I haven't read the whole thread and I think it's clear that Marquez will leave a better legacy than Hamed, however to think Hamed would duck Marquez back in 1999/2000 doesn't make sense. At that time Marquez had fought one notable oppoonent and lost that fight. It wasn't until around 2004 that he actually started fighting marquee fights and became a p4p fighter.

1999 Hamed would probably have smoked Marquez boots the way Pac should have in round 1 of their first fight