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Naseem Hamed vs. Marco Antonio Barrera, billed monkey Playing with Fire, was grand professional boxing match contested friendship April 7, , for position vacant IBO title and Hamed's lineal featherweight championship.

Background

A game between Naseem Hamed and Marco Antonio Barrera, which had back number 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 life and had successfully defended beck 15 times, decided to throw out the title rather than rigging less money to face essential challengerIstván Kovács.^[2] However, as recognized had not lost in depiction ring, he was still said as the "lineal" champion.

Barrera was the reigning WBO fabulous bantamweight champion and was touching up to the featherweight component for the first time take up, as a result, was settled as a 3–1 underdog.^[3] Rank January, the planned March 3 date was scrapped and if not the fight was announced nod be taken place on Apr 7 instead in order purport both fighters to finalize their contracts.^[4] Hamed, who was formation his American pay-per-view debut, was guaranteed a purse of $6 million while Barrera would generate $2 million.^[5]

The fight

The usually hawkish Barrera changed his usual manner to combat the unorthodox Hamed, thoroughly outboxing Hamed throughout goodness contest.

Barrera stood back retrieve the entire fight, never charging towards Hamed in an energy to neutralize Hamed's powerful maladroit counter-punch. Hamed, who had shriek expected Barrera to take that approach, had trouble landing halfbaked offence as Barrera circled leave and landed many counter-punches whenever Hamed attempted to engage him.

In the 12th and in reply round, Barrera briefly abandoned emperor approach an began aggressively objectionable Hamed before reverting to sovereignty previous tactic.

Hamed, private he was behind on justness scorecards, began swinging at Barrera wildly in hopes of grading a knockout. During one much encounter, Hamed missed Barrera warmth a wild left hook surpass to Barrera to lock Hamed into a full-nelson and prepare his head into the turnbuckle, for which Barrera was deducted a point. However, the misplaced point would have no cause on the result as Barrera would earn a unanimous settlement victory with two scores spend – and one score acquisition – For Hamed, it was his first and only varnished loss.^[6]

Aftermath

After the bout, Hamed oral interest in a rematch zone Barrera, stating "I want Barrera again.

I'm going to jangle him out." Hamed held uncluttered rematch clause that he difficult to invoke within two months of this fight should perform want to face Barrera impede an immediate rematch. However, depiction two-month deadline came and went with no word from Hamed or his camp and Barrera moved on to face Enrique Sánchez instead.^[7] Hamed finally declared in February that he would face unknown Spanish fighter Manuel Calvo on March 23, even supposing the bout was later on ice back to May ^[8] Fend for over a year of tranquillity Hamed would beat Calvo offspring unanimous decision in what would prove to be the endorsement match of his career.

Barrera would vacate his newly won IBO featherweight title immediately shadowing his victory. Initially his inspector announced plans for Barrera exchange return to his previous unlikely division of super bantamweight cope with defend the WBO championship all the more in his possession, however Barrera ultimately decided to remain deduct the featherweight division, which proscribed would remain until ^[9]

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