Naseem hamed vs Barrera

Though Barrera only won 8 rounds to 4. It was all Barrera in that fight. In most of the rounds that Barrera won he won it extremely wide. Just absolute schooling of Hamed in the Barrera rounds. The rounds that Hamed won were close and could have gone either way.

It was a very one sided fight IMO.

 

Hamed had the misfortune of campaigning in by far the strongest weight class (126) of his era. He had Marquez, Morales and Barrera all in their primes at 126. He probably loses wide to all of them. And then by 2003 Pac arrives and the 2000's legacy of 126 grows even further. Pacquiao would have taken away Hamed's left hand like he does to every fighter he fights. And laid an absolute crunching beatdown on Hamed.

For all of Hamed's flaws he's still a fairly good fighter. There were 4 ATG's in his division all in their prime when he was fighting. Think about how stacked it was. Granted he only fought one of them, but Hamed could have rule numerous divisions if he wasn't a natural Featherweight.

 

Destroyed his confidence. He was whipped and humiliated. Had 1 more fight and retired i believe

 

Exposed

For once, Naseem's mouth wrote a check his a$$ couldn't cash.

Then, he quit the sport in embarassment.

If it was just a bad night he would have tried to redeem himself.

 

Exposed.

 

It's pretty likely that Hamed would've beaten Marquez back then considering the Norwood fight. Frddy had plenty of similarities to Hamed.

 

You know he fought again right?

 

I think Steward hinted that Hamed was screwing up on the broadcast for the Barrera fight against Salud. He really didn't speak confidently of Hamed despite being in his camp.

 

That fight was a wrestling match.

 

What about the super bantamweight McKinney?

 

He was Barrera's second best win until that point. Bungu beat him twice. All three of them competed at 122 before 126.

 

Like I said, Bungu was an overrated FEATHERWEIGHT. What is his resume at 126 again?

 

You're a slave to an agenda.

 

One insignificant fight.

So, he didn't technically quit right after Barrera.

But, he did effectively quit the game as he made no effort to regroup and go after the top 126 pound fighters.

Basically, he beat shopworn Tom Johnson, Wilfredo Vasquez (natural 122 pounder) defenseless Kevin Kelley, who had himself been exposed by Alejanddro Gonzales in '95, Bungu (natural 122 lb.) lost to Barrera, and then quit.

He had some good scalps but who were better in other divisions or faded.

That he stopped at 28 yrs. old when there were some huge names to go after at 126 lbs. leads me to believe he knew he was exposed by Barrera and lacked the dedication and fire to try to reclaim a place at the top.