Robinson Did he not take it at 2-3 days notice ? Maybe its already been posted ( the callup ) Not read thread Hairy :bbb
[quote="TKO";3186861]Come off it! A good British boxer is someone like Jason Booth, Billy Hardy, Ian Napa etc... Or even the likes of Richie Wenton and Paul Lloyd as described by Jeff earlier. An elite fighter is someone at the top pound for pound level and Hamed may not have been that. This is something over and above being simply "world class". However, suggesting Hamed was not world class is a bit absurd to me. To be a world class feather/light/welter/whatever weight indicates the ability to be competitive with the top people in that weight division. I don't, therefore, understand how the undisputed top guy in that weight division for five years can not be regarded as able to be competitive with the top guys in that weight division. As for "an opponent Hamed beat who was in that bracket (i.e. elite) that's simple, there were none at featherweight from the time he first won his title until his first loss when he was substantially past his best. However, to give him his due, he still made it a reasonably close fight. Barrera himself (vs Pac and Jones), Mosley (v Forrest), Morales (v Raheem), Trinidad (v Hopkins and Wright) to name just a few have been beaten up in their prime in far more convincing manner than Hamed and these guys are still regarded as elite. An 8-4 points loss when past your best to a modern legend is nothing to be ashamed of.[/quote] Just reading the thread. Regarding Barrera as we all know he was too much in on power,(Naz)who can blame him,if it was the Naz even ala Robinson time, he would of not only POSSIBLY as he was then the "try touch me" and i dont see it negative like others in his gym ( not a slight either ) Naz was world class, he was, defo agreed. I would like to know , who did Naz avoid ?.........I have not heard of one in all the years or at the time. Did Naz avoid anyone ? Gen question Cheers
This is a great statement from a guy who 'ass licks' every scottish fighter there has been .. This guy thought Alex Arthur would beat Joan Guzman, this guy thought Scott Harrison was a great British fighter and now he's denigrating Naz .... Dunky howabout we have a 'close inspection' of Harrison's and Arthur's record before we explore Naz's ??
err, I already have Jeff. (sorry folks, but as as this place has went alias crazy with jeffro being 'the crazy alias man' then I now class all posters I dont know as Jeff Thomas from now on, just to be on the safe side) You can never be too careful