Hamed Vs Barrera - Prime 4 Prime

[samir191]

People who know about the "Prince" will know he was far from his best when he met Barrera in the ring. After parting with Brendan Ingle and joining Oscar Suarez and Manny Steward, his style had been changed to such an extent that he lost most of his illusiveness and accuracy; his feet were more planted, he threw wide, crazy shots. Plus he lost his desire to train hard, and eventually lost his desire to fight with the large amount of money he made out of the game; he'd been there, done it. Barrera was in his prime, trained hard, and was out to prove a point to the world after his controversial loss to Morales.

I'v always believed that a prime Naz of 96-97 would beat Barrera in a tough fight, maybe even a war. With his illusive speed, movement and footwork, off-balance, unorthodox style, and devastating punching power coming from awkward angles, I think he would eventually TKO Marco in the later rounds. Plus, at this stage he was taking the fight game seriously; training with Brendan Ingle, and training hard. He also had something to prove at this stage. Not to mention Barrera was offered the fight by Frank Warren in 96, 98, and again by Naz in 2000 when he fought Augie Sanchez; and he turned the fight down each time; as did many other top ranked super bantam, and feather weights, including the rival champions.

[miron_lang]

People who know about the "Prince" will know he was far from his best when he met Barrera in the ring. After parting with Brendan Ingle and joining Oscar Suarez and Manny Steward, his style had been changed to such an extent that he lost most of his illusiveness and accuracy; his feet were more planted, he threw wide, crazy shots. Plus he lost his desire to train hard, and eventually lost his desire to fight with the large amount of money he made out of the game; he'd been there, done it. Barrera was in his prime, trained hard, and was out to prove a point to the world after his controversial loss to Morales.

I'v always believed that a prime Naz of 96-97 would beat Barrera in a tough fight, maybe even a war. With his illusive speed, movement and footwork, off-balance, unorthodox style, and devastating punching power coming from awkward angles, I think he would eventually TKO Marco in the later rounds. Plus, at this stage he was taking the fight game seriously; training with Brendan Ingle, and training hard. He also had something to prove at this stage. Not to mention Barrera was offered the fight by Frank Warren in 96, 98, and again by Naz in 2000 when he fought Augie Sanchez; and he turned the fight down each time; as did many other top ranked super bantam, and feather weights, including the rival champions.

Yeah Hamed is a good fighter.


Barrera beats him 10 times out of 10 fights.

[The Beatles]

wtf??? if Hamed wasn't prime when he fought Barrera than wtf is prime?? it kills me to say this but, Barrera schooled Hamed bad.....Hamed should've rematched him with a different gameplan

[Kaspa9t9]

Naz should never have left Ingle. His other trainer was ******, he was tryna make Hamed more text book, without knowing that hes taking away what made Hamed so special.

That being said, Barrera still would have beat him IMO.

[Jose Rizal]

NAZ's sub-Elite (and I mean it) boxing style was tailor made for a true Elite boxer like MAB so MAB beats him everyday of the week and twice on Sundays prime-for-prime.

[samir191]

I forgot to metion that Naz did best with aggressive fighters who came towards him; this is the main reason i think he would have beaten Marco. After Marco fought Morales he became less aggressive, and more of a boxer/counter-puncher; full respect to him, he had the perfect gameplan to tackle Hamed.

[samir191]

wtf??? if Hamed wasn't prime when he fought Barrera than wtf is prime?? it kills me to say this but, Barrera schooled Hamed bad.....Hamed should've rematched him with a different gameplan

Hamed never went into the ring with a gameplan in the first place lol. He was an instinctive fighter, but i do agree with u. If he rematched Barrera, and trained hard and seriously, with a solid gameplan he could have won.

[J.Dempsey]

Mayb nas was in his prime but he was definately lackin confidence that night n for nas' style he required alot of it!

[Kaspa9t9]

I forgot to metion that Naz did best with aggressive fighters who came towards him; this is the main reason i think he would have beaten Marco. After Marco fought Morales he became less aggressive, and more of a boxer/counter-puncher; full respect to him, he had the perfect gameplan to tackle Hamed.

I'm the biggest Naz fan around, but I'll say, Naz never really fought any Elite fighters up until Barrera.

Should have got a better promoter (Yes Frank Warren makes a lot of money for you, but he makes some **** fights) and stayed with Ingle as his trainer.

[Kaspa9t9]

Mayb nas was in his prime but he was definately lackin confidence that night n for nas' style he required alot of it!

Nah he wasn't lacking confidence, he never was until after that fight. Did you see his ring entrance? $1 mil that ring entrance cost, and it got delayed by like an hour cuz of some issues with the fireworks.