I think you'll find what made him "great to watch" also made him lose spectacularly. No real drive for the sport and didn't take it seriously enough. Hand fed bums his whole career too but what's new with a Frank Warren fighter.
After all the humiliation he dished out, he didn't have balls to come back after one. All be it, a sound whupping. Sad.
Sure it was a loss but boxing always moves on. Boxing moved on successfully after Tyson, Ali and many other huge names that are far bigger than Hamed will ever be. If anything, the retirement is his loss. It looked like one loss killed his desire quickly.
How is it bull****? Name one guy he beat who anybody will remember ten years from now?(without having to look them up) Hamed never beat a genuine world class championship level opponent.
Hamed got dealt with by Barrera but he still could of been a player in the division if he had fought on. I think his reputation gets tarnished because of the Barrera fight when he did beat some good fighters when all said and done, albeit he did not beat elite names. He beat still beat some good names and he beat what was put infront of him and thats all you can do. Hamed's resume is severely underrated because people dislike him. Hamed>Ingle>Jones >MAB 2X & Canazalez How many defences had Johson had ? Hamed >Bungu>McKinney>Jones>Barrera 2x McCullough, Kelley, Robsinon, Vazquez old but still.
Prove it. Explain to us all how Soto, Medina, McCullough, Kelley, Robinson, Vasquez, Ingle and Bungu were not "world class" - despite having 15 world titles between them? Hamed never beat an elite, ATG, very true. That does not translate into "he fought bums his whole career" though, that's just a ******ed, ill-informed statement and you're an idiot for typing it.
So everyone with a world title is automatically world class? First I heard of it. Suppose you think Kotelnik vs Khan was world class boxing aswell? I'm an idiot? You're the one saying Hameds retirement was boxings loss. McCullough got outclassed many times in the amateurs and pros when facing a genuine opponent. Soto was what? 90? Ingle was on his 21st fight ala Jeff Lacy, he was world class too eh? Bungu, again, past it. I'm surprised Kevin Kelley was still alive at that point. Ang again, no one will remember these guys ten years from now, they will remember MAB though. Ok so Warren didnt hand him bums, he handed him over the hill guys when he beat all the bums. Big difference.
I think its more down to a lack of knowledge to be honest. The FW division in the mid-90's wasn't packed with household names, so people glance of Hamed's boxrec page and think "never heard of those guys". I mean, even the second tier of Hamed's competition was credible, guys like BelCastro, Sanchez, Alicea etc. The only thing Hamed's resume is lacking is a win over an elite fighter, like Barrera. Other than that his top 10 wins are as good as any British fighter other than Lewis, of the last 50 years.
t's not a lack of boxing knowledge, I've seen all of those fights. BelCastro was an impressive win at the time I will give him that, especially the manner of victory. But come on, Augie Sanchez is credible, as is Alicea, but not mind blowing to the point where you would say "WOW ,HE BEAT AUGIE SANCHEZ!! HE COULD BE AN ATG!!!!" I've always maintained that he had a shedload more talent than that little faker Amir Khan. But come on, Hamed was never gonna be a great one.