Naseem Hamed Full Career Recap

Underrated in his sprinting abilities when fleeing the crash scene of the innocent man he'd just paralyzed. Hopefully it never happens again, what with his arteries being more clogged than the M6 in a bad snowstorm.

 

His fight with Kevin Kelley was one of the best fights I stayed up to watch live.

 

Yeah, you could say that about Kamikaze pilots too.

I could be wrong but didn't he also sell out/abandon his original trainer/manager for the dollar?

I judge a fighter based on his actions outside of the ring as well as inside. Yeah, he was very skilled inside the ring (just like Mayweather) but equally detestable out of it.

 

In general, Most boxers are less likely to behave in a pro-social way

Following boxers for moral guidance is a horrible spiritual investment, the true reason boxing is watched is the same reason violent movies, & fire-works are watched.

Naseem brought the big $ to the lower weights, at that time even Floyd Mayweather was still complaining of Slave Wages. He was excellent at extracting $ & offending peasants-citizens living normal stable lives, which is an excellent quality in boxing.

 

Emmanuel Steward once said he could've been the best FW of all time.

That's high praise for his talent.

 

Lol that figures.

 

Not really he was maxed out of inches at Featherweight similar to how Tank Davis is now, he would have been a better Bantam or Flyweight. At Featherweight, he had a psychological edge, almost like Prime Tyson, boxers wary of his power, either came hyped up determined to trade fire for fire or got very careful.

Marco Antonio Barrera remained instrumental & kept a perfect balance between assertiveness & defense. With the psychological advantage eliminated the taller, rangier boxer won. Any ATG Featherweight as tall Barrera should be able to do the same, at Bantam or even better Flyweight Naseem would been a much better boxer.

 

Absolutely agree with everything you said.

I just pointed out the fact that Emmanuel Steward said so, was certainly high praise. It was up to Naseem to prove it which he ultimately failed to do, but for Emmanuel to see that type of talent, there must've been something there.

 

Could have been the greatest but ill discipline defeated Naz.

A focused Naz takes care of business against Berrera imo.

 

Yes he was cocky.
Yes he was arrogant.
But he brought excitment to boxing, from his ring entrances to his awkard style that was different than everything around at the time and ever since, to his amazing power, his flaws that helped make his fights even more exciting etc....

I miss the little *******(not so lil nowadays)?