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France-based Cameroonian Carlos
Takam is the new World Boxing
Federation International
Heavyweight Champion after
scoring his biggest victory so
far on Saturday night in
Noisy-le-Grand, France, stopping
former World Champion Francois
Botha in the eleventh round.
The 31-year-old Takam, a 2004
Olympian, improved his
impressive professional record
to 25-1 (20), while South
African Botha falls to 48-7-3
(29), and could be at the end of
the line after an impressive
career that saw him capture IBF
and WBF world titles, and
included fights against some of
the sport’s biggest names.
Botha fought well in the early
rounds, and had his moments
against the lesser experienced
hometown favorite, but as the
rounds went by the physical
advantage and punching power of
Takam took its toll, and he
slowly but surely began to wear
the visitor down.
After the bout an ecstatic Takam
praised Botha for putting up a
good fight, and promised his
fans that the victory is only
the first of many big triumphs
to come. It certainly was an
impressive performance by the
winner, who could be in line to
face WBF World Champion Michael
Grant in the future.
The Carlos Takam vs. Francois
Botha WBF International
Heavyweight title fight at
Gymnase Jean Richepin in
Noisy-le-Grand was promoted by
Joseph Germain.
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