is prince naseem the most underated fighter?

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  1. kingfisher3

    kingfisher3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    you said he looked like he had never been in the ring a day in his life. that was dumb **** to say.

    in all my time watching boxing i've seen 2 guys throw 4 jabs, lightening quick, all landing. willie pep and prince naseem.

    like what you like, i don't care, but if you say silly **** it proves the thread title.

    and we both like naz, so who gives a ****?
     
  2. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Post a thread with a poll asking if Hamed was seen as highly skilled or if he looked like he had never stepped foot in the ring.

    Then holler back..................
     
  3. kingfisher3

    kingfisher3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i don't understand. my op straight up said the guy is no atg.

    hamed obviously spent a lot of time in the ring, so much that he was a 5'3 fw with bad hands who was an english arab making millions in america. (pre 9/11 tbf)

    i don't know wtf you're asking.
     
  4. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Please go away............you win..........................
     
  5. kingfisher3

    kingfisher3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    we're just men chatting boxing. there is no winning. just a fun conversation.
     
  6. Freddy Benson.

    Freddy Benson. Active Member Full Member

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    Underrated by whom though? I think that with a question like that you have to be specific - where do you think he should be rated, or pick a rating by some organisation, magazine, etc and then how is he viewed in relation that. Otherwise it's just a he's overrated by some and underrated by others.

    There are lots of fighters who are seriously underrated.
     
  7. kingfisher3

    kingfisher3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i don't care about corrupt ****, or rankings or, no offence to the people who carefully craft atg lists, that either. i like watching fights and i don't think i'm a dummy.

    from how the average poster talked on multiple sites over the last decade+, i wanted to start this conversation.

    the responses in this thread are more positive to naz than i would have expected. if i can make people think about/ wanna watch anyones fights, why not a guy who never had a dull fight?
     
  8. Freddy Benson.

    Freddy Benson. Active Member Full Member

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    Well based on that then, overrated by some and underrated by others.
     
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  9. Peteychops

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    Not wanting to go off the topic at hand, but he decisioned McCullough fairly clearly because if it were not for his sadistic greedy wife, the very ring rusty Wayne, who was coming up in weight, would never have been in there. Add to the fact she had him get rid off his manager, and two main trainers.
     
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  10. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    I did not know that. Thanks for the info.
     
  11. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Sidney Sweeney got a flat ass Full Member

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    Naseem was like Rolly Romero and I think Garcia is better than Naz was.
     
  12. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The guy had massive hype in his pomp. By virtue of that he most definitely wasn’t underrated.

    He was a great puncher but also about half as good a fighter as he thought he was. He got a whole lot less dominant as soon as his opposition picked up in quality.

    Plus he was a nauseating narcissist. Common in boxing but he really ran with it.
     
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  13. Young Terror

    Young Terror ★ Griselda ★ Full Member

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    I think you're out of your goddamn mind Mark.
     
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  14. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Sidney Sweeney got a flat ass Full Member

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    He was a mess that knocked out lesser fighters, he had natural talent but his fundamentals would always get him beat by a world class fighter.
     
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  15. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I have always made this statement. While we are at it, let us throw in his puny boxing IQ as well.
     
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