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In the first bout of the evening, undefeated heavyweight prospect Tor Hamer took on undisciplined journeyman Samuel Brown. Hamer came out firing the jab early on in the first. The Penn State alum has an educated fight game early on in his career, up on his toes and working behind the jab; he nullified any aggression that Brown offered. At the end of round one, pinned along the ropes, Brown was floored by a left hook and was lucky that the bell tolled to signal the end of the round. Second round started as the first ended, left hooks and overhand rights flowed freely from Hamer putting Brown to a knee. He beat the count of 8, but was soon backed into the ropes and dropped by a double jab. The referee stepped in and waved it off. Time of stoppage was 1:10 of rd 2, Hamer improves to 6-0 5Ko and got some much appreciated advice from Lennox Lewis at ringside; meanwhile Brown fell to 4-6-2.
The in-house heavyweight, 2004 Olympian Wilmer Vasquez (8-0-1 Ko) might lack the boxing refinement that Tor Hamer possesses, but he makes up for it with some significant pop. Andrew Greeley (14-26-2 8Ko) looks like a stubby pudgy Danny Williams, and was brought in for “The Latin Hammer” to pound on. Completely forgetting a jab, Vasquez was getting caught by counter left hooks from the much smaller Greeley. With the crowd behind the out-of-town fighter, Andrew grew bolder and stronger and finished the round strong with a flurry while trapped in the corner. Realizing that Andrew wasn’t going to be bullied, Wilmer decided to go to the body in the 2nd, problem was he forgot to use the jab and nothing else really followed from either fighter. There was nothing much in the way of action over the 3rd and 4th rounds, Greeley countered with left hooks every time Vasquez threw a punch. Andrew was easily the more accurate puncher while Wilmer the more powerful, but the power was wasted. In the 5th, Greeley landed the most telling blow so far, a counter overhand right snapped Vasquez’ head back and the crowd woke back up, as did Vasquez. Sensing a close fight Vasquez came out firing jabs for the first time. Greeley was the busier and more accurate man in this listless affair. The best part of the fight was the ringcard girls; Vasquez got the majority decision nod by score of 57-57, 58-56, and 60-54. The crowd booed loudly at the result. Boxingscene had it 59-55 for Greeley
The in-house heavyweight, 2004 Olympian Wilmer Vasquez (8-0-1 Ko) might lack the boxing refinement that Tor Hamer possesses, but he makes up for it with some significant pop. Andrew Greeley (14-26-2 8Ko) looks like a stubby pudgy Danny Williams, and was brought in for “The Latin Hammer” to pound on. Completely forgetting a jab, Vasquez was getting caught by counter left hooks from the much smaller Greeley. With the crowd behind the out-of-town fighter, Andrew grew bolder and stronger and finished the round strong with a flurry while trapped in the corner. Realizing that Andrew wasn’t going to be bullied, Wilmer decided to go to the body in the 2nd, problem was he forgot to use the jab and nothing else really followed from either fighter. There was nothing much in the way of action over the 3rd and 4th rounds, Greeley countered with left hooks every time Vasquez threw a punch. Andrew was easily the more accurate puncher while Wilmer the more powerful, but the power was wasted. In the 5th, Greeley landed the most telling blow so far, a counter overhand right snapped Vasquez’ head back and the crowd woke back up, as did Vasquez. Sensing a close fight Vasquez came out firing jabs for the first time. Greeley was the busier and more accurate man in this listless affair. The best part of the fight was the ringcard girls; Vasquez got the majority decision nod by score of 57-57, 58-56, and 60-54. The crowd booed loudly at the result. Boxingscene had it 59-55 for Greeley
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