By Allan Fox: Former WBO middleweight champion Hassan N’Dam (31-1, 18 KOs) isn’t worried about the punching power of #4 IBF David Lemieux (33-2, 31 KOs) in their fight this Saturday at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
N’Dam, 31, says he’s been in the ring with bigger punchers than Lemieux in the past, and he feels like he’ll have little problems in beating the 5’9” Lemieux in front of his own fans.
By Dan Ambrose: It’s looking like the only chance that WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) has at getting a big fight in the near future is for him to wait until the smoke clears for the June 20th fight between David Lemieux (33-2, 31 KOs) and Hassan N’Dam (31-1, 18 KOs) this Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Lemieux and N’Dam are fighting for the vacant IBF middleweight title that was stripped from Jermain Taylor due to his legal problems. Golovkin has to hope that if Lemieux wins, Golden Boy Promotions, the promoters for Lemieux, will allow their fighter to face Golovkin in a unification fight.
By Jim Dower: After eight years as a pro, #4 IBF David Lemieux (33-2, 31 KOs) is in an excellent position to capture the vacant IBF middleweight title in his June 20th battle against #1 IBF Hassan N’Dam (31-1, 18 KOs) at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Lemieux and N’Dam will be fighting for Jermain Taylor’s IBF title that was recently stripped from him because of his legal problems. The Lemieux-N’Dam fight will be televised on Fox Sports 2, and will be simulcast on Fox Deportes.
By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya says he’s looking for a way to televise next month’s clash between #1 IBF Hassan N’Dam (31-1, 18 KOs) and David Lemieux (33-2, 31 KOs) on June 20th. The fight between N’Dam and Lemieux will take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The vacant IBF middleweight title will be on the line for the fight.
HBO won’t be televising it, according to Fight News because they opted not to show it for some reason. The Lemieux-N’Dam fight is on PPV in Quebec, where Lemieux has a large fan base.
By Allan Fox: IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) shined tonight in stopping American Willie Monroe Jr. (19-2, 6 KOs) by a 6th round knockout in a fight that Golovkin admitted that he carried Monroe to the 6th round because he didn’t want to finish him off quickly in the first couple of rounds.
Golovkin said after the fight that he wants a unification fight against one of the middleweight champions if he can’t get a fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez or Miguel Cotto.
By Dan Ambrose: On June 20th, #1 IBF Hassan N’Dam (31-1, 18 KOs) and #4 IBF David Lemieux (33-2, 31 KOs) will battle it out for Jermain Taylor’s vacant International Boxing Federation 160 pound title at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
The fight is official as of today. Lemieux, 26, will have an advantage in that the fight will be taking place in his own hometown of Montreal. The Lemieux-N’Dam fight will likely be televised on HBO.
By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions won Tuesday’s purse bid for the Hassan N’Dam (31-1, 18 KOs) vs. David Lemieux (33-2, 31 KOs) fight. Golden Boy put in the winning bid of $102,000, which just happened to be the only bid that took place at the International Boxing Federation headquarters, according to Fight News.
Lemieux and N’Dam will be fighting for the vacant IBF middleweight title that was previously held by Jermain Taylor. The purse for the Lemieux-N’Dam will be split in half for each fighter to get 50 percent.
If they can’t do it then the fight will go to a purse bid on April 7th in Springfield, New Jersey, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. This is the IBF title that the International Boxing Federation recently stripped from Jermain Taylor last February due to him being unable to defend the title because of legal issues.
By Sarkis Aghbashian: There are talks about David Lemieux (33-2-31 KO’s), ranked #5 by IBF and #2 by WBC, facing the French Cameroonian #1 IBF Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (31-1-18 KO’s) for the vacant middleweight IBF title. The title belonged to Jermain Taylor (33-4-1-20 KO’s) who got in trouble with the law and had to vacate his belt.
The fight between Lemieux and Hassan is still not an official done deal, but I think it will happen in May or beginning of June 2015. The fight will happen in Montreal at the Centre Bell and not in the U.S. Even though Lemieux got the U.S public’s interest after defeating the brave Gabriel Rosado by a 10th round TKO in New York on HBO. N’Dam is no big name in the states and Lemieux is the superstar in Montreal. Golden Boy, with whom Lemieux signed, will push the fight to be in Montreal because it will be a sold out show and will generate big numbers on HBO.
Lets do it !! The fight is on N dam u can run but ill catch u.
— David Lemieux (@lemieuxboxing) February 16, 2015
By Dan Ambrose: #5 IBF David Lemieux (33-2, 31 KOs) recently agreed to face #1 IBF Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (31-1, 18 KOs) for the vacant IBF middleweight title that was stripped from champion Jermain Taylor.