Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam
Two-time middleweight world champion and two-time Olympian
Born in 1984
Related city : Yaoundé
Who are they?
A boxer born in Yaoundé in 1984. A middleweight quarter-finalist for Cameroon at the 2004 Athens Olympics, he then settled in France, where he built his professional career.
What made them famous
He was recognised as WBO middleweight world champion in 2012, then became WBA champion in the division in 2017 by beating Japan’s Ryota Murata in Tokyo on a hotly disputed split decision. Murata won the rematch a few months later.
Key facts
- Cameroon’s flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Athens Games.
- Already a professional champion, he returned to the Olympics at Rio 2016, the first Games open to professional boxers.
- In December 2016 he knocked out Alfonso Blanco in 22 seconds to regain the WBA interim middleweight title.