Jeff Chandler Vs Naseem Hamed

not so much about speed, the belcastro fight was naz's best win at bantam and can you honestly see that naz beating chandler , naz at the time of the belcastro fight had really not matured as a fighter pyshically or mentally for me .and you are right the class of opposition has something to do with naz looking elusive after all just a few fights before the belcastro contest he was beating the likes of peter buckley for a 2nd time,chris Clarkson and kevin Jenkins who had a record of w3 l13 d3 going into the naz fight so with matches like that being made I would suggest that the people behind naz new he was still maturing. so to put such an untested fighter in with chandler is probably going to end in disaster .its a simple fact that at bantam naz was not operating on a world level especially not a chandler level but the featherweight version was an awesome puncher who sadly ended up believing his own hype and forgot or felt he did not need to continue using all his skills

 

I'd say he was inexperienced at bantam.
Still a very dangerous fighter.

But yeah he was a better fighter below feather.
Better movement, less emphasis on pure pucnhing power etc.

He declined pretty quickly.

Super bantam was his best weight.

 

Hamed should probably have stayed at 122.Going up to feather was for the easy money of a big domestic showdown with Robinson who made his name beating totally shot fighters.

 

Exactly. ****** matched him soft and moved him up for a (relatively) soft title.

But yes, Mr Butt, wasn't at his best at bantam. Not far off which is why I'll roll with Lester and say he was at his best at 122.

 

122lb comment is fair but the best quality of his opposition came at feather but when any fighter falls in love with his own power and believes his own hype he is heading for a fall

 

Exactly, when your Plan A and B all the way through to Plan Z is a home run shot, sooner or later your gonna come across a great fighter whose gonna figure you out.

Same thing happened to Tyson and Hamed.