Anthony Joshua maintained his 100 percent knock out ratio by stopping a bloodied Carlos Takam in the tenth round of their world heavyweight title bout at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

Takam, a 36-year-old Cameroon-born Frenchman became Joshua’s 20th consecutive knock out victim in a fourth defense of this International Boxing Federation (IBF) belt and first of his World Boxing Association (WBA) title.

“It was a good fight until the referee stopped it. I have the utmost respect for Takam for putting  on a good show,” said Joshua who had his nose broken in the second round from a head butt.

The 28-year-old Joshua added: “Imagine if it’s broken and I couldn’t breathe and he started catching up in the middle rounds? It would have been a disaster, so I kept my cool. You have to control these situations because if I showed any signs of weakness; the referee could have jumped in.”

Takam, who had only accepted his first world title shot in less than two weeks following the shoulder injury sustained in training by Joshua’s challenger, Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev however complained that referee Phil Edwards should not have stopped the fight despite being caught by a barrage of unanswered punches from Joshua in the tenth round.

“I don’t think they should have stopped it. I want the rematch if Anthony gives me it. He is a great champion,” said Takam who represented Cameroon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.