Joyce and Takam zest for Silver test

WBC Press

Britain’s Joe Joyce will defend his World Boxing Council Silver Heavyweight title against Cameroonian fighter Carlos Takam, at the SSE Arena in Wembley, England, on Saturday night.

KO artist Joyce (12-0, 11 KOs) is back in action for the first time since his 10th round stoppage win over Daniel Dubois last November. On the other hand, Takam (39-5-1, 28 KOs) comes from defeating North American Jerry Forrest by unanimous decision in July of last year.

At the official weigh-in, this Friday Joyce logged 263 pounds, while Takam stopped the scale at 248 pounds.

This event, presented by Frank Warren’s Queensberry in association with Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, will be broadcast live on BT Sport in the UK and on ESPN for all Latin America starting at 1:00 p.m.