Christian Hammer 18 4 0
vs
Michael Sprott 42 25 0
Heavyweight
Hammer won by brutal 1st round KTFO
Highlights of the FUll Card including the stoppage of Adrian Granat, the Win from Heavyweight Prospect Dinu in round 1... and a fighter boxing with a bandage??? ... Everything here: http://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/view ... 0#p1677140
Sprott, like Skelton and Danny Williams, should no longer be in the ring with ambitious young heavyweights. The matchmakers of these fights, and the teams behind these fighters, should have a good long look at themselves.
I loved Sprotts ability to upset hyped opponents on a domestic and European level, he exposed quite a few German based boxers with padded records during his time. Plus he managed to squeeze a win over higher rated British boxers every now and then too plus his, was it two wins at the prizefighter tournaments? Too lazy to look it up.
Anyways, to me he is the permanent underdog, coming to lose but always good for an upset.
It's a bloody shame but time seems to have caught up with him, he is 41, it wont be getting any better for him. I'd hate to see him go down the road Julius Francis did, losing 14 straight before retiring, then again Francis did at least finish almost all his fights on his feet, with this string of early knockout losses he should really consider his health.
Nightgaunt wrote:I loved Sprotts ability to upset hyped opponents on a domestic and European level, he exposed quite a few German based boxers with padded records during his time. Plus he managed to squeeze a win over higher rated British boxers every now and then too plus his, was it two wins at the prizefighter tournaments? Too lazy to look it up.
Anyways, to me he is the permanent underdog, coming to lose but always good for an upset.
It's a bloody shame but time seems to have caught up with him, he is 41, it wont be getting any better for him. I'd hate to see him go down the road Julius Francis did, losing 14 straight before retiring, then again Francis did at least finish almost all his fights on his feet, with this string of early knockout losses he should really consider his health.
I agree. It's a shame he's doing this now. I'm pretty confident that Sprott would have handled the likes of Hammer pretty comfortably in his time. Hang it up Sprott.