Why did Prince Nas retire so soon?

Irony at its best...

Or just plain BS at is best...

One or the other, Naz showed everyone who didn't already see it in his personality, that he was nothin' but a punk.

 

:scaredas:

Barrera was the FIRST good fighter he fought. Numero Uno. And he was embarrassed.

Please. No excuses for Naz. When his heart wasn't in it anymore? Convenient that THAT happened to the very first good fighter he fought, no? Convenient that he wasn't 100% in it anymore when he fought the VERY first good fighter in his career, no? He is CLEARLY not a great fighter. He was good, with a fair amount of talent, with an over-the-top personality.

But great?

Once again - :scaredas:

The words great and legends seem to be thrown around like good and okay these days... Especially by the Brits, it seems.

 

quite obviously he didn't have great heart, but at that point in his career his heart wasn't in it.

 

100% nas with his heart in it would of given a much better showing agaisnt barrera. Nas acted like a twat most of the time, so why would majority of boxing pundits and fans tell you his heary wasnt in it, it was because his heart WASNT in it. If his heart was still in boxing then why didnt he bother to carry on after barrera and have plenty more fights?

 

Oh, of course not.

His heart wasn't in it anymore conveniently at the same time he was fighting the very first good fighter in his career.

No. At any stage, at any level of focus and determination, at his VERY best - Naz loses to any great fighter.

 

Brendan Ingle - his mental toughness- his childishness - essentially his immaturity led to his downfall.

 

Cause of his ego, and his LACK of heart. He realised his place in the world of boxing, and couldn't accept it.

Note - When I say lack of heart, I don't mean his heart wasn't in it ANYMORE. I mean he never had the true heart of a true champion.

Now remember, when we talk about greats and legends and TRUE champions - we hold these guys to a higher standard. And Naz simply couldn't compete at this standard.

 

Didnt Manny Steward admit they ducked JMM?

 

again i say watch the docu the little prince the big fight before making comment he wasn't training properly he was ****ing about, that is hardly the naz of a few years before who trained non stop and was more bothered about boxing than money. Alot of people seem to overlook the fact that barrera althougth a great fighter was abit of a nobody compared to naz and was making less for a dozen fights than naz was with one.

 

Name us some great fighters? Because that is a very bold statment to make, nobody is invincible.

 

In and around his weight division?

Salvador Sanchez, Alexis Arguello, Azumah Nelson, Wilfredo Gomez (even being a weight division up), Obviously Barrera, Erik Morales

My definition of a great fighter is at a higher standard than most. Not every good, or even very good, fighter is a GREAT fighter... So yeah, I'd argue every truly GREAT fighter would emerge the winner.

 

No, but Naz didn't really PROVE anything to suggest otherwise. He could have - possibly... but never actually proved a great deal for all the talent that he had..... and probably pissed away.

 

you also seem to forget naz started at bantam weight

 

I think its fair to say Naz had the potential to be great but wasted it, although id also say he was one of the most entertaining boxers around and was an asset to the sport.

 

I can't dispute anything you say apart from the word "asset" without justifying the fact that it should be confined to the microseconds that he was within a round of boxing.