Willie Pep vs Prince naseem Hamed Prime for prime

i could watch every single naz fight and still come to the same prediction i had before barrera, that he would get soundly outboxed by a master.
dont get me wrong, i followed naz because he was pure entertainment and worth the ticket price, but he was never going to beat the best boxers in the world, he was too technically unsound. there is a reason technique has evolved over a hundred years to what it is todday, because it beats every other form of fighting within these rules.

 

depends on what parameters you use in defining an atg and where you place him within those confines.

 

i wont dispute the top 15 part because i cant think of 15 featherweights i would put above him. i will dispute the notion that he could have been greater than the level he actually achieved.

 

Not sure why on the general forum it has become Pep Week, but I'll play along.

Pep is one of the defensive masters amongst an elite class of his ilk (Mayweather Jr., Niccolino Locche, Wilfredo Benitez, Pernell Whitaker). He would have been great in any era due to his abilities.

It's fairly safe to say that his defense would have been something Naz would be overwhelmed by. I think he'd make Naz look very silly at times.

I'm a fan of Naz and have been since the time he was active, and he never attained ATG status despite his amazing attributes (unique unorthodox style, and amazing Power @ FW, tremendous charisma). He's still a HoF'er to me though.

 

Hamed vs probably the greatest featherweight in history? Really?

 

Pep, this whole naz wasn't prime when barrera schooled him is silly

 

realistically there is a big big chance the real naz was always there... he just dident look as good when he stepped up in opposition

 

Naz KO late.

 

This what happens when you dont have a lounge.

 

Draw.

 

Another 'Excuses for Naz' thread I see...mother****ers are deluded. Pep would humiliate any version of Naz.