Originally posted by turbotime
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Are you seriously considering Hamed, Tapia and Kelly as WORLD CLASS fighters at the time when Barrera beat them?
Hames .. who had only looked spectacular against Euro bums.
Tapia who was a coked out when he fought Barrera.
And Kelly who was washed up in 1997 against Hamed .. & 2 months shy of 37 years old in his fight against Barrera!
Barrera lost EVERY SINGLE TIME he stepped up to the world stage.
The only man who ever saw the WORLD STAGE that Barrera beat was Morales.
Morales? Lost 1, won 2
Pacquiao? Lost
JMM? Lost
Khan? Lost
Don't confuse great fights with him fighting world class competition. They are not the same things.
Morales, Pacquiao, JMM and Khan are THEE ONLY WORLD CLASS fighters that Barrera has EVER faced.
Sad part is that Barrera has lost to competition that was not even world class in Junior Jones ... TWICE.
You can love the guy and admire the fights he's given us, but don't for a minute attempt to make his career out to be more than it was. Great fights are NOT the measure of whether a career is HOF or ATG.
It comes down to the rank of the competition when they fought and the condition of the competition(coming off a loss, passed prime, wasn't a proven commodity since a KO, etc).
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