I’m going to stand in front of [Takam] and chop his tree down, because that’s what he does,” Joshua exclusively told Sky Sports.

As of October 2017, Joshua is ranked as the world’s best heavyweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and BoxRec, and second best by The Ring.

Main event

Anthony Joshua v Carlos Takam (IBF and WBA heavyweight)

Undercard

Kal Yafai v Sho Ishida (WBA world super-flyweight)

Dillian Whyte v Robert Helenius (WBC silver heavyweight)

Katie Taylor v Anahi Esther (WBA lightweight)

Frank Buglioni v Craig Richards (British light-heavyweight)

Lenroy Thomas v Dave Allen (Commonwealth heavyweight)

Joe Cordina, Joshua Buatsi and Lawrence Okolie