Hamed's resume?

:good I love Naz, believe it or not. It's sad to see such a confident and successful sportsman go down the drain in such a short amount of time. I absolutely refuse to give the man the benefit of the doubt however, because great champions rebound from losses. Hamed didn't have the capacity it would seem. In any event, here's how people were looking at Hamed vs Barrera during the build up. You'll notice how nobody is talking about The Prince being shot.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTAS15ZIoJo[/ame]

 

Jimmy Tibbs, you dont hear his 'expert opinion' often on TV anymore, I wonder why? I would like to hear about what he thought of Barrera's performance after the fight, particularily his finely restrained boxing. Bunce is a decent pundit but he was wrong here about Nas' reaction to losing, however he seemed to have an inkling Barrera had a good chance when he argued with Tibbs. Im really suprised Nas was so favoured going into the fight, in retrospect, seeing what Barrera became I suppose its easy to look back in hindsight. I agree Nas wasnt past his prime, just like I feel Eubank wasnt past his prime when he was beaten by Steve Collins, they're just excuses. Nas was just beaten by a superb all-time great putting on a boxing clinic. There was no shame in Nas losing to Barrera that night, its just a shame he didnt realise that himself.

 

As said there by Adam Smith and i said a few times in the past...Hamed was starting to show many flaws in fights against people that came at him such as Kelley,Sanchez and a few others.

Styles make fights and Barrera adapted a style to beat him. Barrera around those years had trouble with straight shots as Junior Jones once said...Naseem wasn't a straight punch fighter plus this fight for Barrera was his first at featherweight and also he already had many fights...including that war against Morales. Also he was made to wait for ages while Naz prayed and disputed his gloves. So says a bit to me how well Barrera did that night.

 

He was ringside when Jones knocked him down and stopped him. Naz was then assured that he was on a different planet to Marco, so losing to him, must have been a sour pill.

 

It's called moving up in class matey. :good

 

When Naz fought Barrera he was outsmarted, out thought and out gunned by the better man on the night... Barrera boxed him on the outside all night long and when Naz came inside Barrera was still to tough for him...:bbb

Nothing against Naz, he just came unstuck when going from
fighting great fighters to an elite fighter...:yep

 

Naz was flat footed and had no plan at all to dismantle barrera. The man even had two trainers doing the corner work which was awful.

He deserved the loss but no way waws it some beat down like some claim it was.

 

I was rewatching some scenes from the Naz/Barrera match, and man...

Barrera was so damned sharp that night. So fast, such crisp combinations, a nice guard, foot movement, mentally set on straight, etc. His jab in particular was a thing of BEAUTY. Two of my favourite moments were when Hamed was shooting off punches and missing, and Barrera, at the same time, was gliding to the side and hopping into each jab as he moved with a spring-like step-in from his rear foot, giving himself extra pop and really stinging Hamed's jaw. Really graceful boxing. The second moment was when Hamed fired off a big straight-left shot near the ropes, thinking he had Barrera cornered, and Barrera just rolled under it and came up with a VERY sharp right hand that actually wobbled Naz and made him stumble, grabbing the rope to keep him upright. Unlike most times Naz was knocked down in his career, it wasn't due to balance -- the shot stunned him, which was rare to see. And yet more proof of Hamed's ace chin was the fact that he took volley after volley of those Barrera combos and still saw the 12th round.

Could Hamed have ever beaten Barrera? I'm not sure...Hamed is one of my favourite fighters, but even I have doubts about that one. To be fair, if he had fought the Brawling Barrera he would have had a good chance...but the Barrera of that night was SO sharp, and boxed so clinically, that I don't know if even the Naz of the Robinson fight would have been able to win.

 

Hamed was known for his power and that was increible. His unorthodox technique got played and figured all out by the time he met MAB.

He was a superstar with his antics and showmanship, but not a Great Boxer like Marco & Morales.

 

Hes not the first class puncher to have lost to a brilliant boxer. I think its got to the stage where people are massively underplaying MAB's win tbf, it was a great win.