Naseem Hamed... love him or hate him???

what happened to james page lol?

man what heart Corrales had. You can see how distraught he was at getting stopped, his honor meant so much to him.

In all seriousness I dont think Naz could have beaten Floyd. Mayweather is too accurate with his punching and in '01 Naz didnt have the same reflexes. Hamed was 5"3 with a 64" reach whereas Mayweather is 5"8 with a 72" reach. Would have been a good watch though, and a very entertaining fight.

I disagree. It was leaving/not listening to Ingle.Leaving Ingle was a huge mistake no doubt as only he knew how to work with Naz’ style, Naz was narrowed down to effectively becoming a hitter with no fundamentals. The split from Warren aloud the lunatics to take over the asylum which made him train less and get even more caught up in the celebrity lifestyle. Ok I’ll go with a 50/50 there. And Floyd wasn't a big enough name for Naz in 2001. Naz was the main event, pretty boy wasn't.

Got knocked out in 8. I can respect that opinion. That being said it wasn't really arguing the outcome of the bout, more about the reason it didn't happen when as Floyd was trying to make a name for himself he wanted to fight every big name that would face him.

Define this. I'm not disagreeing with you, it's just something I may have missed.

Floyd wasn't worth shit after just dismantling an undefeated p4p top 5 fighter in Diego Corrales? Sounds like ducking to me. We all know what Floyd would have done to Hamed. Got knocked out in 8.

Hamed wanted Barrera or Morales. Floyd was/is a piece of shit that wasnt worth the hassle. You should be thankful that he never otherwise your boy wouldnt be undefeated. Floyd wasn't worth shit after just dismantling an undefeated p4p top 5 fighter in Diego Corrales? Sounds like ducking to me. We all know what Floyd would have done to Hamed.

Define this. I'm not disagreeing with you, it's just something I may have missed. Floyd called out Hamed for a match against the two right after the beating he gave Diego (R.I.P.). What's funny is that Merchant said "Hamed isn't going to want to fight you after this performance" and look what happened. I actually made the statement to get some insight from Naz-Fan as to why the fight didn't happen. Floyd of that would fight ANY big name while he was working his way up the ladder.

I don't like Hamed for denying Floyd his shot at his 6th (second at the time) divisional weight class by not accepting a fight against him. Define this. I'm not disagreeing with you, it's just something I may have missed.

I don't like Hamed for denying Floyd his shot at his 6th (second at the time) divisional weight class by not accepting a fight against him. If Floyd still wants that 6th division title he can always fight Kelly Pavlik.:banana:

Eubank is the less entertaining and less eccentric version of Prince Naseem. However Eubank seems like a much more humble guy. I also dislike the fact that Naz poked fun at Benn quitting. I don't like Hamed for denying Floyd his shot at his 6th (second at the time) divisional weight class by not accepting a fight against him.

Its hard to say how good he was. He could definitely fight, his boxing was different but it made him a lot of money and had him undefeated for so long.. His loss to barrera wasn't all that bad, he got outboxed, but didn't get beaten up, the loss doesn't dissapoint me, but what dissapoints me is his lack of interest to get back in the ring....He would have definitely been a great fighter if he had made a comeback.

He was awesome to watch and brought interest to the lower weight classes like no other fighter.

As crazy as it sounds, the worst decision Hamed did was leaving Warren.

Hamed at his peak was a 'Real Animal'! The guy was a huge featherweight, had an awesome style, huge puncher. Definitely a crowd pleaser and had a very unorthodox southpaw style.

Don't be a dick

Eubank went out to support him, and Hamed showed what a classless prick he is because he felt Eubank was trying to steal his show

I was explaining why I wasn't speaking to Naz at this time. I had seen him on ITV saying, 'Chris Eubank stole all my moves.' Bearing in mind that I am eight years older than Naz, this seemed strange enough. Naz was this cheeky little chap whom I had always offered advice to, I always gave him my time, he had my mobile phone number if he ever needed me, and he regularly used to call me up for advice. He was even at my wedding. He was such a cheeky little character and I always liked him for that. So when I heard this statement on television, I was very upset. It was such a snide thing to do. For a start, they were my moves, but it was knowing how considerate I had been towards him that pained me. Shortly after this, I was at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London for a charity boxing event. Naz had come to a changing room and we were talking. I said to him, 'Naz, how could you do that? Me? I don't mind, but how can you lie to the people?' I tried to pass over to him the philosophy that your boxing career is not just about how good a fighter you are, you have to be a good person too. Apologising to me didn't cut it - the apology needed to be to the ITV viewers, the great masses. He listened and then said to me. 'I don't think you want me to apologise for me, I think you want me to do it for you.' I said, 'This isn't about me, it's about you, you lied. You need to tell people your truth, explain to them that maybe you were cajoled into it, explain to them that your trainer Brendan Ingle made you say it, like you've told me. Tell them the truth. I can't accept you lying to the public at large because you will hurt yourself, can't you see that?' I was very adament about this, so I went on to give him example after example of the same principle, basically trying to show him that what he had done was underhanded and backstabbing and that things will not work out well if you live your life that way. 'In life, if you cheat,' I told him, 'you will be found out. You can't be imitation, imitation is suicide. Be yourself, you're talented enough, you don't have to put me down or stamp on my name to climb the ladder. You have to work. It's about substance, it's not about making me look bad.' Then I quoted him a small extract from the 1692 poem, 'Desiderata', which was believed by some to have been found in a churchyard in Baltimore (author unknown). One of the stanza goes like this: 'If you compare yourself with others you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.' I also quoted from a pop song that was out at the time, called 'Everybody's free (wear sunscreen)', whose lyrics listed a litany of guidance, one of which was 'Don't waste your time on jealousy, sometimes you're ahead and sometimes you're behind, the race is long and in the end it is only with yourself.' I was trying to pass on these real nuggets of advice to Naz but he couldn't take it on and I became quite frustrated. In the end, I spoke to him thus, 'If you don't understand or perhaps won't accept what I'm saying, especially that you should apologise to the ITV viewers, then remember this. I expect you'll make champion, and I expect you'll win all the honours. I expect you'll make your name and fame. When you do and they make you King for a day, as they will, you understand this: when you walk by me, when you see me anywhere near you, walk on by like the little runt that you are.'

And Barrera became more overrated for beating him. :D Agreed lol......but to have that type of confidence as a kid,is what set the foundations for his career....shit like that I liked about him at first,it all became fucking tiring in the end though. aye it turned ppl against him lol