The current featherweight division is deep but Prime Naseem hamed destroys them all..

[Evil Abed]

True say, i think these guys get dismantled by Prime Hamed he was a beast.

I think Chris john gives him serious problems.

I would slightly favor John.

[hahaa]

I agree with some posters in that Chris John outboxes naz, no ko though.

[ИATAS]

Hamed is so overrated on this this site it's embarrassing!

[PensionKiller]

uh no.. gamboa would destroy him no way can that overrated uk ***ot beat gamboa, gamboa is a real fighter. not some clown with boxing gloves. look what happened when the uk bum ***ot fought the greatt antion barrera.

he lost, and he would lose even worse to gamboa.

gamboa by first round ko.

Gamboa has fought less quality opponents.

He is good, but no way he beats a prime Naz.

The Naz that fought Barrera was not in prime at all.

Watch this documentary before the Barrera fight.

[chillin8]

You guys can fatasies all u want but Hamed is not the same fighter when he fight top competition,,,,

[PensionKiller]

I challenge any poster here to watch that documentary and then come back to me and say Chris John or Gamboa beats Naz.

The Naz you saw even at Kevin Kelly's time was slipping.

Yes he looked poorer VS guys who were higher in quality, but he was also not as good. He relied a lot on his power by the end of his career and his reflexes were gone.

Think of a poor man's Roy Jones. Roy without his reflexes and speed is another fighter completely to the older Roy who fought some bums, but looked like superman.

Naz had a good chin.

The Barrera fight was not a shut out.

Naz had good power.

Naz was fast.

Naz had cat like reflexes.

He was awkward and posed a totaly new style to people.

He was so off balanced that he was actually great at it

He was a showman and people loved or hated him, but they watched

Steward made him too orthodox for his style

Naz had hand problems at the end of his career. He hit very hard

Naz just was not motivated. Watch that documentary and see how bad his arrogance got him and his team

[lefthook2daliva]

Who do we have at featherweight today?

1. Chris John 43-0-2 (22 KOs) WBA title holder
2. Juan Manuel Lopez 28-0-0 (25 KOs) WBO title holder
3. Cristobal Cruz 39-11-1 (23 KOs) IBF title holder
4. Steven Luevano 37-2-1 (15 KOs)
5. Yuriorkis Gamboa 17-0-0 (15 KOs)
6. Mario Santiago 21-2-1 (14 KOs)
7. Bernabe Concepcion 28-3-1 (15 KOs)
8. Elio Rojas 21-1-0 (13 KOs) WBC title holder

You guys think anyone today could beat naseem at featherweight?

There's a couple or 3 on there that maybe could...but what's their chances? Maybe not so good. You're probably be right.

Let me ask you this : think any of them would beat Barrera?

[SpinDoctor]

There's a couple or 3 on there that maybe could...but what's their chances? Maybe not so good. You're probably be right.

Let me ask you this : think any of them would beat Barrera?

prime barrera? john might be able to outbox him. also gamboa maybe, let's see after gamboa faces better competition.

[samir191]

PPl need 2 realise Naz was NOT in his prime when he fought Barrera. Watch the documentary "Little Prince Big Fight", he was training in a 5 star resort, while Barrera was up in Big Bear. He didnt train seriously 4 Barrera. Manny Steward himself stated that he hardly ever sparred 4 that fight. At that period he was so arrogant because he believed his own hype. With his unorthodox style, speed, skill, and KO power, the Naz of 95-97 would destroy any featherweight today, including Gamboa. Back then he trained well, esoecially with Brendan Ingle. True British boxing fans will know he fought top fighters and top contenders e.g. Alicea, Kelley, Madina, Vasquez, Tom Johnson, and beat them all. Frank Warren offered Barrera the fight back in 96, and again in 98 after he fought Wayne McCullough, and he himself refused. Later in 2000 Naz tried fighting Barrera or Morales, and they BOTH refused, so he ended up fightin Augie Sanchez. He made so much money from the game, he lost his desire 2 fight, plus they tampered with his style.

[keepthemhandsup]

when it comes to brawling he'll win but someone who takes their time and boxes will probaly win 65% of the time