On October 24, 2014, Carlos Takam (30-1-1, 23 KOs) and Alexander Povetkin (27-1, 19 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round heavyweight bout.
Alexander Povetkin is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round KO victory over Manuel Charr, 4 months and 24 days ago. Carlos Takam is on a 1-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Tony Thompson, 4 months and 18 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Alexander Povetkin at 99-1 winning odds. Carlos Takam really doesn't have much to present against Povetkin.
Alexander Povetkin stopped Carlos Takam via KO in the 10th round. Povetkin improves his record to 28-1 (20 KOs), while Takam adds a loss to his record at 30-2-1.