On April 7, 2001, Naseem Hamed (35-0, 31 KOs) and Marco Antonio Barrera (52-3, 38 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round featherweight bout.
Naseem Hamed is coming in to the fight on a 35-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round TKO victory over Augie Sanchez, 7 months and 19 days ago. Marco Antonio Barrera is on a 3-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round RTD win over Jesus Salud, 4 months and 6 days ago.
The winning odds are at 77.4-22.6 in favor of Marco Antonio Barrera. It is going to be a competitive fight and Naseem Hamed will put up a very good fight, but Barrera will prevail.
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.