Hamed's Retirement was Boxing's Loss.

the blokes a ***** but is he the reason why the smaller weights get paid so much. i always thought hbo were very fond of him

 

Yeah it was a lose. Hamed was an exciting fighter and good for the sport.

 

Ive seen his fight against Kevin Kelley at least 30 times by now. He was a great fighter to watch.

 

Excellent fighter, somehow I believe some of the hype was not really him.
Should have stayed with Brendan Ingle.

 

I was a huge fan but his increasingly obnoxious behavior made it harder to like him outside the ring and eventually his performances inside it.

In his prime(Johnson), he was brilliant but I can't see him beating Morales prime for prime. Morales had every edge on him except maybe power and speed.

 

I was never a fan but everytime an entertaining boxer retires, it is always a loss for boxing.

 

Hamed put the little guys on the spotlight and paved the way for the million dollar paydays for the lower weight divisions.

Although his resume could have been better, he was an excellent and exciting fighter. I f he was more disciplined he could have tremendous. He also should have never left his trainer/mentor. The switch to Emmanuel Steward hurt him IMO. Emmanuel tried to change him to much. His old trainer made useful of Hamed unorthodox style.

 

He did wonders for the lighter divisions and left a void which has never really been filled. Naz got me completely hooked on boxing I'll always be thankful for that

 

Yeah I agree with Steward hurting his style

 

Does anyone the opponent where his entrance started with 4 or 5 Naz look alikes dancing?
I just got to see that again. That was too funny.

 

Totally agree.

I can remember virtually my whole family sitting in front of the tv to watch a Naz fight. Half of them have little interest in boxing, but the guy just had something about him.

Unbelievable speed, completely unorthodox, Great KO power and the charisma inside the ring that captured the boxing world's (the UK's especially) imagination.

He's harmed is reputation outside the ring with various incidents, but inside it he was a genius in my eyes and probably the fighter that first got me hooked on boxing.

 

Pleased Nas is getting alot of love on this thread. He was a flawed genius, the George Best of the boxing world. His agility and punching power was truly phenomenal but he lacked boxing skills in the orthodox sense. The big question is should he have continued fighting the same way as he did under Brendan Ingle or should he have continued to bring more orthodox methods into his style under Manny Steward. The answer appears to be no as he apparently struggled with the new skills Steward was trying to introduce although I never saw much evidence of Nas trying anything new in the ring.

In the Barrera fight Nas was trying to tee off with the big shots as usual and Barrera just kept circling to the left avoiding Nas' power punches and firing hurtful combination counters. The Prince just didnt have an answer, no back-up plan, he tried switching to an orthodox stance but that was just out of desperation. Still, Nas had a pretty impressive career, he beat nine world champions and a solid European champion in Belcastro before being defroned by a resurgent Barrera who fought a perfect fight. However if he fought on, more determined than ever and won a mega fight rematch against Barrera and then faced off against Morales and later possibly Pacquiao we'd now be calling him one of the greatest boxers ever. Whether or not it was his hands who knows? I prefer to remember the good times.

 

Big big loss. He was great for the sport especially over here. You look back at his interviews on sports personality of the year, and all the big shows he put on and it was great.

I remember watching Hamed Vs Robinson on sky sports with my dad in 96 was it? Absolutely brilliant, one of my favourite memories of watching boxing.

Its really dissapointing he didnt come back, its reflected on what he did do so poorly as so many people fixate on the barrera fight.

 

Hamed ATG without question, i dont care what anyone says, best British fighter i have seen other than Lewis!!