Comments Thread For: Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam- Peter Quillin: To The Victor…

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by Cliff Rold - The least hyped fight of Saturday’s Showtime quadruple-header might just be the one most worth paying attention too. Hot on the heels of September’s trio of division shaping 160 lb. wins for champion Sergio Martinez, Gennady Golovkin, and Daniel Geale, two undefeated battlers will lock horns.

They’ll be fighting for the WBO’s belt in class.

More important, they’ll be jockeying for position.

In a fight game that sees few in the title picture fight more than two or three times a year, position can be everything. Let’s assume the winner on Saturday wants a crack at Martinez (and any Middleweight with professional pride would want not nothing more at the moment). Let’s also assume Martinez ends up in rematch with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. the next time he gets into a ring.

That leaves Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (27-0, 17 KO) and Peter Qullin (27-0, 20 KO) anywhere from nine months to a year away from scoring a crack no matter how good they look this weekend.

That’s the timetable for the winner.

It would have to be a damning feeling to be the loser.

While he enters defending the belt at stake, N’Jikam is largely unknown to the U.S. audience. Sure, there are hardcore followers who have seen his consecutive wins in interim title fights (two WBA, one WBO) against Avtandil Khurtsidze, Giovanni Lorenzo, and Max Bursak. [Click Here To Read More]

[ShoulderRoll]

You have to admit that Rios eats A LOT of punches, and that it seems his biggest skill defensively is having a great chin.

[285Kid]

Quillin could knock out N'Jikam or/and N'jikam can out boxer Quillin

If no Knockouts this could have a controversial decision in favorite of Quillin

[MJ223]

Looking forward to that fight the most on this card.....

[Clegg]

I guess my feeling is that Quillin is just going after the weakest champion in the division, and N'Jikam shouldn't even be champion, having spent a long time avoiding Golovkin and then getting the belt off of Pirog under questionable circumstances.

At the moment 160 has 5-6 guys who can conceivably beat one another, and so hopefully the winner ends up facing one of the more dangerous opponents.

Hopefully I'm wrong but I expect Quillin to win and then face non-challenging opponents while waiting for a shot at Martinez. The fact that some people are actually giving him credit for the win over Wright makes me think that his first defence will be against Jermain Taylor or someone similar.

[hougigo]

Originally Posted by Clegg

I guess my feeling is that Quillin is just going after the weakest champion in the division, and N'Jikam shouldn't even be champion, having spent a long time avoiding Golovkin and then getting the belt off of Pirog under questionable circumstances.

At the moment 160 has 5-6 guys who can conceivably beat one another, and so hopefully the winner ends up facing one of the more dangerous opponents.

Hopefully I'm wrong but I expect Quillin to win and then face non-challenging opponents while waiting for a shot at Martinez. The fact that some people are actually giving him credit for the win over Wright makes me think that his first defence will be against Jermain Taylor or someone similar.

winky was landing some in too

[ManOnTheMoon]

N'dam N'jikam looks like he was born to box on the outside, he sometimes looks like a special talent, but at times seems like he doesn't want to be in a fight.

[RlCKY]

Originally Posted by Clegg

I guess my feeling is that Quillin is just going after the weakest champion in the division, and N'Jikam shouldn't even be champion, having spent a long time avoiding Golovkin and then getting the belt off of Pirog under questionable circumstances.

At the moment 160 has 5-6 guys who can conceivably beat one another, and so hopefully the winner ends up facing one of the more dangerous opponents.

Hopefully I'm wrong but I expect Quillin to win and then face non-challenging opponents while waiting for a shot at Martinez. The fact that some people are actually giving him credit for the win over Wright makes me think that his first defence will be against Jermain Taylor or someone similar.

Came here to post exactly that. Last time I checked the WBO rankings Taylor was high up...I remember him saying he will fight for a title next year...

[Light_Speed]

Both guys come to fight. They each have effective jabs and, to date, solid beards.

N'Dam's chin is not very solid. He's been on queer street several times in his career.

[Chris T Byrd]

Rooting for N'Dam to put on a clinic on that Quillin dude.

France has had some really good and some great middleweights. Humez, Cerdan, Bouttier, Dauthuille, Thil, etc. I hope N'Dam gets the chance to put his name high on that list.