PRIME Prince Naseem Hamed

I don't, I always thought Barrera would have that extra class to beat Naz especially after Barrera experiencing what it's like when you go balls out against a power puncher when he walked into the right hand of Junior Jones, Barrera made adjustments after his loss because there wasn't that much too adjust, he just needed to drop the Mexican pressure fighting **** and concentrate on his boxing which he always had good fundamentals.

Naz on the other hand was totally opposite, that Ingle style had always come unstuck at the highest level and Naz was the extreme of that style, it looked great against lesser fighters but as the competition stepped up you could see it more and more that he was just not going to get away with it like he had done earlier in his career.

I know people like to say they messed with his style etc, they needed to, if you're having huge problems and getting caught flush by Kevin Kelley and Augie Sanchez and it's only your power getting you out of the ****, then the likes of Steward knew quite well that adjustments needed to be implemented for when he stepped up to the highest level. I always thought that when I watched.

Not saying he would have been beat by every elite level boxer because styles make fights, I think the likes of Naz vs Morales would have been interesting because Morales was a bit more open than Barrera and was a bit more macho in there too, the likes of Morales could well have come unstuck against Naz... but that's impossible to say, just think Naz would have had more chance against Morales than the rest of the elite fighters around that weight.

 

Naz thought it was Poison southpaw stance that killed Barrera...in reality it was volume, speed, enough reach all at once, Pacman/Khan/Junior Jones

Had MAB fought Bradley/JMM instead of Pacman/Khan he will be on Mayweather list!

 

Prime Hamed was really good fighter, great leverage on his punches............

 

Nobody outside of England gives Hamed any credit. Beating a bunch of nobody in "jolly ole England" doesn't matter. Hameds last 3 fights in the USA, he struggled. He got dropped 3 times by FEATHER FISTED old Kevin Kelly.

 

Glass jawed? When he was never knocked out in his career and never seriously hurt. The one fight he lost was on points when he met a superior technician.

 

ridiculous statement ninety per cent of time he got knocked down was because he was off balance due to shots he was throwing from obscure angles never looked hurt.

hand problems and lack of training stopped us from seeing a guy who possibly would have been an all time great and in my opinion beaten barrera.

 

A lot of strange trolling going on here, Naz was obviously a huge talent and threat for anyone he fought. He has the sort of enigma thing that Tyson has, no real consensus on how good he really was. Some belittle and hate, others champion him.

As for questions on his style, well, it was totally unique, gained him worldwide fame and allowed him to clean out his division.....seems OK to me.

OK, he lacked fundamentals/defensive technique but his totally unorthodox methods and therefore power delivery/timing would have made him a nightmare for anyone when he was operating at peak performance...circa 1995-1997.

 

he lost interest for fighting and training long before MAB fight or even the kelley fight, he liked the money and fame but not the hard work thats required at the highest level, mayweather for all his faults is a dedicated trainer and always seems in shape. Naz could have achieved much more

 

Fake

 

Farmboxer sticking up for a arab

Everyone told me you was a racist :yep

 

That's a huge misjustice to Barrera who happened to do exactly what Naz couldn't and that was adjust his style to better suit him at the top level.

There were fights early in Naz's career where he was getting caught flush and looking scrappy as **** and that's when he was facing not the strongest of competition.

The writing was on the wall for me back when Naz started to show his limitations against the likes of Ingle, Medina, Kelley, and how disinterested he became and bog standard his performances were when he couldn't get the knockout against the likes of Soto and McCullough, I remember thinking these guys are clearly not top draw world class. It was clear as day that the likes of Marquez, MAB and Morales stood out from that crowd, and I often thought that once Naz stepped up he would come unstuck and he did.

It's OK looking spectacular against the Robinson's of the world, and having all out wars against the Kevin Kelley's, but the fact still remains that Barrera was the only ever true top flight fighter that Naz fought and he got embarrassingly outboxed and didn't use the rematch clause.

Suppose you'll always have some people who will try glamourize it and try and make out that he was something he wasn't, it's quite easy, go and watch the fights and look at the mistakes he made early in his career and then go and watch the Barrera fight, same mistakes on display, balance awful at times, embarrassingly so, positioning after he misses a punch which made him wide open for counters, the Ingle style and lack of defense always come up a cropper once they reached top level. It was all on display when he fought Barrera, only difference this time is Barrera wasn't waiting around to get caught by some crazy **** off Naz.

Naz had world class power, but lacked in many other areas which is why he didn't end up an ATG. Entertaining though, got to give him that.

 

The myth of Ingle Gym Naz being an unstoppable beast is laughable, he was a good fighter who had greater power but he relied on the power far too much throughout his career and neglected having a better rounded technique which is what cost him against Barrera and is what would have cost him against the other top guys around that weight at the time - Morales, JMM & Pacquiao.

The whole not training thing against Barrera doesn't stand up to scrutiny - it wasn't like he gassed or tired during the fight - he was outboxed as Barrera showed he was a superior textbook boxer after Naz tries to bomb him out of the ring with big single shots that he couldn't land.

He was having big issues against Kevin Kelley as well but he had the power to get himself out of jail.

 

Good fighter, but not great.

His biggest win was against Kevin Kelly and Hamed didn't exactly look too good in that fight.

He should've been a lot more active after Barrera beat him, it would've been nice to see him continue campaigning at 126 pounds and take on other great fighters like Morales or even a rematch with Barrera.

WOuld've been even cooler if he accepted the 128 lb catchweight FLoyd wanted to meet him at after he beat Corrales. I don't think it would've been competitive at all, but it would've been fun to watch for however many rounds it would've lasted.

 

fool had crazy punching power which was his downfall he fell in love with his power