Naseem hammed should have been great

He was great, he didnt train properly for Barerra, not like manny
Wanted him too. But yeah great power, speed, defense. H2H
he is a beast.

 

He was another Tyson, who threw away what bought him to the top and relied on a punch to get him through.

Thats all fine until you run into a guy who works that out like MAB, Holyfield etc.

When your Plan A is a homerun punch, your heading for a schooling.

Hamed was on the cusp of greatness IMO, hed still beat alot of guys H2H.

IMO, he knocks Pacqiao out at FW, but thats just my opinion.

 

Hamed relied on reflexes, didnt have solid fundamentals.
Tyson had ultra technical boxing skills and solid fundamentals,
he just didnt have the same level of athleticism or skill after
Serving years in prison. 80s Tyson would have destroyed
any version of Holyfield. Its not that Holyfield had his number
so much as it is that Mikes technique had diminished. Anyway
something of a paradox, perhaps in the same vain as ali, if
Hamed had solid fundamentals he might not have been as good
or dazzling, nevertheless if manny had control of him the
barerra fight could have gone differently. Manny steward is
a genius.

 

Yes, he should have been. If he'd ever bothered to learn how to defend himself or throw a jab or gained any serious grasp of the fundamentals of boxing, he could have been. But that logic so could so many other heavy-handed guys who flopped as soon as they fought genuine top competition.

 

Manny should've told him to do it in his fights then.

 

He should have stuck with Ingle...

 

Not for me , he was off balance when he missed , not the sign of a great fighter,he was a great puncher ,that is all that was great about him. He also avoided a couple of guys.
He was one guy that really believed he was wonderful, I think he is a wretched human being.

 

Naseem Hammed should have been great and spelt properly.

 

Fun-da-men-tals.

Didn't have them. If Ingle hadn't trained him to fight ass-backwards and instead taught him proper balance, defense and boxing technique, he could have achieved more. Once he ran into a well-schooled, world-class boxer, he looked like an amateur out of his depth.