Hamed Vs Barrera - Prime 4 Prime

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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.

hamed WAS prime when he fought mab!!!

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barrera wins

[AntDawg]

We are talking about the same guy that almost got knocked out be Kevin Kelly right? I see the Same outcome a Barrera UD.

[MOTHER DUCKER]

hamed WAS prime when he fought mab!!!

he retired like pretty much after that.. it really depends what you call prime..

Is Floyd Mayweather prime now? imo no he has slowed down alot and doesn't look nearly as good at 147 but people will say he is prime still now.

Steward has gone on record about how unprofessional Naz was heading into the Barrera fight.

[jrosales13]

Hamed was prime lets cut the bull****. Did he train hard or was he well prepared? That could be debated but he was in his absolute prime...

It didn't matter if he was 100% or not the only way he wouldn't beaten Barrera if Barrera didn't stick to the gameplan or if he would of landed one lucky punch. Barrera was just greater fighter than Hamed.