Top 15 featherweights of all time

I guess my argument about Morales beating him and losing when past his prime didn't register. I gave him credit for beating Barrera(his best win) but it was not the best Barrera. Hell, Barrera fought better in the rematch.

In the opinion of the judges, not in my own and many others.

In a robbery that Marquez should've won about 8 rounds to 4.

Marquez beat MAB, he also arguably beat Pac twice. Morales beat MAB one at least, and did better against similar competition(Pacquiao, Jones, etc), which is why I rate Morales just slightly ahead of Barrera, even as close as their series was.

If you go by their official records I have no quarrels with that, but records rarely tell the full story in boxing, especially in cases like these. In an ATG sense that is reasonable, although they are extremely close, but in a head to head sense is where I beg to differ.

 

I think the order you put them in Suzie, is how it looks at face-value. You may be right, but it can be interpreted differently. Imo, JMM was robbed in the first Pac fight, havent seen the rematch, i underatand it was very close though. Before Morales was beaten by Zahir Raheem, i used to swear by him to win every fight he had unless it was against Barrera. Obviously i would be wrong but that was how much the man impressed me. Barrera was great, just great and so is Pac, his best win was Barrera no doubt. And the case can be made that Morales wasnt at his absolute peak in the rematches with Pac, seems convenient though in making an argument for Morales, i understand that.

Anyway, the real underdog here is JMM, people could just rate him 4th all-day here because at first glance he is not as great as the others for obvious reasons. But the man is technical brilliance, and if i see the Pac rematch and judge it in JMMs favour then it could elevate him in my general opinion of him, as i think he won the original bout.

 

They'd probably be next on the list. You could argue them scraping in instead of the likes of Pedroza and I wouldn't complain too vociferously.

 

You havent watched much of Naz, for the record H2H Hamed sparks Pacquiao. Hamed has too much power, timing, hit and not hit skill for the predictable Pac. You say he doesnt have toughness/durability pure bull**** if you watched his fights you'd know

I agree Barrera, Hamed, Pacquaio, Marquez are all top15 featherweights. Morales is hard to judge as he didnt do much at the weight, his best wins come at 122 and 130

 

1. Styles make fights, Pacquiao is very 1 dimensional and predictable. Barrera counter punched Naseem, Pacquaio would come forward and catch massive counter punches from the heaviest featherweight puncher ever and get ko'd, Naseem simply hit harder, Barrera said Hamed hit harder for what its worth, but Barrera didnt take Hameds best shots anyway

2. Hamed dominated 126 from 1995-2001, beating every belt holder, and fighting 10champions, despite first winning titles at bantamweight, he was in decline from 1995 onwards and peaked early much like Tyson. In his prime Naseem was a fleetfooted combination puncher much like Tyson changed to throwing single shots and lost all his movement

Americans didnt get the chance to see prime Hamed

 

I have to say Pac-Man and Barrera are waaaaay too high they didnt do much at the weight. They are great pound for pounders but strictly at featherweight they didnt do much. Also Sanchez was a great fighter but he is far too high, other fighters beat better fighters and had longer careers, not his fault but we cant go off what could have been.

 

Always thought Jem Driscoll should be right inside the top 3 or, a less popular vote, at the top of the hill.

Here was a guy who could tame decent men like Leach Cross from higher weights.

The soundest, conventional technician of all the Featherweights.

 

Naz got schooled in his fight with MAB ,great puncher but only a good fighter.Now tell me I know F *** All because I don't agree with you .For the record I allways thought Hamed was overated and bet on him to lose against Barrera ,I won £50.Hamed doesn't belong with the top names of the division.

 

Yea, on the legacy side he is probably 4th, i just meant he is probably underrated h2h, maybe?