Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam

Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (born 18 February 1984) is a French Cameroonian professional boxer. He has held a middleweight world championship twice, including the WBO title in 2012 and the WBA (Regular) title in 2017, and has challenged once for a super-middleweight world title in 2019. As of August 2019, N'Dam N'Jikam is ranked as the world's ninth best active middleweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.

This article is about the boxer. For the footballer, see Hassan Ndam.

Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Reach1.87 m (74 in)[1]
Nationality
  • Cameroonian
  • French
Born (1984-02-18) 18 February 1984
Cameroon
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights42
Wins37
Wins by KO21
Losses5
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Cameroon
All-Africa Games
2003 Abuja Middleweight
African Championships
2003 Yaoundé Middleweight

Amateur career

N'dam N'Jikam won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 2003 All-Africa Games, losing to Ramadan Yasser of Egypt in the final. N'jikam represented Cameroon in the middleweight bracket at the 2004 Olympics, defeating Juan Ubaldo of the Dominican Republic and Andy Lee of Ireland on close countback decisions, but losing in the quarter-finals to eventual gold medallist Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov of Russia.

Following the Olympics, and having no means of boxing professionally in his native Cameroon, N'Jikam moved to France due to the shared language.[2]

At the 2016 Olympics, professional boxers were permitted to compete at the Olympics for the first ever time. As one of the few professionals who entered, N'Jikam once again represented Cameroon and qualified for the light-heavyweight bracket, but lost in the first round to Michel Borges of Brazil. This was seen as a surprise to many boxing observers, who predicted that amateurs would not fare well against experienced professionals.[3]

Professional career

N'Jikam made his professional debut on 4 December 2004, scoring a third-round stoppage against Alexis Culit. On 30 October 2010, having fought mainly in his adoptive France, N'Jikam won the vacant WBA interim middleweight title with a close unanimous decision (117-111, 115-114, 115-114) over Avtandil Khurtsidze at the Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan.[4]

N'Jikam's only defense of his title was made on 2 April 2011 against Giovanni Lorenzo. He won a wide unanimous decision (119-109, 119-110, 116-111) However, major controversy arose during the fight when N'Jikam was knocked out of the ring by a series of punches from Lorenzo in round five. A WBA official then helped N'Jikam back into the ring, which was against the sanctioning body's rules. Lorenzo's team later argued that this should have been grounds for immediate disqualification, as well as disputing the overly wide scorecards.[5]

A purse bid was ordered between N'Jikam and WBA (Regular) champion Gennady Golovkin. The purse bid was scheduled for 2 February 2012.[6] However, days before the purse bid N'Jikam vacated his title rather than face Golovkin. [7]

On 4 May 2012, N'Jikam won the vacant WBO interim middleweight title via unanimous decision against Max Bursak.[8]

He was later promoted to full world champion status on 25 August, after Dmitry Pirog was stripped of the title for choosing to fight Gennady Golovkin instead of mandatory challenger N'Jikam.[9] In his first world title defence on 20 October, as well as his first fight in the United States, N'Jikam suffered six knockdowns en route to a unanimous decision loss (107-115, 107-115, 107-115) to Peter Quillin.[10]

N'Jikam won an IBF title eliminator over Curtis Stevens with a unanimous decision (119-108, 116-111, 116-111). Stevens was knocked down in round 8.[11] A second opportunity to become world champion came on 20 June 2015, against David Lemieux for the vacant IBF middleweight title.

N'Jikam again endured multiple knockdowns—four in total—but managed to go the distance to lose on the cards (109-115, 109-115, 110-114).[12]

2016 saw N'Jikam reel off four consecutive victories, with a brief pause in August to compete in the 2016 Olympics. On 17 December, he emphatically re-entered the world title scene by becoming WBA interim middleweight champion for a second time, following a brutal one-punch knockout of Alfonso Blanco in only 22 seconds of the first round.[13]

N'Jikam then won the full (Regular) title with a controversial split decision (116-111, 115-112, 110-117) win over Ryōta Murata on 27 May 2017. N'Jikam was knocked down in round 4 but survived and got the decision. When the result was announced, the crowd at Ariake Colosseum jeered.[14] The two judges who scored the fight for N'Jikam were immediately suspended and WBA president Gilberto Mendoza issued a public apology.[15] A rematch was immediately ordered by the WBA,[16] and scheduled for 22 October.[17]

On 22 October, Murata decisively beat N'Jikam, who threw in the towel after round 7. Murata's body attack wore his opponent down, he was also able to hurt him with a series of combinations. The fight was attended by 8,500 people at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. This was N'Jikam's first stoppage loss.[18]

On 22 December, 2018, N'Jikam managed to overcome a knockdown and beat former title-challenger Martin Murray via a majority-decision win. N'Jikam won on the of the scorecards, 117-112 and 116-112, while the third judge scored the fight a draw, 114-114.[19]

On the Joshua vs Ruiz undercard, N'Jikam fought Callum Smith for his WBA world title. Smith would end up dropping N'Jikam three times. Despite getting up from the third knockdown too, the referee decided to stop the fight and award Smith the victory.[20]

In his next fight, N'Jikam lost again, this time against WBA #1, WBC #6, IBF #8 and WBC #11 Fedor Chudinov in Russia.[21]

On June 8, 2020, N'Jikam announced that he will transition into MMA, signing with French MMA promotion ARES FC.[22]

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
42 fights 37 wins 5 losses
By knockout 21 2
By decision 16 3
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
42 Loss 37–5 Fedor Chudinov UD 12 13 Dec 2019 Manezh, Vladikavkaz, Russia For vacant WBA Gold super-middleweight title
41 Loss 37–4 Callum Smith TKO 3 (12), 2:56 1 Jun 2019 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US For WBA (Super) and The Ring super-middleweight titles
40 Win 37–3 Martin Murray MD 12 22 Dec 2018 Manchester Arena, Manchester, England Won WBC Silver middleweight title
39 Loss 36–3 Ryōta Murata RTD 7 (12), 3:00 22 Oct 2017 Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan Lost WBA (Regular) middleweight title
38 Win 36–2 Ryōta Murata SD 12 20 May 2017 Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan Won vacant WBA (Regular) middleweight title
37 Win 35–2 Alfonso Blanco KO 1 (12), 0:22 17 Dec 2016 Stade de l'Est, Saint-Denis, France Won WBA interim middleweight title
36 Win 34–2 Tomasz Gargula TKO 7 (8) 30 Jul 2016 La Palestre, Le Cannet, France
35 Win 33–2 Robert Świerzbinski TKO 2 (8) 27 May 2016 Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France
34 Win 32–2 Patrick Mendy UD 8 12 Mar 2016 Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France
33 Loss 31–2 David Lemieux UD 12 20 Jun 2015 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada For vacant IBF middleweight title
32 Win 31–1 Curtis Stevens UD 12 1 Oct 2014 Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California, US
31 Win 30–1 Fulgencio Zúñiga UD 10 16 Apr 2014 Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California, US
30 Win 29–1 Ricardo Marcelo Ramallo TKO 4 (10), 1:32 15 Feb 2014 National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
29 Win 28–1 Anthony Fitzgerald UD 10 14 Dec 2013 Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
28 Loss 27–1 Peter Quillin UD 12 20 Oct 2012 Barclays Center, New York City, New York, US Lost WBO middleweight title
27 Win 27–0 Max Bursak UD 12 4 May 2012 Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France Won vacant WBO interim middleweight title
26 Win 26–0 Giovanni Lorenzo UD 12 2 Apr 2011 La Palestre, Le Cannet, France Retained WBA interim middleweight title
25 Win 25–0 Avtandil Khurtsidze UD 12 30 Oct 2010 Palais des Sports, Paris, France Won vacant WBA interim middleweight title
24 Win 24–0 Omar Gabriel Weis KO 8 (12) 12 Jun 2010 Jemaa el-Fnaa, Marrakech, Morocco Won WBA International middleweight title
23 Win 23–0 Cagri Ermis TKO 10 (10) 10 Dec 2009 La Palestre, Le Cannet, France
22 Win 22–0 Sergio Jose Sanders TKO 6 (10) 10 Dec 2009 Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France
21 Win 21–0 Jefferson Gonçalo UD 10 24 Oct 2009 La Palestre, Le Cannet, France
20 Win 20–0 Gennady Martirosyan KO 10 (10) 27 Jun 2009 La Palestre, Le Cannet, France
19 Win 19–0 Michael Monaghan TKO 7 (8) 28 May 2009 Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France
18 Win 18–0 Samir Santos Barbosa TKO 4 (10) 5 Mar 2009 Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France
17 Win 17–0 Affif Belghecham UD 10 11 Dec 2008 Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France
16 Win 16–0 Woulid Guarras KO 5 (10) 18 Sep 2008 Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France
15 Win 15–0 Mehdi Amar UD 8 15 May 2008 Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France
14 Win 14–0 Eugen Stan PTS 8 17 Apr 2008 Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France
13 Win 13–0 Mounir Sahli RTD 3 (6) 21 Feb 2008 Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France
12 Win 12–0 Kamel Belhachemi KO 1 (6) 24 Jan 2008 Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France
11 Win 11–0 Mike Algoet UD 6 8 Dec 2007 La Palestre, Le Cannet, France
10 Win 10–0 Ali Benchabla TKO 3 (6) 27 Oct 2007 Centre des Congrès des Vieilles-Forges, Les Mazures, France
9 Win 9–0 Mike Algoet UD 6 29 Jun 2007 Palais des Sports, Marseille, France
8 Win 8–0 Malkaz Berkatsashvili RTD 5 (8) 6 Apr 2007 Gymnase Maurice Baquet, Pantin, France
7 Win 7–0 Vepkhia Tchilaia TKO 5 (6) 24 Mar 2007 Palais des Sports, Tours, France
6 Win 6–0 Zied Sassi TKO 2 (6) 17 Jun 2006 Palais des Sports, Bondy, France
5 Win 5–0 Pavel Florin Madalin KO 2 (8) 24 Feb 2006 Centre sportif, Pétange, Luxembourg
4 Win 4–0 Adrian Cerneaga TKO 3 (8) 31 Oct 2005 Centre sportif, Pétange, Luxembourg
3 Win 3–0 Lubo Hantak TKO 2 (4) 25 Jun 2005 Gymnase Georges Buffenoir, Rivery, France
2 Win 2–0 Didier Nkuku Mupeko PTS 8 4 Feb 2005 Châteauroux, France
1 Win 1–0 Alexis Culit TKO 3 (6) 4 Dec 2004 Tours, France
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References
  1. DAZN tale of the tape prior to the Callum Smith fight.
  2. Fischer, Doug (15 February 2014). "Q&A: Hassan N'dam N'Jikam". The Ring. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  3. Associated Press (7 August 2016). "Pro trip: Hassan N'Dam loses opening fight at Rio Olympics". Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. LaBate, Chris (30 October 2010). "N'Jikam Decisions Khurtsidze, Wins WBA Interim Title". BoxingScene. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. "Lorenzo Protests Decision Loss To Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam". BoxingScene. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  6. "Gennady Golovkin — Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam Ordered by WBA, Purse Bid on February 2". 26 January 2012.
  7. "Golovkin's Manager: N'Jikam Has Refused to Fight Gennady". BoxingScene.com.
  8. Donovan, Jake (4 May 2012). "Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam Tops Max Bursak, Wins Interim Title" BoxingScene. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  9. Stangrit, Gregory (3 September 2012). "Dmitry Pirog Not Surprised WBO Took Away His Title". BoxingScene. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  10. "Peter Quillin beat Hassan N'Dam to become WBO middleweight champion". Sky Sports. Sky. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  11. "N'Dam captures decision win over Stevens". ESPN.com. 2 October 2014.
  12. Fischer, Doug (21 June 2015). "David Lemieux outslugs Hassan N'Dam to earn IBF middleweight title". The Ring. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  13. Ecksel, Robert (17 December 2016). "Hassan N'Dam KOs Blanco in 22 Seconds". WBA. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  14. "N'Dam keeps title with split decision vs. Murata". ESPN.com. 20 May 2017.
  15. "N'Dam-Murata judges suspended over scoring". ESPN.com. 26 May 2017.
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Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Mahir Oral		 WBA International
middleweight champion
12 June 2010 – 30 October 2010
Won interim world title		 Vacant
Title next held by
Mehdi Bouadla
Preceded by
Martin Murray		 WBC Silver middleweight champion
22 December 2018 – 1 June 2019
Lost bid for diamond title 		Vacant
Title next held by
Liam Williams
World boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Gennady Golovkin		 WBA middleweight champion
Interim title
30 October 2010 – February 2012
Vacated		 Vacant
Title next held by
Martin Murray
Vacant
Title last held by
Héctor Javier Velazco		 WBO middleweight champion
Interim title
4 May 2012 – 25 August 2012
Promoted		 Vacant
Title next held by
Avtandil Khurtsidze
Preceded by
Dmitry Pirog
stripped		 WBO middleweight champion
25 August 2012 – 20 October 2012		 Succeeded by
Peter Quillin
Preceded by
Alfonso Blanco		 WBA middleweight champion
Interim title
7 December 2016 – 20 May 2017
Won full title		 Vacant
Title next held by
Chris Eubank Jr.
Vacant
Title last held by
Daniel Jacobs		 WBA middleweight champion
Regular title
20 May 2017 – 22 October 2017		 Succeeded by
Ryōta Murata
Awards
Previous:
Canelo Álvarez
KO3 James Kirkland		 ESPN Knockout of the Year
KO1 Alfonso Blanco
2016		 Next:
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
KO4 Román González
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