Hamed or Gervonta?

Ratings in 1997

1. Naseem Hamed
2. Luisito Espinosa
3. Wilfredo Vazquez
4. Hector Lizarraga
5. Kevin Kelley
6. Juan Manuel Marquez
7. Angel Vazquez
8. Derrick Gainer
9. Orlando Canizales
10. Ever Beleno

 

They were WBO title fights before the WBO was that established,.

 

And on the downslope, ranked 5th by tyhe ring mag and went on to do nothing after his fight v Naz, he got completely outclassed by Barrera after fighting Naz.

 

Hamed didn't fight Robinson in 97 he fought him in 95, those rating were collated after Robinson's loss to Billy Hardy.

Hamed fought Robinson in 95 and prior to his loss to Hamed these were the rankings the year before.

1. Kevin Kelley
2. Tom Johnson
3. Steve Robinson
4. Eloy Rojas
5. Yong-Kyun Park
6. Alejandro Gonzalez
7. Tracy Harris Patterson
8. Ever Beleno
9. Orlando Soto
10. Manuel Medina

 

Vazquez was 37 years old. Bungu was moving up in weight and had not fought in a year.

 

I was pointing out the fact that Kelly had slipped down the ratings to No.5 by 97.

 

Steve Robinson beat 3 quality fighters in McMillan, Hodkinson, McKenzie, to prove he was a worthy world champion.

 

Yes, Kelley was one of the 8 x top 5 fighters Hamed beat.

How many top 5 ring magazine fighters has Tank beaten? He's an excellent fighter, he may go on to match or even surpass Hamed's record in this regard, but he's got a way to go yet.

 

So?

 

Johnson was old, ancient for a featherweight. He hadnt really beaten anyone of note especially since it was a weak era of featherweights. So what he had held belts at 126? The division was nothing to sniff at.

 

This current lightweight division is far more stacked than the featherweight division Hamed fought in.

 

Johnson was badly rocked in his fight before meeting Hamed and struggled.

 

That's irrelevant unless Tank fights the likes of Haney, Lomachenko, Stevenson. As it's already been said Tank could surpass Hamed in the future. But for now Hamed clearly has the better resume by quite some distance.