Barrera fans stop acting like he battered Hamed when he outboxed him

[Ham Porter]

You must be English or delusional. Barrera was one of the pound for pound best at the time. Hamed was overhyped, and had a padded record. The fight itself was a joke. Barrera played it straight and knocked him around all night. Hamed is one of the most overrated fighters of all time. His legacy proves it. So you're saying he retired because he lost a good fight ? That dude was truly exposed. And I mean that--not in the way bozos overuse that term around here

How was his record any less padded than Barrera's? With the sole exception of a questionable loss to Morales, what were these wins of his that were so much better than Hamed's wins?

[jas]

A truly great fighter bounces back after a loss

Hamed didn't

He didn't to turn up to Emanuel stewards tribute when fighters like Lewis and wlad did.

[Ham Porter]

How was his record any less padded than Barrera's? With the sole exception of a questionable loss to Morales, what were these wins of his that were so much better than Hamed's wins?

Honestly, comparing their respective resumes prior to their actual fight, Hamed's is considerably better. It's a pretty significant win for Barrera, with Hamed being, by some margin, the best and most accomplished fighter Barrera has on his win column besides Morales.

[FrankieBruno]

I have to agree

It was a competitive fight

Hamed was way past his best years, hands were shot to bits, coming back from a injury and weight issues, spent most of his camp trying to bring his weight down, first time in his career. Emanuel Steward said he looked horrible in sparring

his worst perpetration for a fight

the fight came to late in Naz career, if anyboyd knew a thing or two about Naz they wud know he was looking not so good in prior fight and relying solely on power

[jas]

I have to agree

It was a competitive fight

Hamed was way past his best years, hands for shot to bits, coming back from a injury and weight issues, spent most of his camp trying to bring his weight down

his worst perpetration for a fight

The weight issues were not his fault at all.

[FrankieBruno]

The weight issues were not his fault at all.

He was injured, he cudnt train weight went up, he came into the fight drained, Emanuel Steward said he looked in horrible shape, in the documentary which was made during training camp

[mneronava2k]

Honestly, comparing their respective resumes prior to their actual fight, Hamed's is considerably better. It's a pretty significant win for Barrera, with Hamed being, by some margin, the best and most accomplished fighter Barrera has on his win column besides Morales.

Hamed fought no one. Don't give me "besides Morales..."
That's huge

[Ham Porter]

Hamed fought no one. Don't give me "besides Morales..."
That's huge

Morales is a single individual name, just one of the fifty five names on Barrera's record at that time. Resumes are evaluated on a whole body of work. If Hamed fought "no one" - gross, nonsensical hyperbole at best; misinformed, ignorant ****e at worst - then Barrera's record was even worse.

[just the facts]

Agreed. Think the scorecard was Barerra by 3 points on two scorecards and 4 points on one.

So just two rounds the other way Hamad would have got the decision.

Was he beaten? Absolutely

Destroyed? No

The haters probably havnt even seen the fight!

you can play the if and but game all you want, it was a one sided fight and yes I saw the fight live and the replay several times

[just the facts]

He was injured, he cudnt train weight went up, he came into the fight drained, Emanuel Steward said he looked in horrible shape, in the documentary which was made during training camp

yadda, yadda, yadda. Hamed got his a22 kicked by a superior fighter, it's that simple