Who do you pick, Naseem Hamed vs. Jorge Paez?
January 23rd, 2011
By Gerardo Granados: Two of the most entertaining boxers of the last twenty years, perhaps they are not the favorites of the boxing purists but still the favorite of the boxing fans that don’t focus in the skills of a boxer or the technical aspects of a fight. These two were showmen that pleased the crowd; every time that they fought you could guarantee that the fight would bring some excitement to the viewers.
Jorge “Maromero” Paez: orthodox / 5´5” height, 68” reach / T98-W79 (51)-L14 (6)-D5 / IBF – WBO featherweight / 13*.
Notables: Calvin Grove (IBF featherweight / 6*), Louie Espinoza (WBO featherweight, WBA World super bantamweight / 9*), Steve Cruz (WBA World featherweight / 4*), Troy Dorsey (IBF featherweight / 5*), Tony Lopez (WBA World lightweight, IBF super featherweight / 14*), Pernell Withaker (WBC welterweight, WBA World light middleweight, IBF light welterweight, WBC – WBA World – IBF lightweight / 22*), Rafael Ruelas (IBF lightweight /4*), Freddie Pendleton (IBF lightweight / 8*), Mauricio Aceves (WBO lightweight / 5*), Oscar De la Hoya (WBC – WBA Super World light middleweight, WBO middleweight, WBC welterweight, WBC light welterweight, WBO – IBF lightweight, WBO super featherweight / 29*), Genaro Hernandez (WBC – WBA World super featherweight / 15*), Jose Sanabria (IBF super bantamweight / 6*), Juan Polo Perez (IBF super flyweight / 3*), Jose Luis Castillo (WBC lightweight / 11*), Verdell Simth (IBO light welterweight / Tom Johnson (IBF featherweight / 15*).
“Prince” Naseem Hamed: southpaw / 5´4 ½” height, 64” reach / T37-W36 (31)-L1 (0)-D0 / IBO – WBO – IBF featherweight / 18*.
Notables: Juan Polo Perez (IBF super flyweight / 3*), Steve Robinson (WBO featherweight / 9*), Manuel Medina (IBF – WBC – WBO featherweight / 21*), Tom Johnson (IBF featherweight / 15*), Kevin Kelley (WBC featherweight / 5*), Wilfredo Vazquez (WBA World bantamweight, WBA World super bantamweight, WBA World featherweight / 21*), Wayne McCullough (WBC bantamweight, 9*), Paul Ingle (IBF featherweight / 4*), Cesar Soto (WBC featherweight / 4*), Vuyani Bungu (IBF super bantamweight, IBO featherweight / 17*), Marco Antonio Barrera (WBO super bantamweight, WBC – IBO featherweight, WBC – IBF super featherweight / 26*).
The question is, who do you pick as the most extravagant and entertaining boxer between these gentlemen, it is not necessary to ask who would win because Naseem Hamed would be the logical answer; so without too much thinking, who is the most entertaining and extravagant of both?
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Naseem Hamed Would win without a doubt, he was the best boxer at his time, no can could have beet him, barrera avoided him when he was at HIS BEST, also i read somewhere on web that barera took steroids before that fight, if naz was at his best or trained hard and had that interest in boxing he had in his early days he would have won that fight like he won his other fights.
jus like mayweather avoiding paqquio now cuz he knows paqqio will win.
the PRINE WOULD WIN
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Nassem was so so so entrtaining . By far he is my choice!
The angles he threw punches is amazing.’his decline/loss was partly because naseem was partying to hard during his last year as a pro boxer. He beat some top class opponents with style in his hay day
. Boxing desperately needs another prince Nassem !!!
Hamed changed the face of Boxing
Get real…..Please don’t compare Hamed to Paeza, where did Hamed go after the spanking he got from Barrera?
Who?
Naseem Hamed was the most highly skilled and talented light weight champion ever to step into a ring. Nas had it all, the talent, great punching power and great courage. The Ali of the light weight division.
Paez had excellent balance because he was raised in a circus, he could throw punches from any angle. He didn’t know how to box and relied on his natural talents and balance, when he slowed down, it started costing him, he took too many punches and retired too late.
Haseem, didn’t have boxing skills either, but used wrestling and unorthodox moves to confuse his opponents, once people figured him out, he was not going to beat anyone.
Paez would have done flips over Haseem and knocked him out.
Paez, he went 12 good rounds with Pernell Whittaker, Haseem would have gotten knocked out.