Tell me about naseem hamed

You could have just left the "**** off" in; he deserved it:deal

 

Nah, I PM'd him and made peace, it was all good natured, and I'm good people.

 

When the Brit Forum takes over the running of the government you can be our Goodwill Ambassador...ya big softie

 

naz is vastly underated by the general british public and people where im from and the general thought is that he was found out when he stepped up and was never that good,

i think i have explained about how good naz actually was to more people than any other boxer, it was a shame he lost his hunger, he could of had a few more fights in him

 

Its a good idea that D-MAC. Maybe someone should start a thread, assign some roles. Prime Minister might be hotly contested. I see Flint Island in the big chair.

 

I'd actually say he's talked about more than he deserves. He was a good fighter with a good resume, nothing more.

He's talked about more for his antics than his boxing which is indicative.

 

I think most people on the British forum give him an acceptable amount of credit. The GF is a totally different story, but a lot of that is people who only ever watched him fight Barrera, so they base their opinion solely on that, or one or two other fights. I always thought that George Foreman said it best when he described Naz as a "phenomenon" and "amazing", and said that he had "never seen a power puncher with such great balance".

 

I think that is because he is generally thought of as being one of a kind, both inside and outside the ring, he was unique and memorable and thats what he gets talked about a lot.

 

Maybe, but there is no doubt his star factor was over and above his achievement and arguably his ability.

 

He was never as good as he claimed to be, that is for sure. But it was nice while it lasted, and the boy had talent.

 

no shame in losing to MAB

 

Exactly, the way people use the loss to Barrera to "prove" every negative opinion of Naz that they have is ridiculous. I mean, if he was fighting a bum who shut him out, or knocked him out, then yeah, Ok, "Naz was a fraud". Like you said, losing a points decision in a competitive fight, against an absolute prime version of an all time great, isn't anything to be ashamed of.

 

I remember when he fought McCullough. It was Hallo'een and was billed as 'thriller night' if my memory serves. Naz and Michael Jackson were quite good friends and Jacko was there that night and was going to be singing thriller along side Naz as he made his entrance through a foggy graveyard set up. At the last minute I remember they announced Jacko's security had pulled him but the entrance was still pretty cool.

There was a few documentaries floating around that show just ho good he was. I remember seeing the documentary of his prime years (it started with Ken Buchanan and a few other ex fighters standing around talking about him) and the difference between that Naz and the Naz from the "little Prince Big Fight" documentary is like night and day.

He thought he could have KO'd Barrera and didnt apply himself to training coz Barrera had always been a come forward fighter and that was tailor made for Naz but MAB was a clever fighter and changed his style for that fight which left an undertrained Naz there for the taking.

Brendan Ingle should never have been sacked and he could have become the best boxer ever from these shores.

 

When Naz was in his heyday Pacman was a no name. Pac never came onto the scene until his win over MAB in 2003.

His power was exceptional and his record can be partly blamed on Warren (surprise surprise) and it was once he got rid of Frank he took on the bigger fights. Naz had been itching to fight MAB and EM for quite some time and had it happened a few years earlier when he was a pure gym rat it might have been a different story.

 

Naseem Hamed was the most naturally gifted british fighter of the last 50 years, others were more aggressive, others were more technically gifted but for natural talent nobody compares .. Was he protected against sub-standard fighters for too long ? Yes of course he was, but all 'money' fighters from britain are especially with the kind of 'showbiz' he brought to the table .. Give me Naz before Calzaghe, Hatton and Lennox any time .. But whether i'd compare Naz to a proper fighter like Ken Buchanan is a totally different thing