Barrera vs Hamed 1996

not only does hamed lose to barrera at any point in their careers he loses to any elite fighter. Hamed was not going downhill, he was still a young man. It was simply his lack of skill and arrogance catching up with him.

 

I think there was some decline when they fought. but not too much.

don't forget hamed put in arguably his best performance a year before against Bungu. that was pretty impressive. his defence looked ok in that fight

The first real test that Hamed had was in 1997 against a still good Kevin kelly and he was made to look awful. luckily enough he landed the bomb. but things could of went the otehr way N

 

Fighters prime at different times. Tyson peaked early and Lewis peaked late.

Regardless, Hamed was going down hill cause he wasn't training properly and focusing on the fights - one of the main reasons that he split from his trainer Brendan Ingle.