so talented- but he looks like he was more concerned with looking good than doing good. no surprise he didnt fare well when tested. but an amazing physical specimen. a lightweight blaze full of fast twitch- the most exciting fighter i ve seen live. definetely a star. pity he couldnt balance it with a disciplined approach in the ring.
Not sure about that, I think he was disciplined in his early days... He spent from the age of 7 until the age of about 20 in the gym 5am until 9pm at night training and learning about the game. I personally think he met his goals too early... he wanted money and a world title at his weight. He got both of them by what... 20? Until 20 he'd never gone clubbing, never drank, never eaten anything unclean... It's easy to condem him, but if someone gave me £20 million and I'd won a world title at 20 I'd be like... well OK... if I beat Barrera awesome, but I've already exceeded what I wanted to do. He was 27 after losing to Barrera, so had been in the gym 6/7 days a week for 20 years. If you watch the documentary 'Little Prince, Big Fight' you can see his camp are shocked at his sparring, saying it is awful and they knew pretty much before he got in there he was gonna get smashed... He said he didn't bother running since 25 and his only conditioning was sparring and pads. This fits, because you could argue his 3 fights leading up to Barrera were poor... I personally think (always have) a prime Naseem vs a prime Barrera would have been FAR closer and I actually think Naseem would have won. But you know, Naseem is my favourite boxer, always has been so I'm willing to accept I could be looking through tinted glasses.
This seems to be true in plenty of fighters. They have a geniune love for the game at a young age and train hardcore all throughout the amauters just because they're hearts in it. But once they become a success and start rolling in the big money there are other temptations in their life that weren't there before, and as you said it gets to become if I win this fight thats cool but if I don't I am already a success.
I think like anything... too much of a good thing... Also, I've only been training for 2 years but already I'm picking up injuries and have had a number of health issues because I train too much / diet too much... My body sometimes gets run down... I can only imagine what I will feel like in 20 years of this
i'm interested in how he works the speedball. anyone know the benefit of working it like that? i've only ever seen naz and joe frazier hit it like that. anyone have a technique or method to that? in the few gyms i've trained at and footage of pros training, people mainly seem to use the rhythmic constant punching of the ball.
I disagree with the guys methods, dedication, attitude and style, but he has undeniable physical quality. Naz is the only fighter that I have ever seen that comes close to the great Roy Jones in terms of pure physical ability. He had the reflexes, speed and power that few fighters have ever, or will ever match... shame he took it all for granted.
Good video, i love watching training and sparring clips. Pacman sparring with Vasquez is a great video, some good Mayweather training vids too.
