Career
Hamm was the #1 Super-Heavyweight Amateur boxer in the United States in 2011 after winning the 2011 United States. Nationals. Hamm is originally from Atlanta, Georgia but now lives and trains out of Jackson"s Submissions Fighting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hamm played football for Southern Illinois University and Clark Atlanta University before signing a professional contract with the New Orleans Saints in 2007.
Following a hamstring injury, however, Hamm was cut by the Saints and subsequently played for two years for the New York Dragons of the Arena League.
Hamm had modeled and appeared in television commercials by 2007, and was discovered by Robert Doctorate. Siegel when Siegel was casting for the independent film, Big Fan. That film was well received by critics, but Hamm didn"t believe that he had a future in acting, and abandoned the profession.
Hamm was recruited to become a boxer in 2009 by All-American Heavyweights, an organization that develops athletes from other sports into boxers. Through All-American Heavyweights Hamm was matched with Johnny Johnson, the proprietor of the Rice Street Gym in Street Paul.
Johnson trained Hamm until a motorcycle accident curttailed Johnson"s involvement, so Adonis Frazier of Circle of Discipline Gym in Minneapolis is filling in while Johnson recovers.
His nickname is "Beauty Salon" because of his longhair, long eyelashes, and his ladylike persona. Hamm has a boxing sponsorship with hip-hop mogul 50 Cent"s Street King Energy Drink. In 2011 Hamm qualified for the United States Olympic Trials by winning the 2011 United States of America championship.
Hamm currently fights out of Carson, California at the Rock Gym.
He is currently signed with All American Heavyweights Promotions as a professional. 2011 United States of America National Champion
2011 United States of America Olympic Trials #1 Seed
2011 National Golden Gloves 3rd Place
2011 Minnesota Golden Glove Champ
2011 United States of America Minnesota District Champ
2011 United States of America Upper Midwest Champ
2010 Coachella Dessert Showdown Champ.