question is as follows...
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If both fought at 126 who do you guys think would win. IMO it would probably look like Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 where Naseem successfully knocks Marquez down but gets outboxed for the majority of the fight and eeks out a decision.
If Naz knocked Marquez down, he'd knock Marquez out.
Marquez is greater all time though.
Marquez accomplishments outstrip Naz, but Naz created a huge buzz about boxing for people that werent fans of the sport. Naz had a bigger impact, Marquez achieved more.
Both great fighters, JMM greater.
Marquez. He has wins over Barrera, Casamayor, Juan Diaz, Katsidis, Salido, and whether you like it or not he should have at least one win over Manny Pacquiao and he should've gotten the decision over Chris John. But the first 5 names are pretty good. He also beat Rocky Juarez, who is by no means a great fighter, before he became a gate-keeper for PPV's. That is a pretty good resume and it actually is not fair to compare Hamed's resume with JMM's because Marquez has a top notch resume for today's standards.
If both fought at 126 who do you guys think would win. IMO it would probably look like Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 where Naseem successfully knocks Marquez down but gets outboxed for the majority of the fight and eeks out a decision.
Naseem ranks slightly on featherweight lists, but JMM ranks higher iif it encompass their entire careers. JMM didn't really get the opportunities Naseem did at featherweight, if he had fought Barrera, Morales, Naseem, or gotten the official decision against Pacquiao, he could be ahead of him comfortably. We're not going on that though. At 126, Naseem; overall, JMM.
Naseem was a monster, but come on...
Marquez is smarter, showed heart, never stopped (though to be fair neither was Prince), has come back from defeat, been in there with a lot of great, top tier fighters of the past generation and done well with them.
Naseem was unique and had unbelievable power, but after his sole defeat, he just up and vanished. It was as if he was just there to cause some ruckus while enjoying his...I don't wanna' say 15 minutes...more like 30 minutes of fame. I'm sure he could've been an interesting fighter against other featherweight greats but we never saw him come back from defeat and he looked COMPLETELY lost against Barrera. Unique fighter, tremendous puncher...outside of that... :S