how the hell did berrara beat naseem hamed

[rooq]

can't be bothered reading all the replies so this may have been said...

hamed was clearly not in the right frame of mind for this fight...he'd bottled it even before getting in the ring, deciding against his customary somersault. hameds style relied on confidence in his ability which for some reason he lost immediately before this fight....

perhaps on another night, with the right focus and confidence hamed could have knocked Barrera out.

i think i saw a documentary covering this several years back...anyone remember it?

[Two Fisted Piston]

too bad barrera couldnt beat a one dimensional pacquiao

PLEASE CHANGE THAT MORALES SIG

It gave me a lump in my throat

[realheavyhands]

He was awkward, goofy, and almost always off balance. What Barrera did is called boxing; and no number of dramatic entrances is gonna help yo goofy ass if you get in there with someone who knows what he's doing down to a tee.

boxing is a martial art and there are many styles and there has never been a style like hameds he was like a power boxer southpaw swith hitter with a vicious jab.. he had great skills and power ... barerra is the best combination puncher in boxing especially at that time and it was a pretty close fight considering the circumstances it was the biggiest mismatch in styles for hamed and he barely trained compared to barerra and still looked pretty good

[K-DOGG]

boxing is a martial art and there are many styles and there has never been a style like hameds he was like a power boxer southpaw swith hitter with a vicious jab.. he had great skills and power ... barerra is the best combination puncher in boxing especially at that time and it was a pretty close fight considering the circumstances it was the biggiest mismatch in styles for hamed and he barely trained compared to barerra and still looked pretty good

Hamed did have incredible power in both hands; I'm not denying that. What I"m saying is he was awkward and that had as much to do with his success as any physical gift he might have possessed. Most fighters fit into a handful of styles with their own variation, so as they come up through the amateurs and through the pros, they grow accustomed to seeing these relatively few styles and develope strategies accordingly. With Hamed, you couldn't find any sparring partner that could even remotely reproduce that style....there was essentially no way to train for him; but when he ran into Barrera, he ran into a man who had fine-tuned his craft and who wasn't worried about what Nasseem was going to do...he just did his thing and used his acquired ring-smarts. Nine times out of ten a true boxer who is a master of his craft is going to beat an awkward fighter, regardless of whether or not the awkward fighter is faster, punches harder, or whatever.

A craft perfected beats an aberrition 9 times out of 10. Barrera boxed, Hamed put on the "Prince Naseem Show"....and got upstaged.

[Guest]

In case anyone hasn't mentioned it, look out for the documentary "The Little Prince, The Big Fight."

You can see the look on Steward's face as Naz is sloppy in sparring and not giving a ****. If he had, what would have happened?

[risk10]

I always thought "Prince" was overrated, Barrera beat him mental & physically. I love the way he smashed his face into the corner, "Prince" deserved it he was a dirty fighter lol

[rooq]

In case anyone hasn't mentioned it, look out for the documentary "The Little Prince, The Big Fight."

You can see the look on Steward's face as Naz is sloppy in sparring and not giving a ****. If he had, what would have happened?

i think thats tha one i remember. did it talk about naz wanting the gloves made from lamb but then deciding he wanted the gloves barrera had chosen. tha whole preparation to that fight was ****ed up.

[GEOFFHAYES]

In case anyone hasn't mentioned it, look out for the documentary "The Little Prince, The Big Fight."

You can see the look on Steward's face as Naz is sloppy in sparring and not giving a ****. If he had, what would have happened?

He'd of won.

I found it amazing how Naz made it even that close against a modern legend, being in such poor shape.

[Hydro]

was he the best swtich hitter ever?

marvin hagler was.

[GEOFFHAYES]

Herol Graham was the best at switch-hitting.