Hamed-Barrera II set for next year

[baya]

que? hamed to come back at lightweight? take on spaddy as a TUNE-UP? to get to barrera? HAHAHAHAHAA!!!! whowa ... needed that laugh ....

[whatdahieu]

you know i believe that hamed has still got somethign to prove, consider the man's been out for 4 years, hes fat, ring rusted like a mother, hes gonna be a huge underdog so maybe hes got more motivation this time around.
he's kind of like a roy jones in the sense all the things he has done inside the ring, the unorthodox fighting style, flashines etc., he might actually have a different style, an effective one he realized he needed to win.
naz also reminds me of wilfred benitiz in the sense that for all his greatness and accomplishments he never seriously trained and with the memory of MAB slammin him in a turnbuckle maybe he'll finally get his act together and train and live up to what ppl said he was all along
Naz also did something great for boxing though, for all the crap he's pulled throughout the years the ego maniac hes been he did two great things for boxing (well one the other is up for debate)
1. alot of ppl years ago wondered if there was even goign to be a featherweight division, but that all changed with Naz, he made ppl want to look at the feathers and brought the attention back to the feathers, without him i would be hard pressed to believe there would be so much pandamonium for the feathers as there is today,
2. he gave credibility to the WBO strap, love it or leave it, he did, maybe giving credibility to another alphabet title was a bad thing, the fact that he did, would the WBO be still lightly regarded if he didn't come along? would we even recognize soem fighters if they did where the WBO strap? tru joe Calgzahe gives it credibility too but it was started with Naz
.....it also helped in lettin ppl not get so worked up over the belts as they once were, we knew he was the best feather in the world out there even if we did hate him or if he didn't have all the trinkets fact remained he was the best regardless of anythign around his waste, so maybe he did 3 good to great things for boxing.
its good to see if he can come back, but against an active MAB? i don't know about that one, but it would be interesting to see if he changed up his style and got disciplined and if not hes going out, you can bet on that

[TheEvilSaint]

spadafora as a warm-up? naz has no idea what hes talking about.

[big-lynch]

lol cant see this happening but damn naz has lost weight fast he looked like mr blobby a few week ago in the newspaper

[flipside]

barera should fight pacquiao first.. so that they can stop making excuse for the beating he got... delahoya should shut the fucc up about his excuses after every barera win over chumps he fought after the pac fight(except morales)

[Kimmy]

spadafora as a warm-up? naz has no idea what hes talking about.

As i recall, in the build up to the Naz - Barrera show down 2001 they were saying barrera was the warm up for a summer 2001 showdown between Hamed and morales. oh how times change.

[Moon]

Ambivalent. That's the word.

I could care less if these guys actually meet, because I'm tired of the the "will he" talk.

But, if they do, I wanna' be there to watch Naz's face as he experiences another ass whoopin', Mexican style.

However .... I also figure Spaddy beats him first.

[MikeHunt]

Yeah right, Naz and his fat face can't get back down to 135, don't even mention 126. I hope he does try and come back so I can watch him get beat from ring post to ring post.......Welcome back B I A T C H !!

[SnoopySmurf]

He'll need more than a year to get down in weight, rebuild his muscles, get his muscle memory back in tune, get his cardiovascular stamina to a world class level.....all that and he won't even get passed Spadi, who's taller, not some push over, younger, possibly less rusted than Naz....

It's over before it's even started for Naz. Sorry. Should he make a come back, it'll be unsuccessful. This ain't no heavyweight division where one punch KO are normal for big guys like Foreman. Lightweight division has Coralles, Castillo, Raheem....and just below are Morales, Barrera, Pacquiao, Marquez....it's good to dream but the talent is too deep right now.

[Moon]

i believe that hamed has still got something to prove....

Agreed. Hamed's legacy has been so badly tarnished that his only chance to "prove it" is to beat Barrera by a wide UD or KO. Otherwise, Naz gets a narrow decision win and proves what? He's competitive? The division is so deep now, Naz will then have to do more, despite decisioning Barrera. Good Luck.