how does he beat hamed, his chin is inferior, hamed is the harder puncher and he carries the weight at 126 alot better tha gomez did.:huh Im sure anyone can come up with some suggestion as to how hed win, but i just dont see it happening. Hamed should be the heavy favourite.
I'm not sure his chin is inferior. Just becuase he got stopped by Nelson and Sanchez doesn't mean he has an inferior chin. Hamed faced NO ONE of that quality and went down against lesser fighters. Even giving Hamed the edge in chin though, (and an edge in speed which he'd have as well) the advantages I see that Gomez holds are: 1. Mentally MUCH tougher 2. Sounder offensive technique 3. Sounder defensive technique I see Gomez surviving an early Hamed assault, where possibly Gomez goes down or gets put on ***** street, but he recovers and as the fight goes, starts picking Hamed apart with short, crisp punches. It will probably come down to the last couple of rounds and I see Gomez stepping up and taking them through greater force of will.
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Thats a decent anaylsis but i just see the guy getting caught cold around the 6th or 7th round. Hamed had too much power and gomez will stand there and trade with him.
The Gomez that fought and destroyed Carlos Zarate would have done the same to Hamed and then some. He would have made Hamed look like an amateur BEFORE destroying him. Don't think of the latter day Gomez, who was in decline but the version of 1976-78 who was the complete boxer with catlike moves, complete with a cat's cruel nature when disposing of a toyed-with lesser prey and devastating power. Make no mistake about it, Gomez would have outboxed THEN ko'd Hamed when he was bored with torturing him. Just look at a clip of Gomez-Zarate for proof. Remember that Zarate was just a half step below him in poundage as Bantamweight champion with height and reach advantages, and as you know, considered one of the greatest champions, ever in that divisio. Gomez completely destroyed him after masterfully outboxing and outspeeding him. Then remember that Hamed never fought anyone that compared to Gomez in class. Gomez was a killer who enjoyed his work. He was a bit of a sadist who would have made mincemeat of the overconfidence amateur that was Hamed. Hamed would have REALLY retired after the whipping that Gomez would put on him, ala Barrera.
Gomez, of couse, would not have "stood and traded" with Hamed. He was too clever for that. Gomez could box AND punch, and Hamed, like Barerra proved, had no clue of what to do when outboxed by a master, which is what Gomez was during his peak years of '76-'78.
Thought the same thing. But I'll take it as a given that that makes him some sort of a bad ass, which of course adds to the credibility of his views. :good
completely immaterial! that fella off 'million dollar baby' (the one who went on about Hearns being WW champ) had better technique that Hamed, but that means nothing as Hamed didnt use conventional technique, he used the Wincobank style of boxing, which heavily relied reflexes, speed, angles and the element of surprise Gomez would get stopped inside 5 rounds, he is tailor made for Hamed One last thing, name one fight were hamed was hit by more shots than Gomez was hit with against either Sanchez or Nelson?
The Barrera fight, which by the way, happened to be the only time Hamed stepped in with a fighter even remotely close to being on a Nelson or Sanchez level. Oh, and Barrera also had sounder offensive and defensive technique than Hamed, which I'm sure you'll agree, proved immaterial :good
but you have to remember.......Zarate was moving up in weight to face Gomez. Gomez was a natural 122 pounder, and when he moved up to featherweight, he wasn't nearly the overwelming fighter he was at 122. Technique wise, Gomez had it all over Hamed. But as we all saw, Gomez's punching power was't nearly as dominant at 126, nor was his ability to take a punch. I could see this fight going either way....but no way would Gomez BLOW out Hamed.
barrera is aclso an acoomplished featherweight and super featherweight, gomez aint **** at those weights.:good