:rofl:rofl:rofl This is one delusional Hamedtard, fact is he did not prove him self like these fighters you say he would have beat did, and is not even close to their level or place in history end of story, fact that you guys are in love with Hamed is one thing reality is different! This talk he was shot is like if Bute fans said he is shot because he got KTFO by Froch, but the reality is Bute stepped up competition when he faced Froch and got KTFO Hamed stepped up against MAB and got totally outboxed! And thing that bugs me the most how This content is protected you Hamed fans are, like way he looked in there has nothing to do with the fact he was in with the best fighter he ever faced, shameful give credit where its deserved
100% correct. Hamed started to go downhill rapidly once he left Brendan Ingle, even though he still scored some good wins after this. Hamed's career is almost a mirror image of Mike Tyson. Unbeatable at his peak but very beatable just a few years later
It was all goin wrong before that. The McCullough fight is an example. Afterwards he claimed the Ingles were a joke and don't know how to train him properly. He claimed to be training himself around that time. That's why he left them. I personally think the more laboured wins and loss in America (yeah i know he murdered Sanchez and Bungu still) were likely because of the step up in class as opposed to excuses about being 'not interested' in being great.
If you want to be silly about things, he never fought MAB when at his peak, MAB was maybe peak, NAZ was not, anyone who thinks he was DKSA Naz or Bozing
I don't think it had anything to do with any step up in class (there wasn't any significant step up in class anyway imo), he just never looked the same from McCulloch fight onwards, he was no longer at his best
I don't disagree that Hamed stepped up, nor got outboxed. But the reality is also that by 2001 Hamed was almost a shadow of his former self, it is very very evident if you study his career. Like I said before, I think this was primarily due to motivation, he was slowly losing it, and each fight, probably from Medina onwards, he was in decline, he was more flat-footed and over-reliant on power. Watch Hamed from '95 then again against Barrera or Sanchez, or Calvo, there is a big big difference. I wouldn't say he was shot, that's nonsense, but he'd become very unmotivated and indifferent about boxing, he heart wasn't in it anymore. The best version of Hamed, was half a decade removed from the one that fought Barrera, and that's reality.
Great fighter and entertainer, good for boxing. Huge power. Made a bit of an arse of himself, I remember him saying what he would have done to Barrera, when Barrera had just lost to Junior Jones, then it came to Hamed's chance at MAB and he FAILED miserably. In my mind, saying your going to do something then failing to deliver helped to tarnish his career a bit. :good
He brought too much islam bs religious **** to the ring and loses badly Manny brings too much religious bs and loses
True but he was 24 at that point. 24! That's still a kid. If you are going downhill at 24 then something is seriously not right.
Nonsense. Just the opposite in fact. Hamed had absolute self belief, he didn't think he could be beat, ever, so when it happened it contributed to his desire to leave the sport, which already existed long before his first loss.
Exactly. Hamed was miles past his best when he fought MAB and still gave him a good fight. Prime Hamed would have beaten any version of MAB.