Christian Hammer (born Cristian Ciocan) is a Romanian-German professional boxer who held the
WBO European
heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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title three times between 2012 and 2018.
Professional career
Ciocan's first coach was Felix Păun.
Hammer vs. Gregorin
He turned pro in Germany in 2008, but lost against Robert Gregorin his professional debut.
He won his next seven fights, but his winning streak was ended in 2010 after losing two fights in a row against
Mariusz Wach
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Early life
Mariusz Wach was born 14 December 1979 ...
and
Taras Bidenko
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Professional career
Bidenko boxed as an amateur before turning professional in June 2000, w ...
. Ciocan won the Won German International
Heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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title in 2012 from Serdar Uysal, and vacant
WBO EU Heavyweight title from
Danny Williams.
Hammer vs. Fury
In 2015, he lost to British future world champion,
Tyson Fury
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for the WBO International Heavyweight title.
Hammer vs. Teper
He held the WBO European Heavyweight title, which he won from
Erkan Teper
Erkan Teper (born 18 June 1982) is a German professional boxer. He held the European heavyweight title in 2015, but was stripped by the EBU for failing a drug test.
Amateur career
As a super heavyweight amateur, Teper won silver medals at the ...
in 2016.
Hammer vs. Ortiz
On March 2, 2019, Hammer fought title contented
Luis Ortiz. Ortiz was ranked #3 by the
WBC and #8 by the
IBF
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at heavyweight at the time. Ortiz won the fight convincingly, winning 100-90 and 99-91 twice on the scorecards.
Hammer vs. Yoka
On November 27, 2020, Hammer faced
Tony Yoka
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. Yoka won the fight in convincing fashion, winning 100-89 across all three scorecards.
Hammer vs. H. Fury
On October 16, 2021, Hammer fought
Hughie Fury
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. Fury was ranked #4 by the WBA and #14 by the IBF and heavyweight. Hammer was forced to retire in the fifth round due to injury.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
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2006 Junior World Amateur Boxing ChampionshipsChristian Hammer - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
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Box.Live
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Romanian male boxers
Heavyweight boxers
Living people
Sportspeople from Galați
German male boxers
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
1987 births