how good was "prince" naseem?

Not half as good as he thought he was.

 

Very good puncher with great reflexes ,and terrible technique ,off balance when he missed and early in his career began to believe all the hype.I detested the little **** and won £25 when Barrrera schooled him. He proved what a piece of work he was in a well publicised traffic accident.

 

He also happens to be Barreras best win outside of Morales, so i dont think he was a hype job.

In a way im glad he retired when he did, if hed carried on hed have ended up like Roy Jones, getting knocked about because the reflexes are all gone.

You have to remember, before Mayweather there was Naseem Hamed.

And credit to Barerra, he fought the picture perfect fight.

Hamed was a very good fighter, hof. But fell just short of great unfortunately.

Hed **** Pacqiauo up if theyd ever fought. Seriously.

 

I also won handsomely on him losing. It was a pleasure. ...Only pity was I lost money betting against him more times

 

I only bet on a fight of his the once.

 

Sorry, can't let that one go so easily. The guy was such a massive puncher at the weight he simply didn't need balance or technique. Totally agree he was completely schooled by the consummate pro in Barrera, but then again many were.

A fool in life, but he certainly wasn't the first fighter to be a fool, and he sure as sh it won't be the last.

 

Hamed never beats Mayweather, imo. Not enough workrate and good boxers with survival skills and good eyes beat punchers as a general rule.

Pac vs Hamed is close. I'd make the best Pac a favorite, but I wouldn't bet a dime on the fight. Whoever lands first.

 

He may be the best puncher at featherweight ever, even better than Saddler, but a finished fighter he was not.

 

Agreed.

It always me laugh when people talk of how hard Ingle was as a trainer with regard to discipline. He obviously couldn't control the arrogant little Prince's ego.

 

Due to the fact he rubbed people the wrong way, and because most people discarded his impressive achievements he's become massively underrated and judged off his 1 sole defeat.

He beats Saldivar, Morales, Saddler, Gomez, Nelson, Armstrong, Mcguigan and any of the pre 40s FWs. And ofcourse he beats a Barrera who fights on the front foot.

Neither was Saddler and Hamed would of had target practice on him.

 

He did better than Emmanuel steward.

 

Saddler would have killed Hamed.

 

A prime example of a boxer who admired their work too much. The earlier incarnation who used to think his way through rounds minute-by-minute was an excellent fighter. When he fell in love with the idea of 'one-shotting' opponents a tricky, orthodox style degenerated into a crude one that spammed corkscrew uppercuts.

Whether a more switched-on Hamed would have beaten Barrera is another question entirely. Marco was brilliant that night and probably would have denied any version of the Prince.

 

Excellent apraisal:good