Tor Hamer over Demetrice King

by Gautham Nagesh

Harlem heavyweight Tor Hamer (right) looked sharp while dominating a seemingly disinterested Demetrice King (left) for eight rounds in New York on Wednesday night, securing a clean sweep of all three scorecards.

Hamer (13-1, 9 KOs) stayed active and used his superior skill to pummel King (15-19, 13 KOs), who looked even larger than his 277-lb. listed weight. Hamer looked positively svelte in comparison at 221 lbs.

King, who fights out of Flint but hails from my hometown Jackson, showed flashes of hand speed and defensive ability but never looked interested in fighting.

Afterward King’s cornerman David Selwyn admitted his fighter didn’t look close to winning a round.

Wednesday night put Hamer well on his way to moving past his controversial May loss to Kelvin Price, while King’s moniker “the Next Big Thing” seems these days to refer only to his ballooning waist.

Cross-posted from Queensbury Rules