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Emerson Poncey Name Ghent wrote:I'm probably in the minority, but I always felt Morales was better than Barrera because of his physical attributes, mainly. Insane puncher as well. Transitioned the weight a lot better than Marco.

I asked Wayne in July who hit the harder between Nas and Erik and he said Morales by a mile. He also told me that Erik almost quit in their fight because he was exhausted at the end of round 10, but his trainer made him carry on. Erik calls him the mad Irishman.

stujones wrote:No way would Hamed KO Tapia... won on point maybe, but no chance of a KO.

I actually, although not at the time, thought Barrera vs Morales 1 was very close.... Barrera won his rounds bigger, but Morales won rounds. I did have Barrera winning, but I think 9-3 is a tad OTT.

chinny wrote:I always thought Naz chose Barrera over Morales because he'd seen him KO'd by Jones.

Funny that Brendan Ingle blames Hamed's fake teeth for his downfall!

Ant Evans wrote:

Wrists wrote:Ant - if you really think Brodie would have taken Naz apart you are deluded.

Naz's power v Brodie's punch resistance - only one outcome

And you got paid to write this rubbish

If you think I wrote Brodie would have taken Naz "apart" you a blind. I merely think the Brodie of the first Chi fight would have beaten the Naz of the Calvo fight. Prime v prime Naz would have stopped Brodie in nine, for sure.

Anyways, take comfort in that I worked for Glyn Leach so I wasn't paid much to write that rubbish.

banjo wrote:Retirement was the best thing for Naz, he was a shot fighter (mentally rather than physically) somewhere along the line he lost something, I'm not sure what it was (hunger maybe?) but ever since the Kelley fight he seemed to wind down. In his younger years he was a gym freak but as he got older, more successful and richer he spent less time training, maybe he wanted to spend more time with his wife and kids(which he is entitled to of course).

It's a shame really as he turned pro around the time I got into boxing so I kind of grew up with his career and he became my favourite fighter following Benns retirement. He deserves a lot more respect for his achievements in the ring, sure he supposedly "ducked" JMM but look at the rest of the fighters on his resume, far more impressive than JC or Hatton IMO.

johnswan1 wrote:

chinny wrote:I always thought Naz chose Barrera over Morales because he'd seen him KO'd by Jones.

Funny that Brendan Ingle blames Hamed's fake teeth for his downfall!

I agree on the reason why they chose Barrera. Plus Barrera didn't usually fight in the style he did against Naz on the night. On Brodie and Tapia I think Hamed would have KO'd Brodie and beaten Tapia on points.

DavidPayne wrote:If Chi was so basic why did he give Morales fits?

adamwillan wrote:i was a bit young for the hamed era have only started to appreciate his brilliance since by watching youtube etc.

I have been trying to find the c4 doc for years and have never been able to find it, does anyone know where can pick it up on net somewhere?