Christian Hammer | |
Realname: | Cristian Ciocan |
Nickname: | The Hammer |
Birth Date: | 1987 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Pechea, Romania |
Nationality: |
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Height: | [1] |
Reach: | 198cm (78inches) |
Weight: | Heavyweight |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 38 |
Wins: | 27 |
Ko: | 17 |
Losses: | 11 |
Christian Hammer (born Cristian Ciocan) is a Romanian-German professional boxer who held the WBO European heavyweight title three times between 2012 and 2018.
Ciocan's first coach was Felix Păun.
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 and Taras Bidenko. Ciocan won the Won German International Heavyweight title in 2012 from Serdar Uysal, and vacant WBO EU Heavyweight title from Danny Williams.
In 2015, he lost to British future world champion, Tyson Fury for the WBO International Heavyweight title.
He held the WBO European Heavyweight title, which he won from Erkan Teper in 2016.
On March 2, 2019, Hammer fought title contented Luis Ortiz. Ortiz was ranked #3 by the WBC and #8 by the IBF at heavyweight at the time. Ortiz won the fight convincingly, winning 100-90 and 99-91 twice on the scorecards.[2]
On November 27, 2020, Hammer faced Tony Yoka. Yoka won the fight in convincing fashion, winning 100-89 across all three scorecards.[3]
On October 16, 2021, Hammer fought Hughie Fury. 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.[4]
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
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38 | Loss | 27–11 | Dillian Whyte | RTD | 3 (10), | 17 Mar 2024 | |||
37 | Loss | 27–10 | Joe Joyce | TKO | 4 (12), | 2 Jul 2022 | |||
36 | Win | 27–9 | Drazen Zanjanin | TKO | 1 (8), | 28 May 2022 | |||
35 | Loss | 26–9 | Frank Sánchez | UD | 10 | 1 Jan 2022 | |||
34 | Loss | 26–8 | Hughie Fury | RTD | 5 (10), | 16 Oct 2021 | |||
33 | Win | 26–7 | Patryk Kowoll | TKO | 3 (8), | 15 May 2021 | |||
32 | Loss | 25–7 | Tony Yoka | UD | 10 | 27 Nov 2020 | |||
31 | Win | 25–6 | Saul Farah | TKO | 1 (8), | 21 Dec 2019 | |||
30 | Loss | 24–6 | Luis Ortiz | UD | 10 | 2 Mar 2019 | |||
29 | Win | 24–5 | Michael Wallisch | KO | 5 (12), | 15 Dec 2018 | |||
28 | Win | 23–5 | Tornike Puritchamiashvili | RTD | 3 (8), | 15 Sep 2018 | |||
27 | Loss | 22–5 | Alexander Povetkin | UD | 12 | 15 Dec 2017 | |||
26 | Win | 22–4 | Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf | UD | 12 | 19 May 2017 | |||
25 | Win | 21–4 | David Price | TKO | 7 (12), | 4 Feb 2017 | |||
24 | Win | 20–4 | Erkan Teper | SD | 12 | 15 Oct 2016 | |||
23 | Win | 19–4 | Michael Sprott | KO | 1 (10), | 18 Mar 2016 | |||
22 | Win | 18–4 | Sherman Williams | UD | 10 | 28 Aug 2015 | |||
21 | Loss | 17–4 | Tyson Fury | RTD | 8 (12), | 28 Feb 2015 | |||
20 | Win | 17–3 | Irineu Beato Costa Junior | UD | 12 | 31 Oct 2014 | |||
19 | Win | 16–3 | Konstantin Airich | UD | 10 | 11 Apr 2014 | |||
18 | Win | 15–3 | Kevin Johnson | UD | 10 | 20 Dec 2013 | |||
17 | Win | 14–3 | Leif Larsen | KO | 7 (12), | 23 Aug 2013 | |||
16 | Win | 13–3 | Oleksiy Mazikin | RTD | 6 (12), | 22 Feb 2013 | |||
15 | Win | 12–3 | Danny Williams | TKO | 4 (12), | 28 Sep 2012 | |||
14 | Win | 11–3 | Alexander Kahl | TKO | 1 (10), | 30 Mar 2012 | |||
13 | Win | 10–3 | Serdar Uysal | TKO | 2 (10), | 11 Feb 2012 | |||
12 | Win | 9–3 | Pavol Polakovič | TKO | 2 (8), | 18 Nov 2011 | |||
11 | Win | 8–3 | Pāvels Dolgovs | UD | 6 | 9 Apr 2011 | |||
10 | Loss | 7–3 | Taras Bidenko | MD | 6 | 4 Dec 2010 | |||
9 | Loss | 7–2 | Mariusz Wach | KO | 6 (8), | 17 Jul 2010 | |||
8 | Win | 7–1 | Serdar Uysal | KO | 4 (6) | 5 Jun 2010 | |||
7 | Win | 6–1 | Markus Tomala | UD | 6 | 24 Apr 2010 | |||
6 | Win | 5–1 | Remigijus Žiaušys | UD | 6 | 9 Jan 2010 | |||
5 | Win | 4–1 | Hans-Joerg Blasko | TKO | 2 (6), | 21 Nov 2009 | |||
4 | Win | 3–1 | Jevgēņijs Stamburskis | TKO | 2 (4), | 11 Jul 2009 | |||
3 | Win | 2–1 | Aleksandrs Borhovs | TKO | 2 (4), | 6 Jun 2009 | |||
2 | Win | 1–1 | Nikolay Marinov | UD | 4 | 2 May 2009 | |||
1 | Loss | 0–1 | Robert Gregor | RTD | 1 (4), | 1 Nov 2008 |