How great could prince naseem of been if he put in the work?

He def will be....

For me Naz is a bit of a wasted of talent, he could have had a similar resume to Pacquaio up to super feather weight but choice to give up and retire

He was a long reigning champ and without politics he would have been undistuped featherweight champion but for me it's a def a "what could have been" career given his talent

 

Naz lost his love for the sport and left his trainer that got him where he was. Simple.

 

He was notoriously unmotivated by the time of the MAB fight. He had gained a lot of weight and his training was ridiculously lacking for such a big fight. Who knows how good he could have been with drive and discipline. We just don't know.

It's the pitfall of such natural talent that sometimes people with such gifts aren't as self-disciplined because they've never had to work as hard as those less talented. Naseem was one of the biggest incomplete careers in the sport. He probably could have gone much farther but just didn't have the long term drive.

 

i dont think you understood why i asked that question.

Hamed according to most is overrated, outside of Morales, what is MABs win?

is it not that same overrated hamed?

 

atsch

 

He had a lot of talent so if you combine that with hard work, he could have been one of the greatest of all time.

 

He' still be a level below Barrera.

 

He should have tried to learn from the Barrera schooling and keep fighting. Easier said than done, I know, but it would have earned a lot of people's respect.

 

He would probably have lasted longer and probably have beaten MAB if he was more dedicated to boxing. Wouldn't have lasted too long after that because of the hands becoming an issue and his style being entirely based on speed. He was 2 stone overweight just 8 weeks before the MAB fight and had severe hand problems yet he still put on a respectable performance by being tied through 7 rounds and losing a 115-112 decision.

 

the excuse he likes to put out is he had "hand trouble" which is the easiest cop out a boxer can give . the truth of the matter is that he knew he was totally out boxed by barrera and would never beat him , naz was absolutely tailor made for MAB , in his fighting prime all we heard was "im gonna be a legend" , yeh ok naz maybe in sheffield .

but to be fair i was a fan back in the day and he did put on some good shows , but sadly he was a fighter that just did not live up to his own hype .

 

Curse of the power punchers hands for Naz. Also made his dough when young and his camp for MAB on Sky sports really said it all really. Got by on pure athleticism and a decent chin.

 

Naz never proved that his akward style would work against world class opposition. When he stepped up against a top level fighter he was beaten, and i can't help feeling pleasure to watch MAB wipe that nasty smile of that ****y face. Disciplin can be is an attribute or weakness as any other skill in boxing. It was a weakness for Naz, but it's been an attribute to other fighters - actually most great fighters have/had great disciplin. You can't just eliminate a weakness.

 

if he had this, that and the other, he would not be who he is. he got as far as he did because thats all he had in him.
if ortiz had heart, broner had brains, yada, yada, yada... fact is they dont, so thats all they are.

 

you could write a book about how big of an embarrassment hamed was. the guy had absolutely zero potential to be great. nothing but a front running clown that disappeared from the sport soon as he realized that he couldn't get away with showboating before fights against world level competition. hamed could have kept fighting in england for millions against bums (like he did the majoirty of his career), but chose retirement because he wanted to be a fat dwarf.

 

Bull crap hand problems ,if he had beaten MAB ..no hand problem ,the guy really had to KO most of his opponents because some of his fights he was losing badly on score cards.