Who is the greater boxer, Hamed or Jose Luis Castillo?

I would say Hamed was overrated if anything. He had good skills and power, but only against guys who stood there to be hit. He had terrible balance and was made to look bad all too often.
If he had come back a better fighter after getting schooled by Barrera, and went on to establish himself somewhere near the top of the pile, then he might be considered great.
As it was, he bottled it after Barrera and that's all I'll remember him for.
Castillo comes out on top as the greater boxer, even though Naz was more entertaining to watch.

 

Hamed had a four year reign of dominance, while Castillo had reigns of two years and one year. I go with Hamed.

Plus, Castillo was always too big for lightweight while Hamed was always too small for featherweight.

 

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Naseem Hamed

 

Jose Luis Castillo

 

Hamed.

 

Nope.

 

Hamed and by some distance. A long reign of terror whilst fighting out of his division. Castillos achievements are still very decent though.

 

Hamed..fighting bums or not...he had that aura...
he was exposed but so what...

 

Castillo's A wins: Corrales, Casamayor, Johnston
B wins: Lazcano, Paez, Quinonez, Diaz
Losses: Cesar Soto (B), FMJ (A), Corrales (A), Hatton (A), Jeuregui (B), Alvarez (D)

Hamed's A wins: Vazquez, Johnson, Medina ....Kelly (either A or B)
B wins: Ingle, Bungu, Robinson, Soto, McColough
Losses: Barrera (A)


Check it out, i think that most times fighters in lower weights are handicapped b/c the fighters aren't as well known

 

i guess i mustve sealed it then

 

No, it does not, losses are also apart of a resume and Castillo recieved a gift over Casamayor and a lucky decision over Stevie Johnston.

Castillo should have beaten Mayweather, but ever since that fight(which was a Mayweather off night to begin with), he's been ABSURDLY overrated.

Hamed deserves to be ranked higher. Hamed has a single loss to a cemented ATG, Castillo has recent time losses and several gifts over non-ATG's, he's also never really outclassed a B+ level fighter like a true elite should.

 

It's really close, though.

In terms of having fights against borderline HOF's/atg's, then I'd say Castillo has the advantage. But, on the whole, I'd say Hamed was a bit more impressive against his top-caliber opponents (MAB notwithstanding). You could make a case for either fighter, depending upon the criteria you use.

 

When did you get back?:yep

Help me support your guy Hamed over Castillo, which is a damned certainty.

You can almost rank Hamed on Tszyu's level, but I do not, and Castillo is a step below Kostya in rankings.