he was a bouncy ball in both the quillin and Lemieux fights. Down 9 times? And I was told because I hadn't watched him much that he was a better boxer than billy Joe Saunders? I couldn't bring myself to believ that as Saunders is one of the best sticker and movers in the division and him being put down like a naughty dog over and over again hasn't persuaded me any.
NDNJ is a very good boxer, and undeniably tough to boot. If he would stick to just doing what he does best he would have easily slicked his way past Quillin and at the very least given Lemieux a close run. Two things go against him, however; firstly he seems tempermentally pre-disposed to engage in fire fights when he doesn't really have to and secondly - perhaps due to balance issues- seems to hit the canvas pretty much whenever he does get cracked with something really solid. The sum of these two handicaps is, unfortunately for Hassan, greater than its parts and makes him particularly vulnerable to heavy hitters, despite some really impressive recuperative abilities. TBH I wouldn't want to pick a winner between BJS and N'Dam, if he lacks the power to put him down though, my sense is that Billie Joe might be in for a long night.
This is a rematch their first fight was great but N'Dam was lucky to get a hometown decision, easily could haqve been a draw. Khurtsidze retired for 2 or three years during the interm and has only been back around a year but on the other hand N'Dam has been in punishing fights againt Quillin and Lemieux since then so perhaps he's diminished too. That said it's once again being held in France with N'Dam coming off a loss so Khurtsidze will have to stop him to get a win and that's extremely unlikely.
Khurtsidze should have got the nod the first time like you said, but a stoppage while unlikely, it wouldn't shock me at this point, N'Dam has taken a hell of a lot of punishment since their first fight, he might be ripe for the picking.:think
N'Dam should rematch Quillin, he wins a comfortable decision if he can avoid getting knocked down a million times. He boxed surprisingly well in stretches considering how many times he was dropped
Yeh lee drew with kid chic though and neither boxed in that fight, it was just two punchers looking for the 1 shot. Gunslinging. Saunders is just a better more schooled boxer than most of the mw division.
