I agree again Fenster, you can't just say 'he beat Duran' and leave it at that... You have to look at the circumstances - where was Duran at that point in his career etc.
The same goes for any fighter - Alfonso Gomez even beat Gatti, but so what?
The same can be said of lineal belts, you have guys like Carlos Baldomor hold them.
I'd rather not discuss the ins and outs of Kevin Kelley's career if that's ok.
Your point about Wlad is moot, Wlad has fought no greats, yes... But he's fought everybody of this era... That's why he's indisputably the best of this era. It's just not a great era.
Hamed fought in a better era for his weight than Wlad, but he only fought and lost to one of the top echelon of his era.
He still goes down as one of the best of his era, just not the best.
And the entertainment and hype that he brought cement him in the HOF fairly, let alone his title success. I think that's fair enough, he doesn't have to be utter shite in my eyes just because I don't believe he was the greatest of his era!
The fact that some people still think so long after the hype should have died is testement to the buzz he created I guess.
Oh god, you've really opened pandora's box there!
Featherweight. He was the no.1 featherweight in the world during his reign - 1995/6-2001. If he wasn't the best during this period then who was? It was Barrera's first fight at the weight.
Well that goes for Naz too. As Memphis (and many other good judges say the same) alluded to - Naz was already way past his pomp by time he fought Barrera.
((on a side note - Duran went on to win lightmiddle and middlweight titles and was in some of his most memorable fights after losing to Laing. That was great win regardless of circumstances. ))
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