prince naseem hamed?

Very popular.

got me into boxing back in the day

 

Very popular....

Great talent...

But overrated skills...

 

Same here, ITV Sports Saturday night. Miss those days.

 

He was popular here too. Everybody i knew liked naseem.was pictures of him in my gym

 

did he bring a fanbase to his fights in the states to the extend hatton did?

 

He was very popular in UK AND USA. He became very big in USA and was drawing huge numbers and earning huge purses there...£30m for a featherweight - and he hadn't fought Barrera yet or Morales.

He was the one that got me into boxing. He bought many people to the sport. One of my all time favourite fighters, you wont see a boxing style as aesthetically pleasing as his boxing style.

 

He picked up a couple of junior ABA titles I think, and captained the England team iirc in some international meets. His record was apparently 62-5 (18) - not sure if this is verified though.

He lost to Dean Pithie and beat Michael Brodie in 30 seconds.

I think the plan was always for him to turn pro as soon as possible, as his style was thought to be better suited to the pros. He turned pro not long after his 18th birthday, which I think was the minimum age to box professionally in the UK. Ingle also had a poor relationship with the British boxing establishment, and from many accounts this could have hindered his amateur development. There are anecdotes about Hamed getting robbed as an amateur and struggling to get fights, but it's difficult to verify any of this.

 

Depends on what you're looking for from a fighter anj.

I've never questioned his phenomenal talent,and he was exciting, but I was so glad when Barrera spanked him as he was an annoying ***** who lost his bottle when he was handed his ass by the only genuine ATG he fought.
He wasn't made for fighting genuine elite fighters, and would've lost to most of those he could've fought.

 

Except the Soto fight :!:

But yeah, one of my faves too. What a punch on that guy, when he put out Bungu and Sanchez it was glorious.

 

Brash,Flamboyant,Cocky with an over the top personality, entertaining in and out of the ring had a different style than anyone around at the time and boy could he punch, certainly one of the biggest punchers in featherweight history. Loved his entrances ,loved his showmanship and his showboating. Damn i miss the little ****er.

 

The reason he was so popular is because he was exciting inside the ring and out of the ring.

 

I watched barrera own him, and I wanted him to win

 

he was the most popular fighter in the uk in his time