Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York - Luis Ortiz took a lopsided unanimous decision over Christian Hammer in a 10-round heavyweight match. (photos by Stephanie Trapp, Tom Casino).
Castano kept his hands held high and was able to block many of Lara's left hands early in the fight, but the veteran began getting them through the guard more often as the fight went on.
Ortiz (31-1, 26 KOs) won his third straight since his lone loss, when he was knocked out by WBC champion Deontay Wilder in the 10th round of their title fight in this same arena last March. This was the first of those victories that wasn't a knockout, but the 39-year-old Ortiz wasn't disappointed and still wants a rematch with Wilder or a fight with Anthony Joshua, who holds the other heavyweight titles.
Ortiz won every round on one card and all but one on the other two.
Ortiz bloodied Hammer's nose in the fourth round, but Hammer answered back with a good right in the fifth that bloodied the face of Ortiz, whose white trunks appeared pink in spots by the end.
Hammer (24-6), a Romanian now living in Germany, seemed to enjoy his chance to perform in New York, gesturing to the crowd during the fight and posing for pictures in the ring afterward while Ortiz was conducting his post-fight interview with his daughter by his side.
