Who won Povetkin vs Takam?

Alexander Povetkin beat Carlos Takam by knockout in the 10th round on Friday 24th October 2014 at Luzhniki in Moscow.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Povetkin vs Takam stats

Alexander Povetkin stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 1 loss and 0  draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Carlos Takam made his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, with 23 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Takam had a slight advantage in power over Povetkin, with a 77% knock out percentage over Povetkin's 70%.

Alexander Povetkin was the older man by 1 year, at 43 years old.

Takam had 5-inch reach advantage.

Both Alexander Povetkin & Carlos Takam fought out of an orthodox stance.

Povetkin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 less fights, and made his debut in 2005, 5 months earlier than Takam, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 264 to Takam's 265.

Povetkin vs Takam form

Carlos Takam had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Arslanbek Makhmudov on 16th September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Joe Joyce on 24th July 2021 by technical knockout in the 6th round at SSE Arena, Wembley, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jerry Forrest on 9th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had beat Fabio Maldonado on 28th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Paramount Theatre, New York.

He had won against Craig Lewis on 14th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Resort World Catskills Casino, New York.

Activity check

Povetkin's last 3 fights had come over a period of 9 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 1 month and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 31 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.3 rounds on average.

Takam's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.2 rounds on average.

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