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N’Dam wins vacant WBA interim middleweight title

The Columbian
Published: October 30, 2010, 12:00am

PARIS (AP) — France’s undefeated Hassan N’Dam unanimously outpointed Georgia’s Avtandil Khurtsidze on Saturday night to take the vacant WBA interim middleweight title.

The 26-year-old N’Dam, a Cameroon-born fighter recently granted French citizenship, received winning scores of 117-111, 115-114 and 115-114 from the judges to improve to 25-0.

The 31-year-old Khurtsidze lost for the second time in 26 fights.

N’Dam became the interim WBA champion. Kazakhstan’s Gennady Golovkin is the recognized titleholder.

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