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Re: Boxing Life Stories - I'm calling it now
Posted: 11 Jan 2026, 15:15
by THEBUTCH
Yep, Hamed didn't possess the mental capacity that the likes of Barrera had in spades.
As I've said many times, despite the build up to the fight, it turned out to be a routine title fight for Marco Antonio. Hamed wasn't in the Barrera's class.
Re: Boxing Life Stories - I'm calling it now
Posted: 11 Jan 2026, 16:06
by mickey1975
THEBUTCH wrote: ↑11 Jan 2026, 15:15
Yep, Hamed didn't possess the mental capacity that the likes of Barrera had in spades.
As I've said many times, despite the build up to the fight, it turned out to be a routine title fight for Marco Antonio. Hamed wasn't in the Barrera's class.
I'd say because of the build up it was routine. That documentary on Naz in the run up to the fight is mental. You can't say that was anywhere near the best Hamed.
Re: Boxing Life Stories - I'm calling it now
Posted: 11 Jan 2026, 16:25
by Ruthless-RKO
mickey1975 wrote: ↑11 Jan 2026, 16:06
THEBUTCH wrote: ↑11 Jan 2026, 15:15
Yep, Hamed didn't possess the mental capacity that the likes of Barrera had in spades.
As I've said many times, despite the build up to the fight, it turned out to be a routine title fight for Marco Antonio. Hamed wasn't in the Barrera's class.
I'd say because of the build up it was routine. That documentary on Naz in the run up to the fight is mental. You can't say that was anywhere near the best Hamed.
Yh, I remember watching that documentary. Was mental.
Re: Boxing Life Stories - I'm calling it now
Posted: 11 Jan 2026, 17:21
by THEBUTCH
But I can say Barrera was an altogether better fighter than Hamed. Barrera had several gears to move through if Hamed was able to pose more problems...but he posed very few and was outclassed. A realisation that some don't see 25 years later
Re: Boxing Life Stories - I'm calling it now
Posted: 11 Jan 2026, 18:28
by Glass Joe
Shame we never got a decent naz against barrera morales and Marquez
Re: Boxing Life Stories - I'm calling it now
Posted: 11 Jan 2026, 18:32
by THEBUTCH
Hamed dodged Marquez as his mandatory contender. Claude Abrahm's (then editor of Boxing News) noted this on more than one occasion.