Blanco vs Jikam

Who won Blanco vs Jikam?

Hassan N’Dam beat Alfonso Blanco by knockout in the 1st round on Saturday, December 17th, 2016, at Stade de l’Est, Saint-Denis.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 kg).

This contest was for the vacant WBA middleweight championship of the world.

Blanco vs Jikam stats

Back in December 2016, Alfonso Blanco stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 12 wins, zero losses, and 0  draws, 5 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Hassan N’Dam made his way to the ring with a record of 34 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 20 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested N'Dam had an advantage in power over Blanco, with a 59% knockout percentage compared to Blanco's 42%.

Alfonso Blanco was the younger man by 2 years, at 30 years old.

Blanco had a height advantage of 1 inch over N'Dam.

Both Alfonso Blanco and Hassan N’Dam fought out of an orthodox stance.

Blanco was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 24 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 years and 9 months later than N'Dam, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 234 fewer professional rounds, totaling 77 compared to N'Dam's 311.

Alfonso Blanco went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBA at middleweight.

Hassan N’Dam was ranked number 9 by the WBA, and 6 by the WBO in the 160lb division.

Blanco vs Jikam form

N'Dam had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Tomasz Gargula on July 30, 2016, by technical knockout in the 7th round at La Palestre, Le Cannet, France.

Prior to that, he had beaten Robert Swierzbinski on May 27, 2016, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Cirque d'Hiver, Paris.

Going into that contest, he had won against Patrick Mendy on March 12, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret.

Before that, he had been beaten by David Lemieux on June 20, 2015, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Middleweight championship fight at Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada.

He had beaten Curtis Stevens on October 1, 2014, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, United States.

Activity check

N'Dam's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 41 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.2 rounds on average.

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