And Steward was terrible for him as well. He trains straight up orthodox fighters, like Lewis, Wlad, set up the 1-2, use your height, etc. He tried to make Naz just stand in front of opponents and use his power, but took a ton of punishment in doing so (his power bailed him out a couple times late in his career) b/c of... #1. Hameds unorthodox stance let him get the leverage to throw massive bombs. #2. Hamed is short! How can he try to box orthodox while short with short arms? He was getting outjabbed by Ingle for the middle rounds trying to use Stewards strategy. Steward was all wrong for him.
is this of any relevance to this thread? or did you just see hameds name in it and decide it was a good idea to have a few cheap pops at his expense?
There is an hour long documentary that follows Hamed in the month or so before the the fight. He does nothing, in fact he laughs about MAB being stuck in the hills running whilst he is playing Playstation and getting his hair cut. It shows him lying around all day in a penthouse with his brothers, playing computer games constantly, etc etc. He does some brief sparring but you can tell Manny Steward is getting pissed off, and again he is off to chill. He was remarkably stupid and he paid for it.
Post of the thread.....whilst an absolute dick, Hamed the boxer should not be judged on barerra especially in these fantasy matches. That was a steward Hamed who did not train, a prime Ingle trained Hamed was a real match for anyone from Bantam to Super feather. Prime Hamed is imo the one who beat Robinson
I'm glad someone mentioned this. Hamed was a shell of his former self, by his own choosing I might add. He believed his own hype, and fore-go training because he thought he could do it anyway. The fact he went 12 with Barerra while in crappy shape shows he's got real talent. It's kinda like when you see people saying "Holmes beat Ali, who lost to Tyson" I don't care if Holmes beat a crappy Ali and I don't care that Barrera beat a crappy Hamed. It's true Hamed chose to be un-fit for the fight, but you really can't put too much stock on that one fight for the whole Hamed's career. I'll still go with Floyd though, for the same reasons I pick Floyd over Pacman. Size, Floyd is bigger then both of these guys, AND has some of the best talent and skillset most of us have ever seen.