Prince naz vs barrera

[imp]

Growing up watching naz and seeing the tremendous power he had at his weight with hands down all the time and good movement...i thought who could beat this guy!?

After i watched the barrera fight i truly believe he was out boxed and beaten.

Could naz have done anything differently in that fight and why was there no rematch?

The late manny steward mentioned after the fight that naz refused to watch barrera last fights on dvd and did not prepare properly for the fight.

What is your opinion of this fight and was this naz biggest fight and why could he not cope with barrera..

Thank you.

http://youtu.be/fL7JNQg5eU0

[littlebif]

A prime focused naz would beat Barrera for me. As naz got older he got lazy lost the hunger and just relied on his power to win fights, by loading up on his power shots he forgot to box. To big headed for his own good.

Did you not see the documentary about naz in the build up to the barrera fight. He was to busy messing about raver than training. He fought he was going to do what junior jones did to barrera early in his carrera, stop him early.

[erics44]

the ingles said naz had stopped training properly whilst he was still with them

too big for his own boots

this could all be excuses

either way its a pity because we will never know whether it was naz at his best and his best just wasnt good enough or whether barrera would have got battered fighting naz at his best

im inclined to think naz would have won the fight had they both been at their best

[littlebif]

He also stopped listening to what his corner men where saying in his fights. The jumped up little shit fought he new best.

[erics44]

i was a big naz fan mind so i could be bias

[J_Undisputed]

I wont say at MAB was unbeatable in that fight, but i think much of what gets loss in the shuffle is that Barrera was anything but what was expected that night. Everyone thought Barrera didnt have a snowballs chance in hell that night because he and his tendency to brawl was tailor made for the heavy leather and odd angles that Hamed threw. Then Barrera pulled off the unexpected and came out and boxed and jaws dropped around the arena. Even from the hardcore Mexican fans in attendance who thought they were watching the wrong fight for a second. If there was a 24/7 series back then, it might have tipped a few people off. I don't think anyone expected it. Watching tapes, may have helped a little but the consensus was that barrera would come out and try to brawl and be there all night for hard punches so Hamed probably slacked off thinking it would take long to sting him and he could rely on his power. We all found out in short order Barrera was not about to let himself suffer the embarrassment of becoming a statistic. For a guy we thought would have been out of there by the 4th round, he was so far ahead on points that he put hamed in a half nelson walked him to the corner and rammed his head into the corner pad for $hits and Giggles. His response to losing a point for it was pretty much the equivalent, was "hell, take 3..."

I imagined the 2 guys who found it least surprising but probably the most funny where Juan Manuel Marquez and Ignacio Beristain, who were conveniently invisible to team Hamed. Just my opinion.

[Fenster]

I imagined the 2 guys who found it least surprising but probably the most funny where Juan Manuel Marquez and Ignacio Beristain, who were conveniently invisible to team Hamed. Just my opinion.

Not really. They were both crying their eyes out for refusing to fight Naz and throwing away a massive career high payday.

Barrera made Marquez and Berstain look bigger mugs than he did Naz. They called Naz out, when they got accepted they turned the fight down, only to watch Barrera reap all the rewards that could have been theirs. Nobody was sicker that night than those two. Fact.

[Dark Lord Al]

Hamed was just a face first slugger by this time , throwing power shots with little snap.
was a very very good night watching a craftsman like Marco , humiliate Hamed.

[imp]

Okay good feedback, so what exactly happened with the rematch? Was hamed lazy or just not bothered anymore? Why wasnt there a rematch?

[littlebif]

I think he lost the hunger all together. He had a very poor showing in his comeback fight. I did read he had terrible hands just before he retired and he was in alot of pain in and after his fights. But that could be just an excuse.

[imp]

I think he lost the hunger all together. He had a very poor showing in his comeback fight. I did read he had terrible hands just before he retired and he was in alot of pain in and after his fights. But that could be just an excuse.

True.

Hameds career could have ended sweeet! That loss was such a big loss.

[Master]

Saw that documentary where he flew his barber in to cut his hair and Eubanks came to have a talk with him. Also remember Naz wanted goat skin boxing gloves and preferred the ones Barrera was wearing. Naz’s head was so far up his own back side but no one wanted to say to him that he was making a fool out of himself. Wasted a career far too early. It was the end for him as he only ever had 1 fight after that which was dull and he retired.

[imp]

Cant deny his power and tree trunk legs. Shame he didnt fight on.

[Master]

Cant deny his power and tree trunk legs. Shame he didnt fight on.

He had massive legs which is rare as normally they should be like sticks and the top half built like Evander.

[imp]

Cant deny his power and tree trunk legs. Shame he didnt fight on.

He had massive legs which is rare as normally they should be like sticks and the top half built like Evander.

True.
What would you consider to be naz other great wins before the barrera fight?