By Jake Donovan - Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam was made well aware of the risks heading into his Oct. ’12 middleweight title fight with Peter Quillin. The healing process from oral surgery wasn’t quite in line with where he needed to be on fight night, and even his own promoter discouraged the thought of going through with the bout.
Had he not, the defending titlist knew it would have been a moment in his career he’d forever regret.
“I really didn’t think anything of the loss that night,” N’Dam N’Jikam says of the lone defeat of his career. The setback didn’t come from a lack of trying; the French-Cameroonian boxer climbed off the canvas a total of six times to otherwise offer a surprisingly competitive performance.
In the end, Quillin won by wide scores, though the fight was close in terms of rounds won by each. Still, moral victories do not equal actual wins, and the end result was N’Dam N’Jikam losing his alphabet title in the bout, which was part of the inaugural boxing card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
“My promoter warned me about it beforehand, that I was making a mistake going through with the fight,” N’Dam N’Jikam recalls. “But now I’m right back in line for a title and feel better than I ever have in my boxing life.” [Click Here To Read More]
Had he not, the defending titlist knew it would have been a moment in his career he’d forever regret.
“I really didn’t think anything of the loss that night,” N’Dam N’Jikam says of the lone defeat of his career. The setback didn’t come from a lack of trying; the French-Cameroonian boxer climbed off the canvas a total of six times to otherwise offer a surprisingly competitive performance.
In the end, Quillin won by wide scores, though the fight was close in terms of rounds won by each. Still, moral victories do not equal actual wins, and the end result was N’Dam N’Jikam losing his alphabet title in the bout, which was part of the inaugural boxing card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
“My promoter warned me about it beforehand, that I was making a mistake going through with the fight,” N’Dam N’Jikam recalls. “But now I’m right back in line for a title and feel better than I ever have in my boxing life.” [Click Here To Read More]
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