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bIG H you list all these fighters that Naseem beat but if you think about it he get's great credit for beating the likes of Tom 'Boom Boom' Johnson and wayne McCullough then on the other hand someone like scott Harrison beats them both and we get told there not that good, so yes I would say he was overratd because he get's more credit for beating these opponents than other boxers like Scott harrison have because they are not as camera freindly.
When Hamed fought Johnson, Johnson was 42-2 and world champion, when he fought Harrison 3 years later he was 5 and 5 for his last 10 fights 8 of whcih were against nobodies

When Hamed fought McCullough he had lost 1 split decison in 23 fights, when he fought Harrison he should never have been allowed in the ring due to his health!!

Hamed didn't fight any all time greats, but who has or does, they don't come along that often, as I said before he fought the best there was, can you name anybody other than Morales that he should have fought but didn't??
That's easy. Juan Manuel Marquez
Marquez wasn't even in the picture, he had lost his 1 shot at a title and wasn't operating at World Class level during Naz' prime - he was fighting stiffs
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Marquez, Hamed's mandatory for like 2 years?
I don't remember him even being touted never mind the mandatory for 2 years (I could be wrong) He didn't win a world title until 2003 and Naz was long gone by then - look at who Marquez was fighting around this time, he would not have been a bigger draw than the likes of Johson, Kelly, Vasquez or McCullough and wouldn't have improved Naz's stock anymore.

Agreed he would've been a great fight if Naz had've been prime around 2003-2005.
Marquez was the WBO mandatory when Hamed was champion and Marquez was with forum boxing. This was before Marquez's horrible outing against Freddie Norwood. I never said Hamed ducked him or that the fight would of sold. I just answered the question that said who besides Erik Morales did Hamed not fight that was available. Marquez is still the answer.