Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Prince Naseem Hamed

[Ham Porter]

It goes both ways...but i don't know how serious the offer really was. 2 years tho? Cmon...

The article is out there somewhere. Marquez got offered in the region of $400,000 - $500,000 to fight Hamed in August 2000. He turned it down and fought some nobody for what would've been significantly less.

[Real King Kong]

The article is out there somewhere. Marquez got offered in the region of $400,000 - $500,000 to fight Hamed in August 2000. He turned it down and fought some nobody for what would've been significantly less.

Whatever happened with that particular negotiation...hamed was still avoiding him for 2 years. It wouldn't be the last time team marquez took short money fighting someone else cuz the offer wasn't to their liking either.

[KeyboardWarrior]

the same Marquez who lost clearly to Norwood?

The same Marquez who Naz avoided as his mandatory. This was well known at the time.

[sunny31]

I think Marquez stops him in 6-8 rounds. It would be very interesting early, but Marquez would start to find his range after 2-3 rounds and I think he had the extra power that Barrera didn't have to get Hamed out of there. It would be interesting because I think Marquez can be hit with power himself.

[Canelo and GGG]

Would love to see JMM-Morales

fantasy match up JMM-Whitaker would be good.
JMM-ODLH at 135 or 140 would be good fight too

[Mexican_Puppet]

TKO lol...Hamed was never hurt in any fight, he was only ever caught off balance.

You are crazy, Barrera hurt him in the fight.

And Hamed never fought real ****ers with elite skills like JMM.

[Mexican_Puppet]

Prime for prime Naz wins in a close fight. He might well KO Marquez though but if it goes to points it's a 7-5 type of close fight.

The mom of Hamed...

[soul_survivor]

The same Marquez who Naz avoided as his mandatory. This was well known at the time.

He was mandatory when? 99/2000? Coming off a loss? Cmon man be real.

Oh and watch a HBO broadcast for Naz v Augie I think it was, where they put forward a list of possible challengers to Naz who all turned down the fights. Guess what one of those names was? Yep, Marquez. The only one of those names that finally decided to step in the ring was MAB.

JMM didn't want it and he has done that with several other fighters, famously with not wanting to rematch Pacquiao and avoiding Khan.

You people forget Naz was the premier FW of his gen and many top names didn't wanted that kind of business. Even Morales was reluctant.

Edit: Marquez actively turned down the fight after "chasing" it for so long. Heck, JMM and Tapia turned down career high, million dollar plus paydays.

[yngwie]

Marquez will put a Barrera type performance, but to a lesser level because Barrera was meaner and was enjoying kicking Prince's ass.

[NorvernRob]

You are crazy, Barrera hurt him in the fight.

And Hamed never fought real ****ers with elite skills like JMM.

What round? He didn't hurt him at all.

It's like you guys never even watched him. He beat 9 current, past or future World Champions. Ruled his division and lots of fighters didn't want it.