That's no fight. Hamed, as Champ he was selling big numbers, so the promoters and orgs kept him away from Juan Manuel Marquez who was stuck sitting in the MANDATORY challenger spot for over two f*<kin' years while Hamed fought everybody else. Mandatory clearly doesn't mean $#!t in boxing!
Hamed was a terrific puncher, but Marquez would have took him apart in even more dominant fashion than Barrera did.
Barrera got the shot that should have been Marquez' because they thought the Prince at least had a chance of winning against Barrera.
I really believe that an elite Top 3 fighter with solid fundamentals and refined skills on top of that will defeat these unorthodox top guys who rely on speed and athleticism like the Prince, Roy Jones, and Muhammad Ali that really don't know how to box...
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