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Carlos Takam: “For some, I went from a completely baked old boxer to a fashionable boxer”

2023-04-24T22:06:14.025Z


INTERVIEW – At 42, the Franco-Cameroonian boxer feels fitter than ever and is very far from thinking about the age of his future retirement.


A victory over Tony Yoka, and it starts again.

By dominating the Rio 2016 Olympic champion in points, Carlos Takam gave a new impetus to his career.

At an age – 42 – where many other boxers have hung up their gloves.

Which is not the case of the Franco-Cameroonian, proud to have demonstrated that he was "not finished", as some gossips suggested.

After a well-deserved vacation period, Takam intends to take up new challenges against the heavyweight elite.

Looking back today, what do you have left of your victory over Tony Yoka on March 12?


Carlos Takam:

A great satisfaction, already.

Many people had insisted before the fight to tell me that it was a chance for me to be able to compete with him, that a victory could launch my career.

Except that I didn't wait to challenge Tony to have a career.

And if I had really wanted to give this one a huge boost…

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Source: lefigaro

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