Was prince naseem past prime when he fought MAB?

[Rosseboi]

Barrera was just better. if Naseem really thought he underperformed he would have rematched Barerra but he didn't.

It's self implication: He didn't think he could win.

You can't get any clearer, if a man thinks he can win he'll rematch.

[elgaringo]

Well OF COURSE he was! Only the ignorant or the haters will have said he wasn't! Tho he did have a lot of hater, especially across the pond!

[Blubba]

I don't think Marquez ever reaches the level of the other two. Right now, he's a borderline HOF'er IMO whereas Barrera and Morales are ATGs. I don't know if it's my own bias but I rank El Terrible higher than Barrera. Zaragoza, Chavez, In-Jin Choo, Pacquiao, the list goes on. Love his resume but again, I may be being biased.

come on man El Terrible was freaking overated, you may say why?

Well people go on about that freaky giant P.Will fighting at 147.

The same could be said for Morales, this guy has a reach of 72" fighting guys much smaller than him all his career.

[Franco2012]

****** Emanuel Stewart destroyed Prince

If Prince was trained by Roach he would put Barrera to sleep in 2 rounds!

[Kilrain]

Hamed was still in his physical prime, but mentally he was pretty lackadaisical, hadn't fought a top opponent in some time, had abandoned throwing combinations (favouring his vaunted single power shots), didn't train or spar with the appropriate intensity, believed his own hype; when Barrera boxed him in a conventional in-out manner, using speed and accuracy and strength, he was clueless as to how to solve it and how to come out victorious. His unguarded style was exposed.

I wonder if the Hamed of 96 or 97 would have fared better, he was certainly more of a handful but would he have came up with any ideas (on how to combat Barrera's effective boxing) the 2001 Naz didn't come up with? I'm not sure, but I don't think so

[-Lowkey-]

yes he was past his prime more mentally than physically but past his prime none the less he also had trouble with his hands witch contributed boxing could do with another guy like nas what an entertainer

[TOBYLEE1]

Hamed was still in his physical prime, but mentally he was pretty lackadaisical, hadn't fought a top opponent in some time, had abandoned throwing combinations (favouring his vaunted single power shots), didn't train or spar with the appropriate intensity, believed his own hype; when Barrera boxed him in a conventional in-out manner, using speed and accuracy and strength, he was clueless as to how to solve it and how to come out victorious. His unguarded style was exposed.

I wonder if the Hamed of 96 or 97 would have fared better, he was certainly more of a handful but would he have came up with any ideas (on how to combat Barrera's effective boxing) the 2001 Naz didn't come up with? I'm not sure, but I don't think so

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