Who was/is more overrated? Prince Naseem Hamed or Amir Khan?

He lost one fight.

Fans like you seem to go from the extreme to another, I mean, is the way you are undervaluing his career, anymore strange than the die hards who overrated him?

 

Or!!!, you could say he eventually lost because! he took the path of most resistance?

The fact that he retired does not look good, but im pretty sure he could of continued his career, stayed in the UK, raped fans of hard earned PPV money and avoided the better fighters, only he didn't, which might suggest that his heart was not in the sport anymore, not to say that is a viable excuse for why he lost to MAB, I dont think it is, he lost to MAB because MAB was a greater fighter.

 

too early to say. Khan does seems like a hype job and way too highly rated for a guy not to far removed from ketting ko'd in the 1st round by a journeyman.

that said, under Roach, Khan was impressive outboxing Paulie Malignaggi and as long as he tightens his defense and can avoid flush punches, he could be atop the 140 division.

Naseem was incredible until he ran into legend and future hall of famer Marco Antonio Barrera. He had a great career and incredible abilities.

 

Jeff Lacy came through the American Boxing circuit and made it to the top, well, he put himself in contention to win a title anyway, I dont see what it has to do with "coming to America", Hamed just met a great fighter who was better than him, also, those marginal quality opponents he was beating allowed him to unify the titles, cant of been that bad?

Paul Ingle knocked Junior Jones out, Jones beat Orlando Canizlaez and Barrera 2x. Hamed also beat solid guys like McCullough, Kelly, Vasquez, Johnson, Bungu, Molina.

Hamed resume was very good, solid, just that he did not fore-fill the hype surrounding him, much of which was cultivated by himself and his KO's, does that qualify him as overrated? maybe then, but now? if anything you would of thought the hate would of died down and people would be able to put some perspective into how his career played out? im from the school of thought that thinks he is underrated because he is hated and considered overrated because of that.

 

Yeah no problem, you seem like a good guy to me. :thumbsup

Whats weird, is I usually spend time trying to set people straight on how the excuses Hamed's supporters come up with are not reflective of why! he lost to MAB

He did have a lot of holes technically, which might of become more apparent as he moved up because he fell in love with his power, but must also be put down to the step up in quality of opponent, in truth, both factors probably contributed.

 

kelly was shot?

you definitely weren't around the boxing scene at the time.

 

Awful thread. Hamed is rated just fine, is not a hero in the UK and blatantly did not have a glass jaw. Never stopped, infact never close to being stopped. What are you on about?

 

and how the hell did hamed get embarrassed by barerra, that was a competitive fight, hamed gave a good fight, barerra was just better.

 

it's way too early for this anyway. let's give it a few years and see what khan can achieve. there's no doubt freddy roach is a good thing for him...so let's see.