Carlos Takam Clears the Air on His Rift With Francis Ngannou

Jul 23, 2021 | 4:30 PM EDT

Carlos Takam Clears the Air on His Rift With Francis Ngannou

Jul 23, 2021 | 4:30 PM EDT

This weekend, Carlos Takam and Joe Joyce will enter the ring against each other for a heavy 12-round war. Both the hard-hitting heavyweights are extremely eager to reach the peak of the division. But only one among these two can actually go on to make his position strong from hereon.

The underdog Takam is all charged up for his fight against the Brit. And he isn’t letting any mental games from the ‘Juggernaut’ hamper his approach by any means. Recently, Joyce’s manager, Sam Jones, asserted that Takam’s close mate and the UFC undisputed heavyweight champ, Francis Ngannou texted Joyce and wished him luck.

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Jones tried to project this in a way in which he wanted to make it seem that Ngannou is rooting for Joyce in this fight. But Takam laughed over the same, and he cleared the air on this matter.

Speaking to Behind the Gloves, he said, ”I don’t think Francis Ngannou texted him to say, I don’t know to say something. I don’t think so. Maybe Francis takes him to say okay, good luck.

“Because you know me, because you know I’m gonna win the fight. Just say good luck, yes. So I speak with Francis every time and every day you know, he called me every time to say ‘hey Carlos how are you today’ even today, this morning he called me to take news of mine.”

Takam, in his above statement, also indicated that there’s no rift between him and Ngannou over any pertaining concerns. He shares a great bond with ‘The Predator’ and with his above comments it’s clear that both of them are on good terms.

Can Carlos Takam settle his rivalry with Joe Joyce this weekend?

The 39-5-1 boxer is one of the prime names of the big men’s division. His career has been full of trials, yet Takam has stood tall facing all the adversities.

This Saturday he will battle out the undefeated Joe Joyce. And on top of that, he will look forward to settling his beef with the Brit.

That said, the world will have its attention on this event and everyone would be keen to see how Takam outclasses ‘Juggernaut’.

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan is a Boxing Author at EssentiallySports. He is a graduate from the International Institute of Sports Management who combines his love for sports, particularly combat sports, and his flair for writing and analysis to help him in his day-to-day work. He has prior professional experience with sporting organizations such as Star Sports, Khelo India, and NBA. Chauhan explores and analyses a sport he has been following ever since Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte engaged in a duel in 2015. He adores old-school punchers like Manny Pacquiao, as well as modern-day greats such as 'The Gypsy King'. In his downtime, he engages in rigorous workouts to cater to his love for fitness.

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