Naseem Hamed P4P

not even close he only faced 1 known opponent in barrera and lost...badly

 

No. Before the Barrera fight RING had him sitting at around 6 or 7.

 

Nope

At any one time Naz would have had more than a couple of the following ahead of him: Oscar, Roy Jones, Tito, Mosely, Sweet Pea, Zoo, B-Hop, Morales, Floyd and Corrales. I'm pretty sure ring had him top ten a few times but never seriously a #1 consideration.

 

BTW - I presume you only mean pre-Barrera, hence MAB not being on that list

 

No but I'm sure he was top 10 for a few years

I think nazs legend is ageing well if people are asking this

 

1 known opponent? To a casual fan I take it?

 

Absolutely. It's subjective and I 'considered' him to the best boxer in the world after the Steve Robinson performance, either him or Roy Jones.

 

1 known opponent equals Barrera,Vazquez,Sanchez,bungo,soto,kelley,McCullough and ingle I take it


Have I missed anyone

 

Considering him the best and being P4P #1 is entirely different though, no? There's an argument that someone like Adrien Broner is one of the best fighters in the world on ability. But we wont know if he actually is until he's fought people of note. Until then, there are a host of more worthy candidates above him.

Naz, at the time of the Robinson fight, hadnt fought anyone approaching world level. Some good victories following that fight would have put him in most people's P4P top ten but he would unlikely have ever been any higher than around #6 on most people's lists.

Not sure where he reached in Ring's rankings but I'd be surprised if he ever broke top 5.

 

Just looked up his record Tom Johnson,Robinson,badillo and many others earlier in his title run
He had a very good resume in that he fought capable fighters and was dominant and exciting.the problem was when he reached his expected peak he lost interest in improving and the discipline involved


What a shame could hameds name been alongside Barrera,Marquez,morales and pacquiao


He would of added a touch of show business to a quartet of outstanding fighters who were brilliant to watch

 

I've never really understood the whole "Naz was well beaten by Barrera"

I've watched the fight many times and he certainly lost, but well beaten really??

 

no

 

No but #1 P4P puncher

 

'P4P #1' is mythical nonsense.

Ring didn't have 'P4P' rankings back then.

However, KO Magazine had an end-of-year vote among Yank 'experts' and Naz was #10 in '95 (Nigel Benn was #11), not that that means anything.