13 Yrs Ago Today Barrera Humbled Hamed !

Known for his quickness in the ring and flamboyant style, Hecto Camacho won SFW title, LW title, JWW titles.
Hector faced, Julio Chavez, Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Duran, Greg Haugen amongst many others.

Who did Hamed fight again? :rofl

 

How many of those guys did he beat?

Hamed was a world champion (legitimate world champion, not some IBC nonsense) for about 6 years.

He was undisputed champion of his division.
He was lineal champ.

He beat every other title holder in his division.

How many divisions did Camacho clean out?

Hamed acheived more in his career than Camacho did in a third of the time, with less than half the fights.

 

Camacho was very good and beat some good fighters, but was a monumental waste of talent.

He also had a tendency to go into a defensive shell when he would get caught and looked too much to survive. Even if he wasn't a nutcase outside the ring, eventually this probably would have caught up with him in the ring.

 

You scored the fight draw?

 

See what I mean. :yep

 

It's true that Camacho was never lineal, but quality of opposition means more. Lennox Lewis wasn't lineal champ until he beat Shannon Briggs of all people.

Ramirez was very good, and Camacho made him look silly. He made HOWARD DAVIS JR look relatively slow.

I thought Rosario beat Camacho in a close fight, but others apparently disagree with me and thought the decision was fair.

 

One of the most overrated fighters of the last 20 years.

 

OK, how would you rate him?

He cleaned his division out and was lineal champ, he ebat the best guys in his division and lost to an ATG.

He didnt just beat the other top fighters in his division, he provided highlight reel KO's
He was basically retired at 27.

Where would YOU rank him?

 

I can't really compare Hamed to anyone, at least not style-wise. Maybe in terms of flamboyance and putting on a show, but Hamed's style was so unique, so unorthodox.

It worked both to his advantage and detriment. His style was so different and unpredictable, it's tough to prepare for him. Then he comes at a weird angle and lands with power. But his issues with defense and balance were on displays against Medina, Sanchez, Alicea, and Kelley, and eventually Barrera.

 

Had Hamed fought and done well against any other elite featherweight, that would have made MAB's win alot more impressive.
Hamed did'nt however. Instead he closed shop and did'nt want to fight anymore.
I got to believe that he realized he did'nt have the boxing pedigree to comepete vs the upper echelon.

Just looking at Hamed's fights, I always got the sense he made it work for him simply on physical gifts and just the most basic skills.
When you have just that, the first real skill fighter who is'nt mollases slow is going to expose you.

 

I heard you're a *******.

 

I remember the fight like it was yesterday! Lying on the sofa and I'd actually paid the PPV for Sky Box office!! I remember waking up in the morning with the TV still on, blazing sunshine outside with that Sky Box office tune that repeats itself with the promo image of Naz and MAB playing. The papers the day after "From Prince to Pauper!". Ahhhh Good times!!!

 

A truly great moment in the history of Boxing. The worlds eyes were opened to just how good MAB was and the world was introduced to one of the greatest lightweight eras in the history of boxing.

Without MAB humiliating Hammed the lightweight division maybe doesn't get the hype needed to make that era of great fighters and great fights what it was.

 

Why the fukk was Cortez all up in Hameds shiit......


Naz relied on angles and movement, and he would literally jump 4,5 feet to one side before launching huge L hands.

Here you got Cortez essentially blocking Hamed and moving him into Barerras R hand.

WTF....Cortez should be banned permanently upon review of this footage.:twisted::twisted::twisted:

 

I think I had Hamed winning by a few rounds after six or seven rounds and he had an excellent 10th round, and Barrera had a point taken.

Barrera did very, very little in the first half of the fight but cover up and wait and miss jabs.