How Would You Rate Naseem in his Prime?

8/10. Naz had great power, speed and reflexes. He was just a lazy little ****.

 

Spot on.

The split from Ingle was the beginning of the end.

 

Average fighter.

 

:good

 

How do you explain Pacquiao then??

 

I agree Hamed was crap. **** him. Sugar Ray Leonard was better.

 

Naz - 7/10

 

Naz was a great fighter, one of the most entertaining to watch ever

 

5 could have been 7... he has no heart though.

 

To me Pac is not near as unorthodox as Hamed or Vic. He doesn't do the weird tactic of bending at the knees and almost having his ass on the ground like those two. Pac actually uses a jab to set up the straight left. He also has developed as a fighter in the last 4 years or so, by actually using some head movement and also looking to counter as opposed to always pressuring. Hamed and Vic also just looked for the one big shot, where as Pac uses applied pressure and punches in bunches, and then once he has worn down an opponent, goes for the huge KO power shots.

 

Firstly, in answer to whoever asked, I am not aware of anywhere you can watch the documentary online, maybe try youtube or somewhere like that for clips?

Secondly, as stated, the question was indeed how would you rate Nas in his prime? Which, to me, was around the 1995-1997 period. Comparisons to Vic Darchinyan are the most pointless thing I've seen, when did Darchinyan ever beat 10 world champions? I rated Hamed extremely highly around that point. He seemed to lose it all very quickly, mainly due to his own laxness, and was past it at a very early age. That and the fact that he never tried to come back and avenge his one loss (which was an 8-4 kind of points decision, hardly a Hopkins-Trinidad, Forrest-Mosley, Wright-Trinidad, Lewis-Holyfield, Mayweather-Corrales style one sided butt kicking) prevents him achieving greatness in my eyes. Nonetheless, its silly to deny that at his peak he was a hell of a fighter.

 

That "no heart" line is a little harsh, don't you think? I saw Hamed get dropped in fights and then get up to KO his opponent.