Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam: record, next fight and profile →
Junior middleweight Michel Soro will fight Hector David Saldivia tonight. The 12 round bout will take place at La Palestre in Le Cannet, France. Soro (27-1-1, 17 KOs) has not fought since June 20 of last year, when he knocked out Emanuele Blandamura in the eighth round. The time spent away from the ring was reportedly due to managerial and promotional issues.
VARGAS, Venezuela - Former world champions Amnat Ruenroeng of Thailand and Hassan N'Dam of Cameroon have won spots at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics despite losing in the final qualifying tournament in Venezuela.
Superb day of semis in Vargas sees sixteen Olympic quota places shared between eleven countries, with eight going to WSB boxers, six to APB boxers and two to other pro boxers. Ten more spots will be confirmed during Friday’s finals and box-offs.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. - Team USA's final competitor in the WSB/APB Olympic Qualifying Event, light heavyweight Jonathan Esquivel (Anaheim, Calif.), took on a difficult challenge on Tuesday in Vargas, Venezuela.
A former IBF flyweight champion from Thailand and a French-Cameroonian middleweight contender are the most prominent professional boxers attempting to win berths in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics during the final qualifying tournament.
While most established pros are opposed to fighting in the Olympics, there are two stars that will take the chance to qualify. One is former WBO middleweight champ Hassan N´Dam, who represented Cameroon in the 2004 Olympics but is now a French citizen. He told media in France he will take part in a tournament in Venezuela July 3 in order to qualify.
MK Event´s big show at the Cirque d´Hiver in Paris will go ahead on Saturday night, with Mehdi Amar (32-4-2) vs Serhiy Demchenko (16-9-1) for the vacant EBU title as headliner.
Former two-time interim middleweight champion Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (32-2, 18 KOs) came back to the ring for the first time since his loss to David Lemieux last June to outpunch and outbox his opponent Patrick Mendy (16-10-1, 1 KO) over eight dominating rounds. N'jikam kept his opponent at the end of his lanky jab and added power shots when needed. Durable Mendy loast via wide scores: 80-71 and 79-72 (twice) - for the French contender, who is rated #6 by the IBF, #8 by the WBC and #13 by the WBO. He is also TBRB #8 rated middleweight.
French paper L'Equipe could this past weekend announce the program for MK Event's big show March 12 in Levallois (France) and there´s been some changes to what previously was announced.
Following the terrible terrorist attacks in Paris last weekend, promoter Malamine Koné has cancelled the big show set for November 21 billed as ”Apocalypse 2” at the Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan in Levallois Perret. It was easily the biggest professional boxing event in France in 2015 and featured in the main event - former WBO middleweight champ Hassan N´Dam vs. Avantandil Khurtside in an eliminator for IBF # 2 spot.