Tell me about naseem hamed

Here's a short summary.

Boxing:

- fast
- flashy
- great reflexes
- amazing power
- wildly unorthodox boxing style (leaping in with punches, swiveling his body all over the shop)
- taunted the life out of his opponents
- dominated a relatively weak division
- weird and wonderful ring entrances (came to the ring on a flying carpet one time).
- prone to suffering kd's due to balance issues, but he did have a very good chin (Barrera threw - and landed - the kitchen sink on him, but he was never really that close to going over; only when the balance let him down).


Celebrity:

- biggest star in British boxing for quite a while.
- his arrogant cocky personality and exciting style of fighting acted as a magnet to the public
- some loved him, some loved to hate him...all watched his fights though
- I wouldn't say he was A-list celebrity stuff, but you would have found articles on him in the sports pages of major newspapers on a regular basis (more prevalent in the period just before and just after one of his fights)
- back in his prime years he would have been too big a celebrity to get into the "Celebrity" Big Brother house....he'd get in now though.



Hope this was helpful; someone like Goldenhoya would probably be able to tell you a bit more (he's the big Naz fan in this forum).

 

Here's an even shorter summary.
I paid £20 to see him at the SECC in Glasgow where he was fighting a 17-1-1 challenger called Said Lawal whom no-one had heard of but we'd been lead to believe he was a worthy challanger.

He was defending his Frank Warren belt strap and the fight was hyped to high heaven.
He blasted the guy out in 20 seconds flooring him twice. 10,000 fans start chanting 'What the f*&k was that!!!!'

Sums him up nicely. He was a fraud and he made the public believe he was something special.

My advice to you is watch Naz vs Kevin Kelly, then watch him getting schooled by Barrera, then leave him well alone.

 

Yeah thats right he was a fraud? Geez..

 

Very harsh and also a completely ridiculous post.

 

Its just crap and absolute rubbish.

 

Oh really?

His record is a shambles. Who did he fight and beat that had any kind of credibility other than Kelly and Barrera?

I've heard this guy mentioned in the same breath as Hatton and Calzaghe before, I'm being serious.

Ingle,Medina,Alicea,Johnson?

His record is a joke, no credibility what so ever. :verysad

 

Stop trolling and prove me wrong.

 

ingle was a good fighter

you missed out steve robinson he was a good fighter

isnt medina a 5 time featherweight champ

 

Im trolling? Your the noob trying to start a shallow debate about Naz`s legtimacy as one of Britains best talents and your only evidence is some bull**** some drunk scots were shouting at a fight of his you went to, and Kevin Kelley? Seriously dude GTFO of here. If you cant come constructive dont come at all.:roll:

 

Who did Naz beat?

Every single World Title holder in the Featherweight divison at the time.

Ingle - world champ (Naz KO)
Soto - world champ (Naz points)
Bungu - world champ (Naz KO)
Kelley - 2 x world champ (Naz KO)
Mcullough - world champ (Naz points)
Robinson - world champ (Naz KO)
Vasquez - three weight world champ (Naz KO)
Johnson - world champ - made 10 succesful defences (Naz KO)
Medina - 5 x time world champ (Naz KO)

He also beat the British, Commonwealth and European Champion: Billy Hardy, a big punching Augie Sanchez, a good contender in Daniel Alciea, and a previously unbeaten Argentinian in Remigo Molina.

And you dare to accuse OTHER people of trolling?

 

What absolute and utter bull****! Leave here now and never return!

 

Theres an old saying "never throw your pearls before swine". And he didnt just beat Sanchez he brutalised him with a devastating KO.

 

Well put:good

 

You all need your head examined.

I don't see any fights on his record let alone wins against - Morales, Paquiao, Tapia, Ayala who were all floating around at that time.

I'll give him credit for lasting with Barrera though it wasn't much of a fight. Kelly and Johnson barely (Who I meant to type instead of Barrera ofc) don't be so condescending.

When I do look at his record I see:
Beating Johnson as he hit the slope down wards is an achievement, I don't. Look at his record after Naz.
Medina, are you serious? I don't care about his world titles he was poor. His record proves that.

Soto, Ingle, Bungu, a 120 Mculloch and Vasques.
Yeah, I'm sure the top dogs were running scared or shaking in their boots.

I have and opinion. Guy asked about Naz, I gave an opinion which LOTS of people agree with, even if you don't.

To call that trolling is :nut