His right hand now demands that respect, after it turned off Blanco's lights before he even hit the canvas during their fight. The Venezuelan boxer's head whacked the floor of the ring nose first, without his hands moving an inch to try and soften his fall.
Blanco was a complete mess, sprawled out on the deck, with his legs appearing to colvulse in an initially scary scene.
Blanco was eventually able to leave the ring on his own two feet, after receiving medical treatment immediately after the fight.
The stunning knockout could be a career-changer for N'Dam, who is now firmly in the frame to win a fight against the winner of the Gennady Golovkin-Daniel Jacobs fight at Madison Square Garden on March 18.
The world has certainly taken notice of the him.
It came on the same day boxing legend Bernard Hopkins' career was brutally ended in a sad fashion, after being punched out of the ring in his final fight against Joe Smith Jr on Sunday.
The 51-year-old was knocked out of the ropes and onto the floor, courtesy of a punch from Smith Jr in California, FOXsports.com reports.
Heading into the fight, Hopkins had already stated that win, lose or draw, he was going to retire, after a career that started all the way back in 1988.
Sadly, Hopkins' final bout came to a devastating end, despite putting up a solid performance against Smith, who was 24 years his junior.
Smith had landed some hard power punches on Hopkins earlier in the fight, but the final flurry came in the eighth round as he pushed him up against the ropes before unleashing a series of big shots.
The last shot landed flush and sent Hopkins crashing through the ring ropes onto the floor, where he remained for a few moments.
Eventually, Hopkins made it back to his feet, while unaware that he only had a 20-count to get back into the ring before the fight was stopped.
When the referee counted 20, the fight was waived off and Smith was declared the winner by eighth-round TKO.
Afterwards, Hopkins argued that he had been pushed out of the ring, but he was clearly dazed from the punch and the subsequent crash to the floor that brought an end to the fight.
While it certainly wasn't the finish he wanted, Hopkins did reiterate that he was calling it a career and would retire following the loss.
Hopkins retires with a 55-8-2 record, with two no contests, while also holding the record as the oldest boxer in history to win a major championship, when he claimed the WBA super light-heavyweight title at 49 years of age.
