The Tale of Prince Naseem Hamed vs Marco Antonio Barrera
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- April 2001 Marco Antonio Barrera the 3-1 underdog defied the odds beating cashcow Prince Naseem Hamed. This is the tale.
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I gained a whole lot of respect for Hamed with his interview giving all the credit to Barrera winning and not making any excuses. I hate when boxers do that, or say “all the credit to him, but I was off because of...” It’s just a backhanded compliment. So when a guy that’s undefeated, cocky, and confident loses but gives an interview like that I really appreciate it.
The difference between Hamed and Wilder, is that Hamed wasn't dumb enough to ever truly believe his own bullshit. He was just having fun, and trying to psyche out the opposition, so when he eventually got beat up, he was like "oh well".
@@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin love it when someone reaches a conclusion based on nothing but his opinion and make it seem as if it is the ultimate truth.
@@mohannadessam1783 love it when someone is a self righteous asshole over someone else's opinion
Which is what made Sky Sports' coverage so embarrassing. They could write a book with all the excuses they gave. It's applicable to so many different fights almost solely due to the extreme bias they have towards their home-grown fighters.
Ahmed was a really tough talented elusive unique individual with a lot of upside and it's a shame that he never fought after this but what happened really in this fight was that he underestimated his opponent he underestimated the amount of power and basically the heart he had and one of the worst things I think number one was that during training Emmanuel Steward no lie my nigga I remember him saying that the prince got all the tapes of barreras fights but he only focused on watching the fights that he had lost instead of watching all the fights that he had won like WTF man at least watch the fights against the best opponents and see him at his best and see what he does well what he does better than you what he does that might affect your upside how he plays to your weaknesses how he plays to your strengths you want to watch your opponent at their best notice not watch them at their worst that's pointless loss is different but it's also the same they failed to do what they should do not every victory is completely distinct because every opponent is different and he was a smart enough fighter where he should have known that great fighters are built molded in the clash of fisticuffs and furious combat talent will have you homeless if hardwork isn't your secondary breathing apparatus but regardless of shortcomings me I think both guys should be in the Hall of Fame Barrera has more of a legacy you know he had epic wars with guys like Marquez wars with Manny Pacquiao and of course Morales and s*** but yeah be eazy my brother keep up the great I work love it live it nobody plays boxing
At least Hamed didn’t deny he lost 🤝
Idk why he would say that. Even Ray Charles saw that ass whooping.
My comment was about Hamed. Im not getting into it.
@a pimp named Mdot Lol relax dude, there’s no need to get worked up over Loma’s loss.
@Atx Vn Loma also said the judges were bribed lmao. He’s a sore loser.
Well its quite evident anyway
Love him or hate him, you can't deny that Hamed was an entertaining boxer, imagine both prime jones jr. and prime hamed in these era, boxing fans would lose their mind.
Great performer for England at the time BUT truth is most of his opponents on domestic scene were easy wins when it came to Barrera he was exposed most of his technique was based around southpaw angle with a cork screw upper to get in / with no jab or set up/ Conner mc Tapper does it now and if you think about it the same thing has happend to him getting caught with that technique. same with the mouth that in the end doesnt quite match the work.
@Carrera First Tell that to Toney, Hopkins faces.
@@rickyjames4228 Conor often used kick to set up tho.
ok
@@noise289 Quick question what do think Connors main strength's are? Punching, kicking or the ground?
“I ain’t never let a Mexican boy beat me!”
-Prince Naseem “Hopkins” Hamed
”I’ll never let a Mexican knock me out cold!”
- Manny Pacquiao
Did he actually say that??
That makes no sense
@@Carlos-od7jr Hopkins said he'd never let a white boy beat him before losing to Calzaghe
@@azsneeskutno7607 😂🤣👍🏼
When you sit down to eat dinner and realize Office Hancho just dropped another fire 🔥 video. My day has been made
This is the highlight of your day? Damn... I thought my life was boring but i guess not.
@@lambdalambdalambda257 I was just trying to support the dudes channel b/c I like his content.
*This type of content are not videos they are documentaries, thanks Hancho*
I second this
Can you do finito López he’s so underrated!!! People forget he was a beast and had beautiful boxing
If he ain’t Mexican then no
ricardo lopez is underrated due to his weight class so hes not mentioned in fantasy fights at all and ricardo lopez has character based off him in hajime no ippo named ricardo martinez the featherweight
@Carrera First I hate those boxing fans😂😂
Yes please! One of the most beautiful boxers of all time. And a insane KO percentage of 75 percent. 51 undefeated flyweight. Definitely one of if not the best fighters from the past few decades.
Finito was the best man I mean 56-0 come on
One of my favorite stories from boxing of all time.
Have you seen the awesome documentary “Little Prince, Big Fight"?? It's awesome and shows just how badly Prince Naseem didn't take the fight seriously
Going watch it now
@@lilstrawhat you're gna love it brother
What a great watch 👏
@@lilstrawhat I'm glad you got to watch it man....it rly was one of my fave behind the scenes from boxing. Just goes to show you how unfocused Prince Naseem was
This, along with the Broner vs Maidana fight, were the two most satisfying outcomes I have seen in fights.
I feel the same way
This.
Come on bro. Naseem is cocky but he at least had skills to back it up. Comparing him to the hypejob broner is doing him diry imo
@@Cat2024MZ I’m not comparing skills, just cockiness. Naseem was a beat for sure!
Marquez KO against Pacquiao.
Thank you sir, your work is very appreciated, from Ghana west Africa. Always look forward to your work. One of the best boxing channels on RUclips hands down.
@Atx Vn It was pretty big in the 80s and 90s but it hasn't been the same ever since.
@Atx Vn Joshua Clottey isn't that popular, at least not anymore. We have some of the best tourism sites in Africa and is the safest place in the world
Correction: Barrera vs Morales 1 was Fight of the decade*, not fight of the year
Nice video, although bit of key insight you might consider adding/changing:
There was a long delay with the ringwalks as Barrera was ready to go out. What happened?
The Barrera camp got tipped off that Naz was known to cut the thumb attachment to his gloves so he can do a flip over the ropes (it is otherwise impossible). The commission caught Naz, and forced him to change gloves at the last min. Naz was then seen unhappy with the new pair, and asked his camp to re-glove his left hand. Barrera can be seen watching the live feed from Naz's dressing room at this point and his whole camp laughing. This was the actual reason Naz never did a flip again. The commission considered fining Naz for tampering with his gloves, but think they quickly dropped it in the end (being a minor infringement).
Not trying to say you're wrong but where did you hear this? I looked it up (albeit not too extensively) and can't find any evidence of this?
@@michaelsilverdahl2175 the HBO documentary for this fight showed a big controversy backstage surrounding the gloves and they both do switch gloves and watch each other re tape but it was never really explained why. I never heard about the thumb thing but it kinda makes sense.
fun fact ... naseem hamed is a heavyweight now
He better than Pacquiao, only 8 divisions, Hamed from featherweight to Heavyweight.
@@boyimbornal I’m dead 🤣🤣🤣
that man got fat as shit.
He’s happy though
Another fun fact...he completely roasted and destroyed Chris Eubank Jr. after his fight with George Groves 😂. He went IN on him!
You initially put me onto prince Naseem, and also told me the story of his career. I’m thrilled you made this video Hancho, you are among if not the best among RUclips boxing channels
I remember watching a documentary at the time, of the build up to the fight from Hamed's point of view. It was obvious from watching that, that he had surrounded himself with sycophants and yes men, whilst hardly training. It was a shame, he truly was one of the greats.
“Little Prince, Big Fight" great boxing documentary...shows just how little Prince Naseem took the fight
... Emmanuel Stewart said it all when he showed up and knew he was in trouble
@@lillagahnavich7700 Awesome, thanks for the name, I'd long forgotten!
Naz was OVERATED AND ARROGANT & got humbled by Allah and I'm a Muslim and loved every minute of it Congrats Marco Antonio!!
@@djsugebryant281 fake muslim
Man ,Never seen an entertaining boxer as much as Naseem, I mean don't get me wrong but the guy is just enjoyable to watch
Athletes often forget that their sole purpose and the reason they get paid is to entertain people.
It's one of my favorite fights, you might think that it's because Naseem is really easy to hate, but I love how overwhelming the fight went in favour of Barrera.
Cheers from Argentina brother, amazing work like always.
Saludos bro
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This is a fantastic & well put together production.
I'm from the UK & I remember betting on this. I don't gamble but Barrera was my favourite fighter at the time, he had shades of 'Julio Cesar Chavez' who is my all time favourite fighter.
Anyway..
I didn't get 3-1, maybe because I placed the bet the day of the fight? I got 2-1 at £100. The booky thought I was nuts.
Hmmm!
Many years later either Barrera or Morales put a tweet out with a short vid on the anniversary of their first fight of which Morales got the nod. I replied to that tweet with my opinion on who 'really' won, 'Barrera' & would you know, they both 'liked' that tweet.
Yes it was them, blue tick.
I replied how made up I was & what a good sport Morales was & again they, 'liked' that reply.
Much respect to them both.
True warriors & a credit to their country & the sport of boxing.
Not sure about Naz?
The jury's still out with me.
Thank you fella, brilliant upload. 👍
Now this does put a smile on my face
Yes to all of this. If you can, could you do the tale of Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas? That fight was a war from start to finish and both guys took some damage.
@Atx Vn I think that was against bernard hopkins.
@@mattsugrim7132 that was the Bernard Hopkins one
@@brandonblanco8379 I wonder if it was agregious as Margarito illegally wrapping his gloves.
Not Barrera?
I thought Hamed’s options were Barrea, Morales, and Marquez, and his team chose Barrea because they thought Marquez’s style would trouble Hamed
Morales team refused to box Hamed, so they though Barrera was the best option.
@@bigboris5774
Hamed chose Barrera because they thought he was washed up. Morales didn’t duck Hamed. Hamed tried to cherry pick Barrera and got beat and exposed. Then he quit boxing.
@@selfmade8884
Marquez had on,y had like 32 fights, when this had happened and lost 2 of them, people act like Hamed ducked Marquez but nobody even knew who he was in the late 90s early 2000s
@@bigboris5774
Ok.......and Barrera had 3 losses when he fought hamed. Any of those three would have beat hamed. Hamed was a front runner who quit boxing the first time he faced adversity.
@@selfmade8884
So? He retired a 27 year old millionaire with no injuries
Who else finds it really satisfying to watch him do this 6:25 ? I’ve always loved watching people throw good combinations on the bag or doing stuff like this.
So crazy, I just searched to see if you had done this one already.
Keep it up hancho.... you're a beast bro
"A fight with Barrera or Morales would define you" Larry had no idea how true that statement was. Defined by an ass whooping
Junior jones battered barrera twice
Barrera just like Larry Holmes had one of the best off beat jabs I've ever seen. Also you should give credit to Marco for going from a Chavez style brawler to a Marquez type of technical boxer/puncher in just a couple of years. He was DEFINITELY NOT the same fighter that lost to Junior Jones.
I’ve been looking for videos on the prince to show my buddies , I’m glad I checked your channel 🤙🏻
I remember this fight so well. One of the most gratifying lessons on boxing Ever! I was so happy for Barrera y los Gentes de Mexico!
This was a treat to watch and it continues to be if you now the history 👌
@@Hollyfreeholly. Exactly! I remember All of it! Barerra brought true boxing back! I gained a lot of respect for Hamed for how he took the loss. His record was also impressive but someone needed to shut him up and who better than a humble Legendary Mexican!?!?
@@salvitoripopadillo4539 I was a big fan of Hamed he was cocky but exciting to watch, always had huge respect for Barrera and leading up to the fight I was even more impressed especially how he conducted himself. Couldn't understand why he was the underdog I had a feeling naz would lose. Mexico has and still is producing phenomenal boxers long may that continue Respect 🤙🇬🇧
@@peterbalac1915 Exactly! Mexico breeds champion boxers!
Mexico fighter get humble by asian fighter hahaha
Man if only hamed took training serious. Imagine a fight with hamed and pacquio
...he'd lose to Pacquiao too, like Barrera did LOL!
Paq would dismantle him , a fight with Floyd would’ve been more entrertaining because it would go the distancep
Before or after the needle lol
Lol never would've happened. Regardless of his training, Naseem had to retire soon after.
Absolutely
no mention of naz getting a drink threw at him while he was on that swing thing?
Exactly!
That’s why he didn’t do his flip.
His gloves were wet.
Ive been waiting for this, I can already tell its gonnna be a good one.
I loved MAB…those 2 fights with him and morales are probably the best fights I’ve ever seen. But hamed can take a hell of a punch and was humble afterwards….respect
Your videos have helped me during the pandemic so thank you so very much for quality videos
A trainers worst nightmare
*Switch Stances Constantly*
*Fights with his hands down*
*And super overly confident*
*But has more then enough strength and talents to stacc up wins*
*ENTER PRINCE NASEEM*
I always wonder how tf his trainer allowed Hamed to be what he was. When I tried dropping my guard for a second my trainer would go crazy.
Dont forget to include poor stances and balance.
@@bigboris5774 if you look at naseem hameds training videos from when he was like 10 years old or something, he fought the exact same way he did as a pro. hands down dancing around it was nuts. I personally love unorthodox fighters like him and RJJ
@@juliohernandez3323
He had a great stance, and could change his stance all the time.
@@bigboris5774 "He had a great stance". That is why he was caught with so many shots that rocked him and dropped him unnecessarily.
Barrera is top 30 ever. Greatness
@No. Body oscar has an ATG resume, but lost all his big fights.
@No. Body Oscar definitely deserves top 5 over Canelo... I would personally put him at top 2. His pro resume and amateur background is one of the best in the entire history of boxing.
Considering his pretty boy looks and marketability, he could’ve easily cherry picked his way around the most dangerous guys, but he chose to take the hardest fights even when he was well past his prime
@No. Body Wait. Was Shane really caught or did he admit to using them?
@No. Body Oliverez, Sanchez, Zarate
jorge Kawaguchi top 3
Here after watching your Hamed vs Kelly Video that just dropped...great way to end my Sunday night. Peace to all ✌🏾
Keep finding myself wishing your videos were twice as long. Really great stuff, Hancho
It’s my birthday today and this is one of the best presents I’ve gotten so far. I’ve been waiting for this video forever.
One of my favorite fights of all time i lost count of how many times I’ve watched it
Those judge scorecards were insane. That fight was not that close. It was a pure boxing lesson.
Thanks for my birthday present! The exact video I need to make my day complete
Happy birthday yoo!!
One of my all time favorite fight, and my all time favorite fighters. I wish the Prince could have fought a little longer. That guy was fun to watch.
Hamed has a hell of a chin...and balance...how he didn't go down on some of those punches was incredible
I like all of your productions, but this is special, thanks! I always comment on this fight by saying: Citizens! Fire your therapist! Whenever life gets you down, watch this fight!!
I always felt that Prince Naseem should have rematched Barrera boxers lose but great fighters avenge those losses unfortunately this fight damaged Naseem psychologically which was a weakness in his mental fortitude he simply wasn't the same after as he couldn't comprehend that he lost!
This channel is simply the best thing during covid
bro you always upload right as I’m about to eat bless your soul 🙏🏽
Unbelievable content champ. Thank you a much. I love these, lookin forward to more 💪🏼
one of my all time favorite fights, thanks hancho!!
Love these tales of videos dude, really appreciate all the work that goes into these. Thank you for being awesome
Imagine how Hamed would look if after the loss he talked about various conspiracy theories like Barrera had his gloves loaded, or he that some1 spiked his water etc...
If he had won, he would have been an Arab muslim champion in the same year as 9/11
Always coming through, great mini-docs. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Background music you narrate over is perfect good job Hancho.
A tale of Lomachenko vs Lopez would be great because it seemed to be a pivot from that little "transition era" between today's young talents and the time of Floyd and Pacquiao. Loma was dominating that brief transition period but Lopez came and shook everything up becoming arguably the youngest undisputed lightweight in history. Now Loma needs to get a title from these young fighters to get his name back in the conversation. The fight itself was pretty ass, but it was a big game changer
hamed definitely had a chin on him at least
*Glass chin*
He’s a dropper though. He got dropped by Kelley and a lot of other fighters. He fought like Ali but didn’t have the chin that Ali had in his prime.
@@VannTheDawn
Watch when he got knocked out it was due to him having such bad balance a small breeze could send him half way across the Ring
Never got hit before this fight, and which is why he retired, knowing he was afraid of a re-match... Let alone face world class fighters like Morales or Marquez.
Made of glass
You look at Hamed's build, his chest and shoulders (3:04), and the man basically had the dimensions of a middleweight at 5'3"
One of the hardest punchers pound for pound in boxing history
Great video Man keep it up! Can you do tale of cotto vs Margarito 2
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS FIGHT AND WAS WAITING FOR U TO TELL IT
Hancho makes some of the best content on RUclips period not just boxing/sports content.
I can never get enough of this fight.
Prince Naseem was the ultimate confidence fighter.
After being smacked around by Barrera he was never the same.
Shame cause he was one hell of good boxer to watch.
One of the best channels on youtube. I got into a argument with hancho on the gram and felt terrible. He is a good dude and has great content. Thanks for all the great boxing tale of the tape videos 😊👍
The Homie Hancho like always dropping 🔥🔥🔥 content!!
Thanks Office Hancho and much appreciation for the great boxers covered in this video.
Marco Antonio Barrera is Hall Of Fame bound fighter on Naseem Hamed's record,the rest are nobodies,has-beens,never-was and Glass Joe's .
I think Kelly took a dive.
I saw an interview Naz did about his friend Kell Brooks prior to his fight with GGG. All the extra weight Naz has put on must have affected his brain because he totally disrespected GGG. Kell is a good boxer but GGG is great and he proved it.
Probably the extra cocaine more than the extra weight
I always thought his back story showed him in a great light, he could have basically cruised through life but had the desire to be a fighter and not just a good fighter, a great of the time. Great production from hancho as per
One of my fav fighter that got me into boxing from when I was a kid! Thank you!
Hamed’s eyes were so exhausted at the start. He’s totally messed up.
It’s obvious he’s not easy to fight.
Those bags under his eyes!
As a fight fan, I say "great video" for content and production, largely because this is one of my favorite all-time fights, but also because I appreciate any expression of an adept skill set and the work that goes into projects like these. As a musician, I say "DAMN that is some amazing soundtrack work!" Production value is a big bonus point for me in these kinds of videos, but actually taking time to create or find atmosphere with great music? That deserves far more recognition and appreciation than it gets. Because regardless of whether it's a case of talent or taste, creating or finding, those seemingly little things we often take for granted really add a ton to the message. Well done.
If only the prince never got too arrogant and took Barrera seriously pride comes before the fall
I have to disagree. “If only he Never got too arrogant”. Because he kept the same “too arrogant” attitude for like 10-15 fights way before he fought Barrera. Barrera was just better prepared and he wasn’t. I also heard him mention hand problems
@@culinaryg too arrogant as in he lacked intensity in training over looking his opponent believing in his own hype etc etc
Once again another quality product from our boy Honcho thank you
Thank you for the context and analysis as always.
These are the best videos!! I love the stories behind the fights.
Your videos are so good! I rewatch them all the time 😁 Thanks for posting and keep up the great work!
Officehancho deadass never misses
Also, good they said in rerun views on HBO, it's in a banner at the top of screen that says " previously recorded April 2001" as the US was attacked on 9/11/2001....
Also for all those saying hype job, he beat 10 world champions and was a millionaire before becoming world champ. And all yall talk like you would want to step in the ring with prime Hamed or Prime Barrera. Don't lie, you wouldn't.
As par usual, class class work weather it's in the editing, montage, storytelling, everything - keep it up!
Thanks for the amazing boxing videos especially this series its the best 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This fight was when Barrera put aside the puncher brawler crowd pleasing style and said I'm going to use my superior boxing skills the world has not seen for some time and take mr hamed to school and completely show what pure boxing iq and determination will do to unorthodox fighting style in the squared circle, for us who followed boxing in this time frame, hamed was unbeatable and favored to get a k.o win , when Barrera shut him down it was a huge victory for us mexican boxing fans, respect to naseem a once in a lifetime type of fighter who accepted his loss like a true champion and gave Marco the nod of approval for a well executed game plan
Barrera showed everyone that he worked so hard that night after getting put down by the media. But prince didn't work too hard, I guess that weight loss he had to do, but also because he thought the same Barrera against Jones was the one coming into the ring. Prime vs Prime. We NEVER usually see that in these higher weight classes, but they do happen in these lower weight classes from feather down to strawweight. Great as always hancho
I remember that fight like it was yesterday
It was such a one sided ass kicking and I'm not going to lie I loved every second of it because Prince was so cocky and had that coming I knew Barrera was a much better technical fighter
Hamed was supposed to fight Erick Morales but chose Barrera. Honestly, Morales wouldve taken his soul as well 😅
Bob Arum said he wouldn’t let one of his boys face Hamed
nah don't think that
@Yugebutts Fukr
And you are delusional and know nothing about boxing since Arum wouldn’t let Morales face Hamed
@Yugebutts Fukr
Nobody said Hamed would beat him
But
“Hamed was supposed to fight Erick Morales but chose Barrera”
Is clearly not true, and Morales wasn’t allowed to fight Hamed.
And also “cave dweller”? Real mature I’m guessing you had more than 50 million by the age of 27, 36-1, 31 by KO record, 8 year long title reign, and is still being talked about 20 years after they retire?
@@bigboris5774 He doesn't have millions of Boxing fans around the world laughing at him getting his face smashed into a turnbuckle :)
Mike Hancho this video was awesome thanks. Barrera was a bad man and made me some good money on this fight.
I would've loved a prefight build-up for Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Prince Naseem Hamed.
Sheesh
Hamed always keeps focus on his entrance while Barrera is always serious on his training.
Imagine if Naz fought Mayweather and took his 0. Boxing would have changed forever
You think Mayweather knocks him out?
Nah lol
U know u in trouble in Vegas when u get hit with beer by someone in the audience 🤞🏾
Doesn't matter what's goin on.. as soon as a tales video drops, watchin that
excellent thank you so much hancho
Really enjoy your content keep up the amazing work you’ve got some of the best boxing content if not the the best!!
Im really liking these Tales matches!
That berrera-morales fight was the craziest fight I’ve ever seen it was WILD
One of the biggest boxing schools i have ever seen. Although i liked Hamed for his antics, i loved seeing him outclassed even more :D
Please do more of these "Tales" excellent content!
Damn that would have been a good fight! Floyd Vs Hamed would have been super energetic and entertaining. Definitely been an amazing fight.
Gotta give it up for Naz, he took his loss like a man
Hamed took it like a man and gave no excuses.
Hats off to Hamed.
I support Hamed in victory or defeat, one of my fav boxers of all time. Barrera is tough as nails and fought a good fight.
@Yugebutts Fukr barrera is a beast, very nice guy too, was a shame pacquiao fucked him up the way he did
A true champion legend would have wanted revenge and the rematch 🤔
apparently his hands were fucked like Floyd, except Floyd adapted like champ
he was finished at that point. hands were gone like ^ said and i think the motivation just wasn't there. he didn't train properly for this fight and he left Ingle after the kelley fight. Ingle even said after that kelley fight hamed was finished. there's an interview with manny steward about why he lost to barrera and he says he just wasn't into the fight. he didn't take it seriously.
@@supermadkid
Hamed quit plain and simple. He got embarrassed and he quit. Naz got exposed as a front runner. If you could box and counterpunch, naz couldn’t do anything. Naz was smart not to fight Juan Manuel Marquez, Erik Morales, and Mayweather they would have destroyed him.
@@selfmade8884 lmao say that to boxing historians and they'll laugh you out of the room. hamed had an incredible career at the top level. even to this day his career is regarded as one of the best in featherweight history, and is he's considered as one of the top p4p fighters in recent history. not me saying it, official rankings and awards. if you genuinely believe what you typed then you also think manny steward is a fool because he also said nas is an ATG. go and watch his interview it's on youtube.
@@supermadkid
Of course Emmanuel steward said that.....he worked with Hamed. The truth is that Hamed doesn’t have a great resume and he quit the first time he faced real adversity. He was entertaining but he wasn’t an all time great.