Prime Naseem Hamed vs Pacquiao @ FW

[bojangles1987]

Very difficult pick,if forced too choose id favour hamed as manny wasnt the all round fighter he is today down at 126,but it really could go either way

The poll results dont surprise me,people in NSB arent very good analysts and its more of a popularity contest,this would be better in the history section where the good posters are

It's been done there, if you want to see. Not any time recently I don't think but this has been discussed in the history section.

[Shabba Rank$]

Honestly, this is a very tough fight to pick.

But at Naz's weight I would have to give it to Naz 55-45.

[miron_lang]

A well conditioned Pacquiao would eat power punches form Naz and then raise his hands and **** his gloves. ( yeah yeah i saw him KTFO Sanchez, Kelley etc )



It would be a great war but a green Pac woulld win.

[Doctor_Tenma]

P4P Hamed is in a different league power-wise to Cotto.

Pacquiao was a wreckless one dimensional fighter at featherweight. Naz would knock him spark out.

I would say Hamed was more reckless actually.

[Ray*]

Naz by KO no doubt in my mind.

[chav]

i was one of the biggest hamed fans ever, but it didnt take much for him to question just how good he was and once barrera had his way with him and after he had believed his own hype, he got one of the fastest lessons on reality ever!!!!!!!
pacman would have put the same pressure on him and would have found him out i think...he may have stopped pacman, but knowing what we know now its easier to say pacman beats ham-head.

[Ray*]

Hamed at FW was untouchable, Even a Naz that lack motivation and doesnt train anymore still won some of his fights towards the end of his career, Barrera respect Naz sooo much he didnt engage with Naz, He just box him from the outside.. Thats what you call respect, When you have a brawler who basically became a boxer because he knows if he gets hit by you then its over..Respect

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Better CHIN? Really? So in what was supposed to be his coming out party here in the US, he gets knocked down THREE TIMES: when has Manny Pacquiao ever been knocked down? In any weight division: against Barrera, Morales, Marquez, Cotto, Hatton and Margarito, not a single KD has been scored against him..

Ok you werent joking

Naz was never hurt once in his career. The knockdowns were all cases of bad balance.

Pacquaio was knocked down and put on ***** street by a jab at 122lbs.

Of course, you probably hadnt heard of him.

[SCtrojansbaby]

Would be the greatest fight of all time. You ******s need to stop using Barrera as an example Nas was clearly past his prime by then

[PrinceNaz88]

Ok you werent joking

Naz was never hurt once in his career. The knockdowns were all cases of bad balance.

Pacquaio was knocked down and put on ***** street by a jab at 122lbs.

Of course, you probably hadnt heard of him.

Agreed. And the 3rd "knockdown" against Kelley was hardly a knockdown...


At 126, if Pac wants to stand and trade with Naz (95-98 era) then it would be an explosive fight. Naz may well hit the deck but he would get straight back up as his head cleared very very quick.

In summary, Pac did not have the same power as Naz at FW. A prime Naz would knock him out.

And that is not being biased! Barrera's tactics were spot-on against a below par Hamed. Pac would find it very hard to be disciplined and that would play right into Hamed's hands IMO.