ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights: Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam vs. Curtis Stevens RBR

Round 10

N'Dam N'Jikam is flipping hard backhanded jabs up from the hip into Stevens' face on the outside. Nonstop circuitous movement by N'Dam N'Jikam. Stevens whirls dizzily, takes a few straight-ahead plodding steps, eats a jab, halts, and resets. N'Dam N'Jikam is placing his lead foot inside Stevens', paddling his nose with backhanded double jabs, and keeping the clock hand turning.

10-9 N'Dam N'Jikam

99-90 N'Dam N'Jikam

 

Round 11

N'Dam N'Jikam is jabbing and running circles around Stevens, changing up his distance, sometimes with plenty of space between them and then spiraling in close to shorten up his jab and zap Stevens with it, giving him pause. N'Dam N'Jikam begins to showboat, doing a little Ali shuffle after landing a jab on the face and long right uppercut on the sternum that holds Stevens in place for a moment. N'Dam N'Jikam sticks his tongue out. Stevens does nothing.

10-9 N'Dam N'Jikam

109-99 N'Dam N'Jikam

 

Round 12

N'Dam N'Jikam is using very inch of the ring, traversing each set of ropes and staying clear of the corners, leaving Claymore jabs for Stevens to blunder into. Stevens is loading up with high windmilling rights, missing badly on the way in as N'Dam N'Jikam stylishly boxes with his back on the ropes, pumping long jabs busily. Stevens is yet to land anything two minutes in. N'Dam N'Jikam is changing directions, faking Stevens out after nearly bouncing left into a corner and then sprinting rightward. Stevens lands a high right hand on the outside. N'Dam N'Jikam is hurt, falling in and holding. Stevens throws hard left hooks and line drive rights chasing N'Dam N'Jikam into a corner. N'Dam N'Jikam holds. WIDE slapping hooks by Stevens. Tied up.

10-9 N'Dam N'Jikam - dramatic ending but Stevens literally didn't lay a glove on him until the final twenty seconds (and only got in two or three meaningful punches, too little to steal it)

119-108 N'Dam N'Jikam