A fighter's record alone doesn't tell the entire truth. Butterbean has a more impressive record but I don't think anyone in their mind would call him a great fighter. Who did Nas beat?? A washed up Kelly?? The Pocket Rocket who he couldn't KO? I think Nas was a fluke. Most will probably disagree with me and that's ok. I gotta to admit - I never like him in the first place but I always watched his fights. The man packs a wallop! He was fun to watch. But that was all. He had no boxing skills and truly one dimentional if there ever was one! When he decided to hang up the gloves after Marco kicked his ass, I realized he has no heart. He was a mere product of an excellent marketing machine and it had ran its course.
Come on, you comparing Butterbean with The Prince? Come on man, Hamed won his share of titles and you cannot take that away from him, regardless of who the champs were that he beat.
Against the best of the world who knows, Barrera put on a clinic in their showdown but it wasn't as if he got TKO'ed. He was hyped up, he was cocky, a showboat, some people didn't like it, some people did, I for one loved the way The Prince came into the scene and made people notice the lighter divisions again. He came in with a bang, raw, fresh, talented with an attitude.
He will not go down as a great like a Barrera or a Morales, but he did win his share of belts, he did put his stamp in boxing and that is something that cannot be taken away from him.
