Hamed's resume

He had injuries, but the main reason was just a lack of motivation.

He’d already told Brendan 3 years earlier that he didn’t want to do roadwork etc.

It’s a shame how it all ended.

If he’d have stayed disciplined and stayed with Brendan and not listened to his brother, he could have achieved much more than he did.

He just had no respect for anyone at the end. He even disrespected Manny Steward by not listening to him and doing his own thing.

 

I'm mates with Ricky beard - Hamed first ever pro opponent. He said he never knew anything about him. They just paid him to come and take the fight and they downplayed Hamed to him about his ability.

 

Bungu was better than McCullough. Tom Johsnon and Kelley were his two best wins.

 

Naseem Hamed is one of the most exciting fighter that I liked to watch. Not a Boring style.

 

Hamed was good “entertainment”, he had good power and he was fun to watch. His best wins were McCullough, Johnson and Kelley. Once he stepped up to the top tier guys he couldn’t hang and got exposed. But it was fun while it lasted and he brought attention to the the lower weight classes.

 

Could have made some coin if I was betting man. I was confident that Barrera would win.

 

My cousin put a decent bet on MAB and was a laughing stock amongst his mates right up until the bell sounded.

 

He's a fighter who was better than a glance at his resume would initially suggest

But it is a pretty thin resume at world level, no doubt

 

Pretty much this. I think his commitment to the sport had clearly waned by the time he fought Barrera and a good couple of years before that. I still remember his staring into the crowd whilst Brendan Ingle was trying to talk to him in between rounds in (I think) the McCullough fight. He had a number of good wins: Boom Boom was a world champ with about 8 defences, Kelley 47-1-2 former champ. Medina was only 26 and would go on to recapture a title twice, Paul Ingle would become a world champ, McCullough former world champ, Vazquez WBA champ never lost it in the ring (though he was seriously knocking on), Bungu was a long reigning 122 champ on the cusp of the p4p lists. But he was naturally talented enough to beat guys like this even without giving it his full commitment. Against an elite level guy like Barrera that's not an option.

 

Bungu was his best performance and win imo, even though he was coming up in weight. I'm shocked to see some people ranking McCullogh ahead of him. Robinson, Medina, Johnson, Kelly and Vazquez were all good fighters as well. It's not a hugely deep resume, but like McGrain said the majority of the guys he defended against were legitimately ranked world class opponents. There's a certain perception amongst some that he was a protected hypejob who got exposed when he stepped up against Barrera and I don't think that's accurate at all.

 

Not so sure Hamed would make the Featherweight limit on the scales anymore......

He was a exciting fighter who some decent fighters did not have a clue with.

Barrera went back to sound basics outwitting, outmanoeuvring and outboxing Hamed, with little roughhousing thrown in for good measure to beat Hamed.

Yes Hamed had hand issues but so do a lot of fighters, he did not take up the rematch clause with Barrera, i think Hamed was not only beaten physically but destroyed mentally that unbeaten aura was gone.

It was a pity as i think if he had got self sorted with right trainer again, and used his 2 ears to listen to advice he would still have been a nightmare to face in the squared circle, but alas he stayed on the easier side of ring ropes.

 

Hamed was a B+ fighter that beat guys with sheer talent. Not a great fighter, but good enough to beat Kevin Kelley which shocked me at the time

 

His resume is not particularly impressive. Boom Boom was something like 33 when they fought. Vazquez was something like 36 or 37. Bungu barely got out of a former flyweight in Danny Romero at 122 with a md. I like Steve Robinson but his record was something like 21 9 when they fought. McCullough is one of my favs but he looked tiny against Hamed as his best weight was 118. Kelley was world class until the brutal war with Gonzalez. After that he was dropped and almost knocked out by mediocrity Ricardo Rivera and dropped by Tommy Parks. And that was a few fights before he fought Hamed. Like another poster on this thread wrote, most of his top wins were against guys who were past their best.

 

His resume was a lot better than is looks or sounds, quite a few fighters who Hamed blew away were good fighters but not household names.

The standout name on his record is obviously MAB and he lost that fight so the rest of it gets slightly washed away which is a shame.