Who was the favorite? Barrera-Hamed

A lot of people expected Hamed to get a schooling,which he did.Many thought him overated,and expected the step up in class to expose him.
Hamed was much better than the Hamed that lost to Barrera,but as is usually they case,he thought he could do without his promoter and trainer.His family took over the management and promotion,and Hamed started arriving at fights with an entourage of yes men and hangers on.

 

Hamed

 

Most people thought Barrera was past it and were sure Hamed was going to KHTFO...boy were they wrong.

 

Hamed was the favorite going into the fight.

 

Hamed was like a 3-1 favorite I think!

 

Hamed

 

Old enough? I was like 14.

Hamed hands down.. Nobody took Barrera serious.

 

Do you guys think That hamed choose barrera over Morales cause he thougt he was more past it

 

morales ducked hamed

 

Hamed was horribly shot by the time of the Barrera fight and this was underlined in Hamed's next fight when he struggled to outpoint a very mediocre Spaniard who he would have literally played with in his prime.

Hamed hardly even bothered training after 1997 and around this time he split from his long term trainer and mentor, Brendan Ingle.

Hamed continued to win im exciting fashion due to his freakish power, but it was clear his skills were eroding with each fight as the lack of training took it's toll.

Naz's career is almost identical to Mike Tyson's in terms of it's rise and fall.

Yes, he was favourite with the bookies to beat Barrera.

NB Even a shell of Hamed managed to give a peak Barrera a decent fight and it is to be noted that the fight wasn't as one sided as revisionists would portray it.

 

You must be out of your ****ing mind atsch

 

Hamed was bookies favourite, even in Vegas. Watch the HBO coverage on You Tube... Marchant or somebody says it.

 

yes, hamed was the clear favorite.

 

In a word, yes.

Had he gotten past Barrera, Morales would have been next.