On April 7, 2001, a 27-year-old Naseem Hamed (35-0, 31 KOs) and a 27-year-old Mexican boxer Marco Antonio Barrera (52-3, 38 KOs) met in the ring in a featherweight bout.
Hamed came in to the fight on a 35-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 19 days. Barrera was on a 3-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 6 days.
Marco Antonio Barrera defeated Naseem Hamed via unanimous decision in the 12-round featherweight fight. Barrera improves his record to 53-3, while Hamed adds a loss to his record at 35-1.