Carlos Takam, at 39 years old, is still a heavyweight force. Takam ended Week 5 inside the MGM Grand “Bubble” with a 10-round unanimous decision over Jerry Forrest by scores of 98-92, 97-93, and 96-94.
Don’t miss Takam vs. Forrest – TONIGHT at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT live on ESPN & ESPN Deportes from the MGM Grand Conference Center – Grand Ballroom (Las Vegas)
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News broke yesterday that undefeated heavyweight prospect, Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller had failed another anti-doping test. This meant the upcoming fight between Miller and fellow American Jerry Forrest was cancelled.
Carlos Takam keeps on ticking. Last night in Huntington, New York, the world ranked heavy won his third on the bounce since being stopped by Anthony Joshua and then Dereck Chisora, as he pounded out a ten-round UD over boxer and MMA fighter Fabio Maldonado of Brazil.
Star Boxing’s “Rockin’ Fights” series was yet again a thriller. Boxing fans around the world were treated to a sensational night of fights from start to finish at the sold-out Paramount, in Huntington, Long Island.
Last seen in a big fight in July of 2018, when he came unstuck in quite spectacular fashion in a fight he was winning with Dereck Chisora, warrior Carlos Takam, 37-5-1(28) will try and put his third victory in a row in his win column on February 28th.
Carlos Takam would have welcomed former undisputed cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk to the heavyweight division by now if the unbeaten southpaw had not suffered an injury to his bicep that forced him to postpone his May fight with the Cameroon-born Frenchman.
Pound-for-pound star Oleksandr Usyk will make his Heavyweight debut against Carlos Takam at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland on Saturday May 25, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK.
There’s quite a bit of heavyweight news today: firstly Tyson Fury has his next fight (almost certainly) set, against unbeaten but largely untested Tom Schwarz, and Oleksandr Usyk, the first man in history to have collected all four major belts at cruiserweight, has his heavyweight debut opponent set (almost certainly).
Fans will get a triple-bill of heavyweight fights on Saturday night’s big card at The O2 in London that is of course topped by the Dillian Whyte-Dereck Chisora return.