Naz-vs-today's featherweight champs - Loma/Walters/Selby/Russell jr. Fact.

**IamInuit** · 08-23-2015 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by Fenster

Originally Posted by IamInuit

He never ruled anything

Naz world title reign was between 1995 and 2001. During those six years he become the lineal champion - beating Vazquez who was stripped of the WBA title before the fight - the WBO, WBC and IBF champ.

Here's how The Ring ranked Naz during his era.

1995 - He was no.5 -- Tom Johnson was no.1
1996 - He was no.3 -- Tom Johnson was no.1
1997 - He was no.1 -- (This is the year he knocked out the no.1 Tom Johnson)
1998 - He was no.1
1999 - He was no.1
2000 - He was no.1

He was the best featherweight during his time. These days fans cream their pants whenever unification match-ups are made, Naz sought out all the other champions and took their titles. And that's the truth ruth.

That is a paper trail not a ruler. And Marquez was his mandatory for close to 2 years and the Wbo kept on giving Hamed passes to fight someone else.. We've been over this before. Sure they featured all the feathers on an HBO broadcast that put doubt on Marquez's willingness but there are two sides to every story

**Fenster** · 08-23-2015 09:17 PM

I'm just showing Naz was the king of the featherweights in his time (no serious boxing scribe/historian disputes it).

There sure are two sides to every story.

1. Naz ducked Marquez.

2. IGNORE the fact that Marquez, Nacho Beristain and their former matchmaker all admit they were offered a career high payday to face Naz but refused it. And yes HBO along with many other leading American boxing writers were left dumbfound and criticised them for it.

Naz ducked a guy that refused to fight him. Makes perfect sense.

**IamInuit** · 08-23-2015 09:34 PM

I'm sure he'd do ok against the guys mentioned and power can be a game changer especially with sub par opposition that may trouble you. Its a little different in the deep end of the pool. He went there once in his career and drowned never to swim again. He never had the metal to go with his mouth and proved that. Anything can happen though.

**Violent Demise** · 08-26-2015 01:51 AM

Hamed was fun to watch. And while he did beat some name fighters, the only reason he beat them was cuz they were either shot or declining. None of the names Hamed beat were in there prime. Hamed HOF induction was undeserving. And Hamed himself knew it. It's the reason he didn't show up to it