Complete and utter BS made up by Lampley. He says in 2007 that Naseem Hamed openly ducked Marquez, yet in 2000 in the HBO telecast of Hamed vs Sanchez a list of fighters who refused to fight Hamed was shown on air including Marquez who said he wasn't ready for the fight.
Myth: Naseem Hamed ducked Morales/Barrera
Warren had offered Barrera millions to fight Naseem as early as 1997! Barrera outright refused. Naseem was so fair that he chose to fight Barrera in 2001 over Morales because he thought Barrera had beat Morales.
Whatever you think of Hamed, he was no ducker. Lampley is biased as **** when it comes to Naseem. He even said afterwards it was mandated for Hamed to lose, we needed it. Why? Because he was entertaining and got more people watching boxing and helping you keep your job? Wanker
I was not decided on the Floyd-Pacquiao situation since both have their faults. But what really convinced me when Floyd said he "I let that fight marinate and turn it from a 60 million dollar fight to a 600 million one." And was convinced Floyd avoided Pacquiao.
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