Boxing needs a Prince Naseem.

Even if what you said was true and Marquez was wary of Naz once he was in the ring with him he would have schooled him. Too good a technician for the likes of Hamed. History will look back much more kindly on JMM than it will Hamed. I noticed you ignored morales? Certain hiding for Naz that match up.

 

Naz was class from his outlandish personality which was ****y but funny at the same time , to his amazing ring entrances, to his awkward style that was different than anyone in boxing at the time, to his amazing power, his showmanship before and after fights, the guy was pure entertainment, you can count me in as one boxing fan that misses the little ****er.

 

No, it doesn't. Dude is one of the most overrated fighters of all time.

 

**** off, JMM was his mandatory for ages and he found ways of fighting other people. Put it this way - Naz stepped up once and got found wanting, where as JMM keeps stepping up and fighting anyone even now. He went on to have 4 fights with a more devastating puncher so why would he duck Naz?

JMM would take Naz's heart any day.

 

I always saw him as a poor man's Macho Camacho.

 

I didn't find him interesting. He had stale disco moves from the 70s. I would laugh at him. He talked mostly nonsense. If a fighter is remembered mostly for his entrance antics, how good is he really?

Does it surprise anyone how quickly he retired after Barrera clowned him into the ring post? That's how Naz will be remembered. A full bar arm into the ring post by Barrera. Barrera ended his career that night. Naz got a dose of reality.

 

it was one of the greatest favors done for boxing in recent memory. I cannot believe some, like portly rafael, want this clown in the HOF

 

I really liked watching Prince Naseem fight, he was very entertaining!!!

 

Agreed, not every boxer that you're a fan of has to be destined for the hall of fame or have perfect, or any, boxing or defensive skills. Provodnikov is another fighter that definitely has some flaws to work on but is great to watch (for opposite reason of Naseem...).

 

Why do people still insist on spouting such predictable cliches like this? What does "step up" mean anyway? Hamed fought a legit top five featherweight within three years of turning professional and established himself as the number one fighter in his division within five years. Compare that to the level of opposition Marquez was fighting within the same time period.



I don't know why Marquez rejected a career high purse to fight Hamed - why don't you go ask him yourself? While you're at it, ask him why he turned down an immediate rematch with Pacquiao and, if Todd DuBoef is to be believed, a fight with Erik Morales.

 

I might consider this a bit strong,and maybe its open to argument.But mostly I agree.I certainly wasn't aware that Marquez ducked him.I thought it was the other way round,more than once.Must admit,I really enjoyed watching him fight.He beat some top men.But his best win was against Kevin Kelly,who IMO was slightly past his best.Who was the Mexican he gave up the title rather than defend against?Honestly,Ive forgotten his name.Marquez would never have done that.Barrera dominated him.Morales would have knocked him out.He was a really good world champion,but he was arrogant and failed to be a legend.

 

No, not really. He was to arrogant and did to much showboating, he was almost a joke in some way. I really did not like his way of fighting, more of a clown. Ali, Leonard, Jones did it with class, he went to far. Barrera schooled him and sent him into retirement.

 

to be fair, barerra waited untill he was a one handed shot fighter

at his peak id put hamed in with anyone at his weight class

he was great to watch, great showman. wasnt boring like floyd

had an iron chin, insane power

pound for pound id say he was the julian jackson of his weight class

bareera did a number on him, but pre prime pacquiao made barerras corner no mas

so, swings and round abouts

 

i did. Damn it.