Prince Naseem Hamed, Deontay Wilder of the 1990's

Wilders 90s counterparts are Derrick Jefferson and Michael Grant.

 

Wilder is not worthy of carrying Naseem's jock strap!

 

There are similarities indeed.

Like Wilder Naz was prone to saying idiotic things.

When Naz stepped up to fighting a top class fighter (Barrera) he got battered. Same will happen to Wilder when he fights Joshua (or even Fury).

But similarities end there. Naz was clearly a far far better boxer than Wilder will ever be.

 

Nah don't see it. Hamed was a far more skilled boxer, he had pretty good footwork for one thing, if Wilder tried a shuffle like Hamed would often do, he'd end up flat on his face. Hamed had far better punching technique too, he didn't slap with the open part of his gloves when he throws a hook like Wilder does.

Hamed's style was created with a purpose to be awkward, just look at other Brendan Ingle boxers and you see there was method to the madness which was honed ever since Hamed was a child. Hamed was poised and a very coordinated fighter, he never looked clumsy in the ring.

Wilder's unorthodox style in comparison is one evolved due to Wilder's inability to grasp the fundamentals partly due to his late start to the sport and partly due to a general lack of coordination. He's clumsy, falls over due to bad footwork and his windmills are just laughable.

 

Wilder is the boxing version of Eddie "the eagle" Edwards.

 

I confess I entered this thread just to read a stupid Naz hater saying the same stupid sentence.

When Naz stepped up to fight Barrera and got battered (UD, not stopped) he had previously fought guys like:

Vuyani Bungu - IBF SBW who defended 13 times his title
Cesar Soto - WBC FW
Paul Ingle - who won the IBF FW Belt 7 months after losing to Hamed
Wayne McCullough - WBC BW champ who felt short on upper weights
Wilfredo Vazquez - 3 weight classes champ, old as **** but was the FW WBA defending champion with 4 or 5 successful defenses
Kevin Kelly - went from fighting for that stupid WBU belt. Had been WBC FW champ before.
Tom Johnson - IBF FW champ with 11 defenses
Manuel Medina - WBC and IBF FW titles, IBF Super FW before, 2xIBF + WBO FW after
Steve Robinson - WBO FW champion 7 defenses

He fought B-class guys too, Euro-level like Hardy who felt short at his World attempts, local fighters from argentina, UK, etc, but he fought a bunch of good fighters before losing an UD against a HOF fighter like Barrera.

So you telling Hamed was fighting nobodies before stepping up to fight Barrera is just telling us that u have no fuc**ing idea about boxing.

 

Naseem filled 25, 30k venues easily in the UK. He was a PPV sensation.

Wilder has problems filling 12k venues and never fought on PPV. Clearly, there are ZERO similarities between the careers of Naseem and Deontay.

 

Um, what's so special about Wilder's entrances? He just walks in with a stupid mask.

 

Indeed. Aside from one or two footballers like Gazza, from what I can recall Naz was one of the most famous sportsmen in the UK in the nineties, certainly a household name.

 

I think Naz was more naturally talented and was more arrogant than Deontay. Deontay seemingly has a much better work ethic than Naz. Both are massively entertaining characters though, who are prone to saying some stupid things

 

when did I say he was fighting nobodies ? Naz was a very good boxer who beat some good boxers but he was clearly found out at the very top level and was dominated by Barrera - no shame in that but that's what happened. As Wilder will be imho. Read the post and chill out. I know plenty about boxing thanks. And no need to swear.

 

Naz only got outboxed by an ATG. Deonkey gets rountinely outboxed by highly flawed fighters ranked 5-20 in a very poor HW division

 

"When Naz stepped up to fighting a top class fighter" <-- You might found another "top class" names on that list.
"was dominated by Barrera - no shame in that but that's what happened" <-- Yes, Barrera put on a great performance and won on points. Not battered Hamed, nor beat him to the punch, neither career-ending beating.

I'm just tired of that story of "Hamed was an overhyped bum that fought bums til he stepped up and was schooled by Barrera" cause it is not true.