Naz would have schooled Gatti, as great as Gatti was Naz had more speed, power and just as gooder chin (it does not matter though since he is off balnce 95% of the time) Naz by UD.
Gatti is popular but never a good fighter, Naz would tear him apart and brutally KO him after making Gatti look like a chump in the ring.
Hamed would have hurt Gatti bad and stopped hi, even the Naz that fought Barrera i'd favour to win nevermind a prime Naz.
Oh yeah I love that just because Naz got his ass kicked by Barrera he wasn't prime. Bull****, he was 27 and undefeated. Barrera was the big question mark going into that fight with his loses to Jones, his war with Morales and comming up to 126lbs.
I see where you are coming from in regards to his age, but you hear that douglas didn't beat a prime tyson. obviously not a perfect analogy, but there is room for debate I feel.
Wasnt prime in the sense that he had far too much money in the bank and didnt really give a **** anymore...hence he didnt avenge the defeat. If you watch the documentray on him leading up to the fight you will see the number of shortcuts he took in camp plus the fact he got rid of his long time mentors the ingles. Thats no excuse for getting beat but he certainly wasnt at his peak for that fight.....
The Naz that fought Barrera was same Naz we've seen every other night, totally off balance, nonexistent defense and throwing wild ass shots. The difference that night was he meet somebody that wasn't standing right infront of him to eat the punch, and when connected could take the punch. Barrera just totally shut him down, and there is no doubt that Morales or Marquez would have done the same thing to him at any point in his career. Like I said Naz came into that fight looking the same as had in anyother, the difference was the world class oppenent he was against. Tyson/Douglas is different because Tyson's head movement, footwork and combination punching was totally gone in that fight, he was clearly just looking for the big punch and was under trained. Tyson was visible different in that fight with Douglas, Naz was not different in that fight with Barrera.
How many Hamed fights have you seen and when did you first see him? BTW Morales is far easier to hit than MAB
Benitez started professional boxing when he was 15, was fighting world champions in 15 round bouts by 17, and by 27 had already started suffering Brain damage. Last I check the only condition Naz has is being a fatass.