Opinions on Prince Naseem Hamed

Even Emmanuel Stewart who commented on the Salud fight sounded like he was picking Marco to beat his fighter he was that impressed.

 

IF by creativity you mean putting yourself in dangerous defensive positions by pulling your head straight back and leaning all over the place then i'd agree.He had good points too for sure like his footwork(hamed never came close to it imo), but it was hardly a wise style to copy imo.

Graham only has an arguement for winning the kalambay rematch imo, but it's hardly the most relevant fight with both of them being well past their best.Great bout though.

 

cant believe what im reading here. Words like 'phenomenon' and 'elite'?
Ok he had 'interesting' intros but so had rick flair and thats f**k all to do with boxing ability. F*****g flying carpets and all that ****. Hes watched too many Rocky films that fella.All that leaning back from punches and jumping in with punches whilst holding your chin in the air never impressed me. Its ok doing that against 2nd and 3rd rate fighters but Ali he is not. The first good guy he fought, schooled him. No call for rematch. No jumping back on the horse against a top contender. Nothing.

A VERY overrated,hateful man that you couldnt like if he was your own son who handpicked almost ALL of his fights

 

As a fighter he had plenty of flaws ,he was often off balance when he missed, and sloppy defensively.
What he did have was terrific power.
As a man, I think he is a peice of ****.

 

I agree.I'm a hater.so it's obvious where I'm coming from,but here's the reality.The first elite he fought beat his ass.I hear on this site about his "top opposition" and sublime skills?Who-33 year old Tom Johnson,previously ko'd and past it Kelly,3-time stretchered out of the ring Sanchez(the 2nd time being against Hamed),Vivian Bungu,Paul Ingle,Manuel Medina?Good,but nothing too impressive.Where are JMMs and Moraleses whom he avoided like the plague.His unorthodox style was actually one of his greatest strengths.He would talk enough crap to make Muhammed Ali blush and do a 10 minute ring entrance walk,thereby infuriating his opponents and then draw them into one of his hamed style unorthodox shootouts,which played right into his hands as they all thought his off-balance unorthodoxy made him easy to hit.They exposed themselves in an off balance manner which was Hamed's strength,not theirs.So Marco gets into the ring and fights a disciplined fight,thereby completely negating the hamed unorthodoxy and proceeds to kick 27 year-old hamed's ass.Does hamed demand a rematch to set things "right"?Nope.He fights once more against Calvo and retires,in my opinion,because he knows he's certainly not beating any of the elites.Good riddance,I say.

 

I cant remember the last time i was so happy to see a fighter get his ass kicked than when Barrera kicked Nazs ass. Naz was a fighter i loved to hate,and never missed any of his fights. I think he should be in the IBHOF since he was the top man for awhile. He beat many good champs although most were past there prime. I dont know if id consider him a great fighter kind of borderline lower tier great/and very good.

I do consider his power great though hes definitly one of the top 10 or maybe even top 5 punchers of the last 25 years. He had great reflexes and natural ability, however him putting his tail between his legs after Barrera whupped him hurts his legacy. So i do not consider him great. hes more like an almost great.

 

One of my most nights watching fights, plus I won £25.