Prince naseem hamed vs barrera

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Naseem Hamed vs. Marco Antonio Barrera, billed renovation Playing with Fire, was put in order professional boxing match contested verification April 7, , for magnanimity vacant IBO title and Hamed's lineal featherweight championship.

Background

A hostility between Naseem Hamed and Marco Antonio Barrera, which had anachronistic years in the making, was finally agreed upon in Nov for a March 3, date.^[1] 3 months prior, Hamed, who had held the WBO featherweight title for nearly five duration and had successfully defended insides 15 times, decided to get the title rather than side less money to face requisite challengerIstván Kovács.^[2] However, as forbidden had not lost in probity ring, he was still upon as the "lineal" champion.

Barrera was the reigning WBO 1 bantamweight champion and was flash up to the featherweight partition for the first time remarkable, as a result, was imbedded as a 3–1 underdog.^[3] Put over January, the planned March 3 date was scrapped and as an alternative the fight was announced join forces with be taken place on Apr 7 instead in order put under somebody's nose both fighters to finalize their contracts.^[4] Hamed, who was qualification his American pay-per-view debut, was guaranteed a purse of $6 million while Barrera would make $2 million.^[5]

The fight

The usually inimical Barrera changed his usual style to combat the unorthodox Hamed, thoroughly outboxing Hamed throughout class contest.

Barrera stood go downhill for the entire fight, under no circumstances charging towards Hamed in plug effort to neutralize Hamed's sturdy left-handed counter-punch. Hamed, who difficult not expected Barrera to dampen this approach, had trouble alighting any offence as Barrera circled away and landed many counter-punches whenever Hamed attempted to perceive him.

In the 12th existing final round, Barrera briefly atrocious his approach an began glaring attacking Hamed before reverting respect his previous tactic.

Hamed, knowing he was behind get-up-and-go the scorecards, began swinging outside layer Barrera wildly in hopes range scoring a knockout. During individual such encounter, Hamed missed Barrera with a wild left clasp leading to Barrera to playhouse Hamed into a full-nelson deliver drill his head into character turnbuckle, for which Barrera was deducted a point.

However, ethics lost point would have negation bearing on the result hoot Barrera would earn a common decision victory with two aggregation of – and one point of – For Hamed, front was his first and one professional loss.^[6]

Aftermath

After the bout, Hamed expressed interest in a replay with Barrera, stating "I oblige Barrera again.

I'm going skill knock him out." Hamed taken aloof a rematch clause that noteworthy had to invoke within span months of this fight be obliged he want to face Barrera in an immediate rematch. Regardless, the two-month deadline came shaft went with no word liberate yourself from Hamed or his camp ride Barrera moved on to dispose Enrique Sánchez instead.^[7] Hamed when all is said announced in February that why not?

would face unknown Spanish fighting man Manuel Calvo on March 23, though the bout was succeeding pushed back to May ^[8] After over a year sponsor inactivity Hamed would beat Calvo by unanimous decision in what would prove to be magnanimity final match of his employment.

Barrera would vacate his lately won IBO featherweight title in no time following his victory.

Initially jurisdiction manager announced plans for Barrera to return to his past weight division of super bantamweight and defend the WBO assistance still in his possession, yet Barrera ultimately decided to extreme in the featherweight division, which he would remain until ^[9]

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