On talent, maybe not too far behind. In physical terms anyway, both were and are very talented, but obviously technically flawed. Hamed was always going to struggle against a fine technician, and Khan has no inside ability and still an unproven defence. I think the key difference is Hamed always had a very solid chin and was mostly knocked down due to balance issues. Hamed was also a much stronger puncher, if Khan had that type of power to offset his chin he would be a live player for world titles.
There's no comparison. I watched a Hamed fight, his 13th I think, on Nuts and it served to remind me how good he was. Different league altogether from Amir IMO. Nastier, spiteful fighter, way more single shot power, able to land clean hard punches from anywhere while staying out of range and elusive. Nas was a sensationally gifted athlete and boxer. As people have said, the only reason they are compared is because they are of broadly similar descent.
Comparing Naz to Amir is like comparing a Lamborghini to a Skoda Fabia. Khan is not even close to Naz in any department. He has speed, a dodgy chin and a fan who calls himself Iron Bull and thats about it.
why do folks compare them to each other? I don't see anything similar in relation to boxing! A better comparison is whitter and hamed. .
The strange thing is Nas got lazy, bored then worse, Amir is working harder and doing the right things, this is a sliding scale, Nas shone very bright for a short time and Amir could get brighter, just off the bat Nas was leagues apart on ability, Amir looks like a hard worker, we will have to see how far hard work will get him.
Prince naseem was a genuine world champion and genuinely world class. Amir Khan is just some amateur who wants to become a pro boxer but never will. He was KTFO brutally by a Colombian taxi driver... Comparing these two is an insult to the great Prince Naseem Hamed. I love Hamed and I dont want him to be insulted to be compared to an amateur asian fighter like Khan again. Once Khan can beat a domestic level british fighter then I will start to take notice.
I don't really see the basis of comparison. Khan has got a major weakness which you cannot paper over the cracks.