Sanchez vs Hammer

Who won Sanchez vs Hammer?

Frank Sanchez beat Christian Hammer by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 1st January 2022 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Florida.

The scorecards were announced as 100-89, 100-89, 100-89 in favor of winner Frank Sanchez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Luis Ortiz beating Charles Martin for the IBF World Heavyweight championship. Also, on the undercard Jonathan Rice defeated Michael Polite Coffie, Frank Martin was victorious over Romero Duno, Geovany Bruzon lost to Lenier Pero and Gerald Washington was overcome by Ali Eren Demirezen.

Sanchez vs Hammer stats

Back in January 2022, Frank Sanchez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 19 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Christian Hammer made his way to the ring with a record of 26 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, with 16 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Sanchez had a slight advantage in power over Hammer, with a 68% knock out percentage over Hammer's 62%.

Frank Sanchez was the younger man by 5 years, at 29 years old.

Sanchez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Hammer. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Frank Sanchez & Christian Hammer fought out of an orthodox stance.

Sanchez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 8 year and 10 months later than Hammer, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 104 less professional rounds, 110 to Hammer's 214.

Frank Sanchez went into the fight ranked number 5 by the WBC and 5 by the WBO at heavyweight.

Sanchez vs Hammer form

Sanchez remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Efe Ajagba on 9th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Nevada, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Nagy Aguilera on 8th May 2021 by technical decision in their 6 round contest at AT&T Stadium, Texas.

Going into that contest, he had beat Julian Fernandez on 19th December 2020 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Alamodome, Texas.

Before that, he had won against Brian Howard on 7th November 2020 by knockout in the 4th round at Microsoft Theater, California.

He had beat Joey Dawejko on 7th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Barclays Center, New York.

Christian Hammer had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Hughie Fury on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in the 5th round at Newcastle Arena, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Tony Yoka on 27th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at H Arena, Loire-Atlantique, France.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Luis Ortiz on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Alexander Povetkin on 15th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

He had defeated David Price on 4th February 2017 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Olympia, Kensington, United Kingdom.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Frank Sanchez had been fighting more than Christian Hammer.

Going to this contest, Frank Sanchez had last fought 2 months and 23 days ago, while Christian Hammer's last outing had been 2 months and 16 days ago.

Sanchez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.

Hammer's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.

What time did Sanchez vs Hammer start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Florida, United States, which was around 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Sanchez vs Hammer?

Sanchez vs Hammer was broadcast on FOX Sports PPV in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Fite.tv PPV UK.

What were the odds on Sanchez vs Hammer?

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