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| Date | 11 March 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Accor Arena, Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tony Yoka vs Carlos Takam was a professional boxing match contested between French boxer, Tony Yoka, and French-Cameroonian boxer, Carlos Takam. [1] [2]
The bout took place on March 11, 2023, at the Accor Arena in Paris, France.
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Yoka was expected to face Carlos Takam on January 15, 2022, in a fight which was supposed to take place at the Accor Arena in Paris, France. Shortly after the bout was scheduled however, Takam withdrew due to injury. [3] On December 10, 2021, it was announced that Martin Bakole would step in as Takam's replacement. [4] The fight was postponed on December 28, 2021, due to measures imposed to combat the spread of COVID-19. [5] Yoka instead chose to enter negotiations to face Filip Hrgović in an IBF title eliminator. [6] The IBF later ruled Yoka ineligible to enter an agreement with any opponent other than Martin Bakole, as the two had already signed contracts to face each other. [7] Yoka's fight with Bakole was rescheduled for May 14. [8] He lost the fight by majority decision, after suffering two knockdowns, in the first and fifth rounds. [9]
| Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
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| Heavyweight | Carlos Takam | def. | Tony Yoka | SD | (10) | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Dan Azeez | def. | Thomas Faure | TKO | (12) | EBU European Light Heavy (vacant) | ||
| Super Middleweight | Farhadd Sadd | draw. | Macaulay McGowan | MD | (8) | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Lauren Price | def. | Naomi Mannez | UD | (8x2) | |||
| Middleweight | Victor Yoka | def. | Branislav Malinovic | UD | (6) | |||
| Middleweight | Lyad Tormos | def. | Goga Kevlishvili | MD | (4) |
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