Anthony Joshua asserts Carlos Takam understands all about him since he's been stalking him since last year.
Takam has stepped into confront Joshua, at only 12 days' notice.
Nevertheless, the heavyweight king claims he's been preparing since monitoring down him to telephone out him 16 months ago.
Takam followed Joshua straight back to his hotel to face him after he ceased Dominic Breazeale at June 2016 at the first defence of his IBF crown.

The Frenchman was placed on standby by promoter Eddie Hearn seven months back and Joshua insists that he is going to be prepared when they clash in front of 78,000 people at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Saturday week.

“After I fought at The O2, Takam waited at my hotel and said to me, ‘I want to fight you!’,” said the WBA Super and IBF champ. “I said, ‘I’ve already had a fight’. I swear, that’s what he did!

“It was after the Breazeale fight. He came to the fight, then waited for me in ­reception. I knew who he was.

“He’s a big unit – 22 stone. That shows these fighters are now watching me, so Takam will know my strengths and ­weaknesses.”

The bookies aren't convinced and make Joshua a much hotter favourite to win he had been against to his first IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev.

Joshua, 28, disagrees and states the shorter Takam, who's rated numbre three from the IBF, will probably be more difficult to stop than Pulev.
He defended Hearn's choice to decide on the Paris-based Takam, that has lost three of his own 39 struggles, to match the IBF's compulsory -- even though he's virtually unknown in the united kingdom.

“In terms of style of ­opponent, he’s definitely harder to knock out because he’s incredibly durable,” said the undefeated Joshua, who has won all of his 19 fights ­inside the distance.

“It’s not all about your Twitter followers – that doesn’t make you a good fighter. People say this person would have been a better fight because he’s well known.

“Takam has fought some good people, but maybe ­because he’s not so active on social media, the public may not know much about him.

“But he’s definitely a ­credible opponent and we can’t take our eye off the prize.

“This is his golden ticket to shock the world.”

While Takam, 36, is a huge step down from fighting Wladimir Klitschko, Joshua knows bigger fights lie ahead, if he wins.

“Every fight leads somewhere, provided I win, so I need to defeat Takam,” said Joshua, speaking at his ­Sheffield training base.

“That’s the mindset – I have to defeat Takam. It doesn’t end with him, we have to move on. If I can get past him, who knows what 2018 holds?”


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